[LPGa Executive Committee] Updates and Budget Motions

[Ted Metz]

Aye on all motions

On Thu, May 2, 2019, 22:24 Ryan Graham via Lpgaexcomm <
lpgaexcomm at lists.lpgeorgia.com> wrote:

> Hey Team,
>
> Happy May! I just wanted to send out an email with a few updated items as
> well as a few things we need to update in the budget.
>
> *Ballot Access Lawsuit Fundraising:*
>
> We have collected $5,767.86 so far. We have another $3,220 pledged, but
> that hasn't been donated yet. That total is $8,987.86. Our goal is $15,000
> so we still have quite a ways to go. As of now, we owe Bryan Sells
> $8,945.66. Please donate if you haven't.
>
> LPHQ(National Staff) have offered us quite a bit of assistance in our
> efforts. You probably saw the email go out from national about our
> fundraising. New Executive Director, Dan Fishman, has also been phone
> banking on our behalf. Finally, they are sending us a check for $1,000 from
> their discretionary funds.
>
> We are still awaiting help from the LNC.
>
> *Filing Fees Refunded:*
>
> We received our filing fee refund of 75% of the filing fees paid by
> candidates in the last election cycle. This was $22,700.98 and it was
> deposited directly into our Leveling Fund.
>
> *General Housekeeping:*
>
> Goal Updates -
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GFpvlxQoAUPHpFTcPe0cIetxwcymgkV3vJEw3NO9USg/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Updated Budget -
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qsCbPe_bgIAPBRc-zwc7F8Pps-AA3Rl4_j00M1XQNK4/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> *Motion 1:*
>
> Last month, I took all of our CiviCRM contacts and imported them into
> MailChimp. Our contact list grew by quite a bit, and the open rate
> increased as well. We ended up raising over $1,000 with the  new list. With
> that being said, the monthly cost of Mailchimp has gone up from $75 to $90.
>
> I make a motion to amend the budget to increase the monthly expenditure
> for Mailchimp to be $90. Still need a second, and then we'll set up an
> email ballot for each motion.
>
> *Motion 2:*
>
> Storage expenses went up from $57 a month to $59 a month.
>
> I make a motion to amend the budget to increase the monthly expenditure
> for storage to $59.
>
> *Motion 3:*
>
> Three of our candidates in 2018 paid the entirety of their filing fees,
> John Turpish, Martin Cowen, and me. We made the disbursements because it
> was promised back to those candidates then, but it wasn't properly included
> in the budget. We need to amend the budget to account for disbursing
> $9,260.15 in total back to these candidates.
>
> I make a motion to amend the budget to add a leveling fund expenditure of
> $9,260.15 to reflect disbursement of filing fees back to those candidates
> who paid the full amount.
>
> It's worth noting that John Turpish has already donated the entirety of
> his disbursement back to the LP Georgia, so we welcome him as our latest
> Lifetime member. That donation was split three ways evenly among the
> Operations fund, Leveling fund, and the Ballot Access Lawsuit fund. I also
> made a donation of $1,000 towards the ballot access lawsuit and have become
> a LPGa Lifetime member.
> --
> In Liberty,
> Ryan Graham
> Chair, Libertarian Party of Georgia
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