[LPL Board of Directors] MOTION FROM THE CHAIR - Fundraiser position

Wed Jan 30 11:12:01 CST 2013

Thank you Wes,

Yes, the intention was to move the workload to a fundraiser and off of the 
Secretary/Treasurer and ED.  Though we might set the Finance Chair as the 
person "in charge" of the fundraiser since that is more within their purview.  
We could however, do the same as with the ED and simply put both under the 
Chair's direction.

Ms. Adams has indicated to me she is not very good with asking people for 
money.  She's doing a heck of a job in nearly every other task we have her 
doing.  She's great at coordinating and getting people involved, but asking 
for money is not her strong suite.

Vinson is experienced doing so and has raised quite a bit in the past.  As 
Chair, he kept the party financed on his own fundraising efforts without 
outside assistance, and as Campaign Manager for Lee Horne, raised several tens 
of thousands.

Reed is of course the party Secretary and acting Treasurer. Neither is 
officially a fundraiser, and both positions have plenty of other duties.  His 
non-LPL life is keeping him very busy right now, and I'd like to continue the 
trend of bringing new people on board and spreading duties around than to 
continue to shovel things one person's way.  Just as we know and have seen 
that recruiting members and activists is itself a full time position, so is 
raising money.  Thus I believe we should make a similar move and bring on a 
fundraiser.

I don't think Wendy alone or even with the efforts of Mr. Ebarb continuing to 
pull in what they are pulling in, are going to get us to 20,400 in revenue.  
There would have to be a significant increase in the level of fundraising 
activity to do so.

 From what I've gathered in conversation with others, though I will have to 
verify, is that we would offer somewhere between 35% and 50% as compensation.  
I think 50% is standard fare, but I could be wrong.

At 35%, we'd need Vinson to raise $31,385 or so in the year.  He would be paid 
? $10,985.  I'm not sure he'd work for that amount unless he could pull off 
those numbers part time.

He'd like a full-time position.  My guess would be he would need 50%, which if 
we were to net $20,400, would mean he would raise $40,800 and keep half.  Even 
then, I'm not sure if that is enough for him, but he would be in control of 
that by his efforts.  If we went with 35%, he'd have to raise $75k-$90k to 
make it worth it to him to quite his day job. (which he is willing to do if 
the money is right)

That should cover the main part of the terms.  I'm still looking for example 
contracts for the ancillary stuff that goes along with the position.

Yes, we would likely have to amend the budget at some point, though even if we 
were to hire him this week (I doubt it) I think we'd be okay till the April 
meeting.

The budget after all, is just a model or target, it isn't a hard and fast 
"law" or "rule" we have to follow short of a vote to amend it. So if the money 
is coming in, then I don't think it matters if we are paying him some of it 
that wasn't set aside in the budget.  He's raising it himself. The goal for 
this position is to free up other people to focus on their core tasks, 
especially the ED.  Once someone is 'activated' by the ED then the fundraiser 
can go into action, hitting them up for money and soliciting monthly pledges, 
and special project donations.  Certainly, she'll still have to try to get 
people to sign up as members, but she can spend more of her time on logistical 
stuff and leave the bulk of the money raising to Vinson.

We don't really need to amend the budget, beyond adding in to both the revenue 
and expense side, the amount of his compensation.  Since he's getting it as a 
percentage of whatever he raises, then revenues would increase by a 
corresponding amount to any incurred expenses for hiring him.

Thus on a 50% model, Total revenues would now be $40,800 and we'd add $20.400 
as a new Fundraising Expense item, or place it under "staff" or whatever line 
item that was. When I discuss this with him, I'll work on what our target goal 
should be and we can use that to amend the budget.

In Liberty,

Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
Libertarian Party of Louisiana

On 1/30/13 8:53 AM, Wes Benedict wrote:
> I'm not against the concept of hiring a fundraiser, but I'd like to know 
> more about what you have in mind and how it would affect finances before 
> voting on the issue.
>
> At our January Shreveport meeting, I believe we passed a budget with Revenue 
> of $20,400 and Expenses of $18,600. (Please correct me if my numbers are 
> wrong--whatever ends up in the Secretary's minutes are the official numbers.)
>
> I'd like to ask the Chairman how he foresees the budget being affected and 
> if he thinks the Board of Directors would need to vote to amend the budget 
> in order to implement a contract with Mr. Mouser.
>
> For example, if we foresee Mr. Mouser raising $10,000 and being paid 25%, or 
> $2,500, then perhaps we would not need to amend the Revenue portion of the 
> budget, but might need to add a Fundraising Expenses budget item of $2,500.
>
> If we hire a fundraiser, perhaps that would take some of the workload off of 
> Mr. Ebarb, Ms. Adams, and the finance committee so they could work on other 
> things.
>
> --Wes Benedict
> Finance Officer
> 512-659-8896
>
> Mailing list for LPL Board of Directors wrote, On 1/29/2013 12:17 PM:
>> To all,
>>
>> We had discussed at our October meeting the possibility of taking on Vinson 
>> Mouser(former Chairman for the new folks), or someone else, as LPL fundraiser.
>>
>> My apologies for not including it in January's agenda.
>>
>> Considering the new contract we've offered Wendy, and the funding goals set 
>> by the SPC, we will need some major effort to bring money into the party.
>>
>> I suggest we take up the issue ASAP.
>>
>> I'll get the ball rolling with this then:
>>
>> Motion -
>>
>> That the chairman is authorized to negotiate and offer a contract for 
>> fundraising with Vinson Mouser for the remainder of 2013.
>>
>>
>> Please submit your votes, and or discussion as soon as possible so we can 
>> get moving on this.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> In Liberty,
>>
>> Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
>> Libertarian Party of Louisiana
>>
>>
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