[LPL Board of Directors] Performance Based Pay amendment to Executive Director contract
Adrien Monteleone
chairman at lplouisiana.org
Thu Feb 28 15:35:00 CST 2013
Thanks Wes.
In Liberty,
Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
Libertarian Party of Louisiana
On 2/28/13 3:20 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
> I vote aye.
> --Wes Benedict
>
>
> Adrien Monteleone wrote, On 2/28/2013 2:58 PM:
>> Thanks Frank for your vote!!
>>
>> Current results are:
>>
>> Mr. Horne - Aye
>> Mr. Kearney - Aye
>> Mr. Smith - Aye
>> Mr. Griffin - Aye
>> Mr. Monteleone - Aye
>>
>> A quorum has been reached.
>>
>> The votes so far are 5-0 in favor - an absolute majority of the Board
>> having voted in favor - the motion carries.
>>
>> Still not voting:
>>
>> Mr. Lewis
>> Mr. Ebarb
>> Mr. Benedict
>> Mr. Thompson
>>
>> All those who have not yet voted are encouraged to still submit their votes
>> for the record.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone, and I will let Wendy know tonight of her new incentive
>> terms and get her signature.
>>
>>
>>
>> In Liberty,
>>
>> Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
>> Libertarian Party of Louisiana
>> On 2/28/13 1:29 PM, Franklin Griffin wrote:
>>> AYE MATEY
>>>
>>> --- On *Thu, 2/28/13, Adrien Monteleone /<chairman at lplouisiana.org>/* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Adrien Monteleone <chairman at lplouisiana.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [LPL Board of Directors] Performance Based Pay amendment
>>> to Executive Director contract
>>> To: scc at lplouisiana.org
>>> Date: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 12:52 PM
>>>
>>> Thanks for the votes Lee, Howard & Boyd.
>>>
>>> The current tally is:
>>>
>>> Mr. Horne - Aye
>>> Mr. Kearney - Aye
>>> Mr. Smith - Aye
>>>
>>> Not voted yet:
>>>
>>> Mr. Lewis
>>> Mr. Ebarb
>>> Mr. Benedict
>>> Mr. Thompson
>>> Mr. Griffin
>>> Mr. Monteleone (the chair will wait till last to vote per Robert's
>>> protocol)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Five votes are needed for a quorum, and a majority of those are needed
>>> for
>>> passage.
>>>
>>> Thus we need one more vote, yay or nay, besides my own to proceed.
>>>
>>> Please get your votes in soon.
>>>
>>> I'd like to tell her what these new terms are and have her sign them
>>> in person
>>> at the caucus tonight.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In Liberty,
>>>
>>> Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
>>> Libertarian Party of Louisiana
>>>
>>> On 2/28/13 9:33 AM, elections at lplouisiana.org
>>> <http://us.mc1816.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=elections@lplouisiana.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I vote aye. Wendy does wonderful good work and very hard work. I
>>> am sure
>>> > that she will be able to meet those goals and exceed them before the
>>> date
>>> > listed. I wish we had 100 more of her.
>>> >
>>> > Boyd Smith
>>> >
>>> >> I'm proposing the following amendment to add a section to Wendy's
>>> > contract as follows:
>>> >> Performance based pay
>>> >>
>>> >> $1 (one dollar)per registered voter in excess of 8,000 before 1/1/14.
>>> >> Payment
>>> >> to be made quarterly after the initial threshold has been
>>> surpassed, and
>>> >> upon
>>> >> calculation of the number of net new voters per the official list
>>> >> purchased
>>> >> from the Secretary of State's office.
>>> >>
>>> >> $5 (five dollars) per new annual dues paying member who attended a
>>> >> successful
>>> >> parish organizing caucus. Payment to be made quarterly after accurate
>>> >> filing
>>> >> of all required paperwork evidencing the caucus, as members sign up and
>>> >> payment is received from Piryx, that match the attendance roster.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> This will work to provide incentive towards three goals, increased
>>> voter
>>> >> registration, increase in organized parishes, and increased funding.
>>> >>
>>> >> The voter registration funding would require only a small percentage of
>>> >> those
>>> >> new voters to sign up as dues paying members to break even. (about
>>> 2-5%)
>>> >>
>>> >> The second incentive is really geared towards both organizing new
>>> >> parishes,
>>> >> and bringing in new members as a result of that effort. It would
>>> pay for
>>> >> itself, since she only gets a bonus if she gets new members.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thus each quarter, on or about the second pay check (to allow for
>>> >> calculations) we would issue her a bonus payment for the amount earned
>>> >> according to these two criteria.
>>> >>
>>> >> These criteria I think are fair for the effort required, and
>>> provide her
>>> >> the
>>> >> means to earn more if she works harder with no upper limit. (and it
>>> would
>>> >> all
>>> >> be "paid for" since it is tied to new memberships)
>>> >>
>>> >> In other states where petition drives are held to secure signatures for
>>> >> ballot
>>> >> access, $1-$2 is the typical incentive pay for valid signatures.
>>> However,
>>> >> petition signatures generally do not rely on people changing party
>>> >> affiliation. Since this is a much harder goal, but we do not yet
>>> know how
>>> >> much work is involved, I think $1 per new LP voter is a reasonable
>>> start.
>>> >>
>>> >> The above proposal would offer no upper limit, but as an example, she
>>> >> would
>>> >> qualify for $6,000 for reaching our registration goal of 14,000. This
>>> >> would
>>> >> require in a worst case scenario, 300 new members, or 5% of those 6000
>>> >> voters
>>> >> to sign up. Considering we are now contacting new voters within a
>>> short
>>> >> time
>>> >> span of their registration to get them active, this should be
>>> achievable.
>>> >>
>>> >> Also, the proposal above would allow her to qualify for
>>> significantly more
>>> >> also with no upper limit and do so only by bringing new money into the
>>> >> treasury to pay for it. If she were to form 25 PECs with only the
>>> minimum
>>> >> number of members/officers and got each to sign up as an LPL
>>> member, she
>>> >> would
>>> >> qualify for an additional $750. Of course, that would be a
>>> minimum, she
>>> >> could
>>> >> earn much more if she brings in more.
>>> >>
>>> >> While I think 10,000 voters is a more likely result, 25 parishes is not
>>> >> out of
>>> >> reach. She's already a few months away from 10 and is almost ready to
>>> >> begin
>>> >> the next batch.
>>> >>
>>> >> I think giving her the room to effectively decide how much she wants to
>>> >> earn
>>> >> this year and tying that extra amount to her bringing it in to pay
>>> for it,
>>> >> will achieve the results we are looking for.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Thus I am asking for your votes, and/or
>>> amendments/discussion/questions on
>>> >> the
>>> >> above Motion to Amend.
>>> >>
>>> >> (no second is required)
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> In Liberty,
>>> >>
>>> >> Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
>>> >> Libertarian Party of Louisiana
>>> >>
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