[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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