[LPL Board of Directors] Performance Based Pay amendment to Executive Director contract
Adrien Monteleone
chairman at lplouisiana.org
Thu Feb 28 17:01:49 CST 2013
The entire contract is contingent on available funds. We'll technically never
be "in the hole."
In Liberty,
Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
Libertarian Party of Louisiana
On 2/28/13 3:55 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>
> Item #1 ($1/member over 8k) My only concern here is that there's not
> necessarily income generated from this and we're running an ambitious budget
> as is. Would this still fall under the "provided we have funds" clause of
> Wendy's contract? I would assume so, but I wanted to ask for clarity.
>
> Item #2 (the $5/dues paying member) sounds good and I don't see any
> potential issues with it. Wendy is certainly a great asset to us and she's
> already working for very little.
>
> I'm inclined to vote Aye, but I wanted to be sure about item 1 first.
>
> - Keith
>
> On 2013-02-28 15:35, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>
>> 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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