Last updated on June 25, 2024
Meeting coming to order at close to 9:30. Chair reports that Julian Assange has been freed and is going home to Australia. The entire ExComm was present.
Alabama ballot access. Chair asks how much money and how many volunteers Alabama can offer. Redpath: We can get signatures for $5 each. $25,000 will get 5000 signatures which is what is needed. (some) Kohlhaus (name may have been missed) proposes to raise another $17,500. There are volunteer efforts in the state. Nanna emphasizes that $5/signature is an extraordinary rate. State representative reports ca. 10 volunteers collecting signatures. Dasbach (Chase campaign) reports he will be trying to activate Jorgenson volunteers.
Chair estimates that the party has $84,000 in unrestricted cash. Chair moves for executive session to discuss Alabama ballot access encumbrance, staff salaries and other contracts, New Hampshire, and status of Kentucky. Several nonmembers were invited, as well as the assistant Treasurer and all LNC members, This time no LNC members were excluded from the executive session of the ExComm.
Still waiting for the Executive Session to end.
Alabama to get $5000 from the LNC if other donors first donate $20,000. Redpath abstains. Rutherford Abstains. Watkins No. Vote is 4-1-2.
Chair lists things to be discussed in the future. Of particular general interest was a loan. New Hampshire will be discussed soon.
Less than I predicted. There needs to be a full audit of convention expenses. Part of that “audit” should be how much excess expenses were related to RFK2.0 & Orange Man. Org prior to those stupid decisions, among others, they were hoping for a $50-100k profit. Not enough to all the secure ballot access but at least some. After stupid decisions I thought they would lose about $50-100k but now it sounds even worse. The Chair should take full responsibility for her decisions & quit immediately followed by the former COC Chair. – Now on the “loan” that if taken prior to the convention was supposed to be paid off by the profits from the convention. How do they propose to pay down any loan now? There’s zero membership & revenue growth at a time when it typically explodes. There’s no plan in place to triage expenses as I suggested months ago (20-25% cut across the board including staff). There’s little being done on the fundraising side either. Very sad that they continue the bankruptcy of the party – but then again this is what the delegates voted for!