Richard, During the time period of 10/1/2007-2/28/2008 the LPO raised $9255.25* in cash and in kind cash payments or an average of $1851.05 per month. This was during the time period including and immediately following the implementation of zero dues. During that time the LPO had a positive net income every month and an improving balance sheet every month.
The official records would have financial statements, and they were published in the LPO newsletters. To the best of my knowledge this was one of the few (if only) time periods in the past 6 years of LPO history where the party finances improved consistently month over month. After dues were set back to $50 in Newport 2009, the party lost the office because they were unable to pay for it... overdrew the bank account twice that I am aware of, one time resulting in it being closed and charged off, and stopped making payments to most creditors altogether. Objective reality appears to not be congruent with your stated position. Please logically back your statement in a manner that is reconcilable with this data. -Wes Wagner *(Orestar public records system on campaign finance used as data source) On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Richard Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > Wes, > > I believe with confidence that those passing bylaws to replace the > Unified Membership Program (UMP) had no intention of disenfranchising > lifetime members any more than those favoring $0 dues intended to > erase the relative value of lifetime memberships or *worsen the LPO's > financial condition*. The problem relating to lifetime memberships was > discovered long after the bylaw amendments in question had passed. > NOBODY caught it - not even the lifetime members - until it was too > late. > -- Wes Wagner -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oregon_Libertarian_Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oregon_libertarian_discussion?hl=en.
