{news} Fwd: [usgp-nc] PROPOSAL TO REDEFINE AND EXPAND STATE SHARING PROGRAMS

Tue Apr 17 18:10:27 EDT 2007

your feedback is welcome.  how should Tim and I vote on this proposal?  we
can discuss this at the State Party Convention on Saturday.  Charlie

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From: voting at gpus.org <voting at gpus.org>
Date: 17 Apr 2007 04:05:02 -0000
Subject: [usgp-nc] Voting Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 277 - PROPOSAL TO
REDEFINE AND EXPAND STATE SHARING PROGRAMS
To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org

Voting has begun for the following proposal:

Proposal ID: 277
Proposal: PROPOSAL TO REDEFINE AND EXPAND STATE SHARING PROGRAMS
Floor Manager: Budd Dickinson, budd.dickinson at sbcglobal.net
Voting Dates: 04/17/2007 - 04/24/2007

Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time

Background: State sharing programs (SSPs) support both state Green Parties
and GPUS
and,
as such, are a basic and important part of fundraising programs at both

state and national levels.   In order that the number and variety of
SSPs
continue to expand, it is vital that both state Green Parties and GPUS
are
appropriately compensated for fundraising efforts within these
programs.

Our current SSPs do not differentiate between contributions that come
in
through state efforts and that come in through national efforts.  In
order
to encourage state participation in fundraising, and to make it
financially
worthwhile for state parties, the Fundraising Committee is introducing
a
series of state driven SSPs.

Along with an increasing menu of state driven SSPs, we are
reconfiguring the
way state sharing is calculated. For contributions deriving from state

driven programs, the state's share will be 60%, instead of the current
50%.
For contributions deriving from national efforts, the state share will
be
40%.

The key to the success of this system will be identifying whether a
donation
came in through state or national efforts. Our current donation
tracking
system assigns a solicitation code for each contribution.  Identifying
a
contribution as state driven or nationally driven will utilize this
current
system for tracking solicitation codes.  The tracking codes become part
of
the database records used by our accountant in calculating state
sharing.

A description of programs follows, along with details on how
contributions
from each program will be tracked.

STATE DRIVEN PROGRAMS

State Sustainer Program:

The national office will provide for states a customized donate page
and
printable template for sustainer donations of $10 month or more per
month
($120/year). The state party will be in charge of promoting the program

on-line, at meetings, mailings, events. The national office will handle

credit card or check processing, data entry, thank you letter, green
pages
subscription, and lapel pin.  A unique tracking code will be assigned
for
both the web donation and the printable template indicating that it is
a
state driven program.

State Driven One Time Contributions:

Details same as state sustainer program, except that the donor signs up
for
a one time donation, again with a minimum of $10.  As above, a unique
tracking code will be assigned for state drive one-time contributions.

Green Party Card:

The national office provides for states a customized Green Party card
page
and printable template for Green Party signups ($36 or more).  The
state
party will be in charge of promoting the program on-line, at meetings,

mailings, events. The national office will handle credit card or check

processing, data entry , thank you letter and GPC packet.  As above, a

unique tracking code will be assigned for state driven Green Party Card

on-line transactions.   If a state party chooses to use the printed
applications available at the office, they will need to write the code
SD
(state driven) on the bottom of the card and make sure the state
sharing
option is checked.

GPUS DRIVEN PROGRAMS

Nationally driven programs will be handled as they are now. State
sharing
will be an option on all direct mail, web, sustainer and GPC
solicitations.
The only change will be that the GPUS driven Green Party Card
solicitations
will now make state sharing optional rather than automatic.

Proposal: PROPOSAL

Beginning 1 April 2007, the first day of the 2nd quarter, State Sharing

Programs (SSPs) are defined as state driven and national driven.

State driven SSPs are defined as those in which contributions come in
through state efforts.  For contributions deriving from state driven
programs, the state's share will be 60% of gross.

National driven SSPs are defined as those in which contributions come
in
through national efforts.  For contributions deriving from national
driven
programs, the state's share will be 40% of gross.

For all SSPs, the tracking system will continue to assign the
solicitation
code of the program to each contribution so that each contribution is
identified as being part or a state driven or national driven SSP.  The

tracking codes become part of the database records and are used by our

accountant in calculating state sharing.

The SSPs described in detail in the BACKGROUND above are examples of
current
and currently planned programs and are not meant as an exhaustive list
of
the possibilities for the SSP system.

Contacts:  Jody Grage jody at gp.org
Liz Arnone  larnone47 at yahoo.com

Resources:

References:

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--The GP-US Voting Admin

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