[fundraising] Re: NC Proposal on State Sharing Programs, ID 277

[Merelice]

Greetings,
Can't respond with any knowledge of past efforts, but this looks OK to
me. In fact, I think a dual effort on behalf of both the GRP and the
national could be quite productive and is something the Fundraising
Committee should consider.

If Howard Zinn was willing to write on behalf of the national, maybe
we should approach him?

Merelice

On 4/11/07, Yarden <yen.yarden at verizon.net> wrote:
> What improvements or changes, if any, should be made in the proposal
> that is currently under discussion in the National Committee?  Your
> assistance is needed.
> Elie Yarden
> Cambridge
>
> ID 277
> Proposal
> PROPOSAL TO REDEFINE AND EXPAND STATE SHARING PROGRAMS
> Presenter
> GPUS Finance and Fundraising Committees
> Floor Manager
> Budd Dickinson
> Phase
> Discussion
> Discussion
> 04/03/2007 - 04/16/2007
> Voting
> 04/17/2007 - 04/24/2007
>
> Presens Quorum
> 0.6666
>
> Consens Quorum
> 0.6666 of Yes and No Votes
>
> 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
> None
>
> References
> None
>
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