December 6, 2012 open meeting
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Open Meeting Agenda
Thursday, December 6, 2012
10:00 A.M.
Amended Agenda
Audio File of Entire Hearing, 27.2 MB 
I. CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes for November 15, 2012
Agenda Document No. 12-85
II. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-34
Freedom PAC and Friends of Mike H
by Laurence A. Levy Esq.Agenda Document No. 12-78-A (Draft B)
(Held over from the meeting of November 15, 2012)
(Neven Stipanovic/Amy Rothstein of the Office of General Counsel)
III. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-35
Global Transaction Services Group, Inc.
by Michael R. Wofford, President and CEOAgenda Document No. 12-83 (Draft A)
Agenda Document No. 12-83 (Draft B)
(Submitted Late)(Esther Heiden/Robert Knop of the Office of the General Counsel)
IV. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-36
Green Party of Connecticut
by Christopher Reilly, Treasurer(Tony Buckley/Robert Knop of the Office of the General Counsel)
V. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-37
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
by Bryan P. Tyson, Esq.Agenda Document No. 12-84 (Drafts A and B)
(Submitted Late)(Tony Buckley/Amy Rothstein of the Office of the General Counsel)
VI. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS
Memorandum from Commissioner Steven T. Walther
dated November 29, 2012(Tony Buckley/Robert Knop of the office of the General Counsel)
VII. PROPOSED FINAL AUDIT REPORT ON MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY (A09-08)
Memorandum from the Audit Division dated
November 20, 2012(Gary Hache/Alex Boniewicz/Marty Favin of the Audit Division)
VIII. AUDIT DIVISION RECOMMENDATION MEMORANDUM ON MCCAIN-PALIN 2008, INC. AND MCCAIN-PALIN COMPLIANCE FUND, INC.
Memorandum from the Audit Division dated
October 19, 2012(Held over from the meeting of November 15, 2012)
(Rickida Morcomb/Marty Kuest of the Audit Division)
IX. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Minutes for this meeting
Approved minutes (Approved on December 20, 2012)