December 2014 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

IT Committee Report redux
by Rich Tomasso 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Here's the non-bugged version of the report.

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IT Committee Report
by Sam Goldstein 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Robert, Please let me know if this didn't get to you in time for binder inclusion. Thanks, Sam Goldstein

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Previous Notice - Constructive Candidate Portrayal
by Alicia Mattson 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Attached is another policy proposal I would like added to the agenda for the December meeting. My sense is that this will generate more debate than the previous one, so I'll ask for 15 minutes. This new policy would require that our public communications portray our candidates as people seeking to change public policy by getting themselves elected, not as spoilers who get their kicks by just being monkey wrenches in some other candidate's election plans. Over the past few years, a large number of state chairs have complained repeatedly about spoiler talk in national party communications. In the 2012 election cycle, one state chair repeatedly asked that one of their candidates not be portrayed that way, yet it continued. Half of the front page of the most recent LP News edition was a table of which candidates might be spoilers. First is the obvious philosophical point that other parties don't "own" anyone's vote, therefore we're not "stealing" votes from anyone. Second, I don't think it's true that the presence of our candidates frequently changes the outcome, as exit polls suggest that if our candidates had not been on the ballot, those votes would have been fairly evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, or those people wouldn't have voted at all. Third, I think we just shoot ourselves in the foot for ballot access fights. The reason the GOP tries so hard to kick us off the ballot after we have qualified is because they believe we play the spoiler role for their candidates. Why would we perpetuate that idea, when we see how many hundreds of thousands of dollars it has cost over the years to defend ballot access challenges? Fourth, it tells the world that we don't even see ourselves as serious candidates. Overall, I think this approach to our image is self-destructive. -Alicia

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IT Committee Report Dec 2014
by Rich Tomasso 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Attached is December report of LNC IT Committee.

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Chair's report
by Nicholas Sarwark 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Attached in Word and PDF. -Nick

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LNC reports
by James Lark 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Dear colleagues: I hope all is well with you. In a separate message I shall send Word files containing my Region 5, campus organizing, and International Representative reports, in addition to an Employment Policy and Compensation Committee report in my capacity as EPCC chair. I hope you will find the reports to be interesting and informative. I apologize that I was unable to send the reports last week. My faculty responsibilities at the University of Virginia have been unusually (and unexpectedly) heavy during the fall semester, and I had to complete several faculty tasks before preparing the reports. As always, thanks for your work for liberty. I look forward to seeing you next weekend. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee

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Secretary's Report
by Alicia Mattson 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Attached is my report for the upcoming LNC meeting. Alicia Mattson LNC Secretary

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Region 4 / California Report
by Daniel Wiener 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Here's the California portion of Region 4's report. Scott Lieberman has provided the Region 4 report for Nevada and New Mexico. Dan Wiener -- *"In general, we look for a new law by the following process. First, we guess it (audience laughter), no, don’t laugh, that’s the truth. Then we compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”* -- Richard Feynman (https://tinyurl.com/lozjjps)

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Proposed Agenda - 12/13-14 - version 2
by Nicholas Sarwark 07 Dec '14

07 Dec '14

Attached is a somewhat modified version of the agenda. I've added business from Mr. Tomasso and one from myself, as well as doubling the length of time allotted to the budget process. -Nick

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Region 8 Report - Dec 2014
by Rich Tomasso 07 Dec '14

07 Dec '14

Attached is the report for Region 8: New England, New York & New Jersey. Enjoy. ~Rich Region 8 Rep

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