February 2014 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Draft minutes of the EC meeting on Jan. 28
by James Lark 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Dear colleagues: I hope all is well with you. I have enclosed below the draft minutes of the Executive Committee meeting that took place last night (Monday, Jan. 28). Please let me know whether you have any proposed changes. I have also enclosed below the language of the Policy Manual concerning approval of EC meeting minutes. Section 1.02.06 includes the following statement: Absent objection from an Executive Committee member who attended the meeting, the minutes shall be deemed to be approved 14 days after their distribution. Thus, if no such objection is raised as of 3:25 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 12, the draft minutes will become the official minutes of the meeting. As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding this matter. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5S Representative Secretary Pro Tem Libertarian National Committee ----- LNC Executive Committee meeting Libertarian National Committee January 28, 2013 Draft minutes (version 1) Submitted:Jan. 28, 2013 Mr. Neale called the meeting to order at 9:55 p.m. (EST). Executive Committee members in attendance:Geoff Neale (chair), Lee Wrights (vice chair), Jim Lark (secretary pro tem and Region 5S representative), Tim Hagan (treasurer), Bill Redpath (at-large representative), and Dan Wiener (Region 4 representative). Mark Hinkle (at-large representative), Vicki Kirkland (Region 2 representative), Dianna Visek (Region 6 representative), Paul Frankel (Region 7 alternate representative), and LNC general counsel Gary Sinawski were present. Mr. Neale and Mr. Wrights provided some background concerning an issue associated with the situation in Oregon.After discussion, Mr. Wrights moved that Mr. Sinawski prepare and issue a "cease and desist" order to those involved with the organization incorporated as the Libertarian Party of Oregon, Inc.The motion failed to receive a second. After discussion, Mr. Wiener moved the following: */That Mr. Sinawski draft an appropriate letter for review by the Executive Committee that asserts the LNC's right to protect the trademark "Libertarian Party" regarding the Libertarian Party of Oregon, Inc./* *//* After discussion, Mr. Hagan moved to amend the motion so that it would read as follows: */That Mr. Sinawski draft an appropriate letter for review by the Executive Committee that asserts the LNC's right to protect the trademark "Libertarian Party" regarding the Libertarian Party of Oregon, Inc.The Chair will seek the counsel of the Executive Committee before the letter is issued./* The motion to amend was approved without objection.The motion as amended was approved without objection. Without objection, the meeting adjourned at 10:27 p.m. (EST). Submitted by:Jim Lark James W. Lark, III Secretary Pro Tem Region 5S Representative Libertarian National Committee ----- ----- From the LNC Policy Manual: Section 1.02 MEETINGS 6) Meeting Minutes <SNIP> Meeting minutes for Executive Committee meetings may be promoted from draft status to official during the time between Executive Committee meetings as follows: . Draft minutes for Executive Committee meetings shall be emailed to all LNC Members not more than 7 days after each meeting. (Endnote 24) . Absent objection from an Executive Committee member who attended the meeting, the minutes shall be deemed to be approved 14 days after their distribution. (Endnote 25) . Executive Committee minutes shall be distributed to all LNC Members and alternates within 7 days of such approval. . The Secretary shall send an official copy of meeting minutes to staff within 7 days of the promotion of those minutes from draft to official status.

4 7

Previous Notice
by Norm Olsen 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Please take note that I intend to make the following motion at the upcoming meeting at Alexandria, VA: "Moved: The amount of $50,000 is added to the existing approved amounts for budget lines 4320 (Outreach - PR & Marketing) and 4030-10 (On-line Contributions - General) for advertising in political magazines, split roughly evenly between right-leaning and left-leaning publications, with a target of 3-4 1/4-1/3-page ad insertions per publication, with the exact wording and design of the ad and selection of publications left to the discretion of the Executive Director. The purpose of such advertising is to raise awareness of our party and its positions with the right and the left, especially in media venues which frequently publish material critical of our positions." Norm -- Norman T Olsen Regional Representative, Region I Libertarian National Committee 7931 S Broadway, PMB 102 Littleton, Colorado 80122-2710 303-263-4995 Norman.Olsen(a)lp.org "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi

3 2

LNC Minutes, Dec. 14-15, 2013, Approved, Correct Link
by Gary Johnson 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

To the Libertarian National Committee, CORRECT LINK BELOW; I SENT THE WRONG LINK IN THE PREVIOUS EMAIL. My apologies. The previous email I sent you had the old link to an earlier draft of the minutes. The correct link is below. Here is a link to what I believe can be considered the approved minutes of the December 14 and 15, 2013, LNC meeting in Dallas. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0aeUFU0tiIqNW9OMWxYcEJCbU0/edit?usp=shari… Anyone with this link should be able to view this document. To download, click "File" and click "Download." On January 11, a member of the LNC, Dianna Visek, challenged the updated draft of the minutes. Therefore the minutes I prepared as secretary pro tem for the session were not auto approved. Also on January 11, Ms. Visek, made the following motion for an email ballot: I move to adopt the December 14-15, 2013 LNC meeting minutes, subject to the Secretary adding Geoff Neale's abstentions which are not currently listed in the roll call votes on the following motions: p. 9 Michael Cloud motion p. 10 first motion regarding Carla Howell p. 11 second motion regarding Carla Howell p. 11 shipping motion p. 12 FEC motion p. 12 Dixon motion p. 12 Purpose of Committees motion p. 14 appeal chair's ruling on the multiple choice motion p. 15 proviso on budget for ballot access expenditures Later on January 11, the chair, Geoffrey Neale, sponsored the motion, meaning seconds were not needed. On January 14, the secretary, David Blau, distributed "Email Ballot 2014-01" on the motion to amend and approve the minutes and declared that voting would end on January 24 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The motion passed, with 9 in favor and 1 against. Goldstein, Hagan, Kirkland, Lark, Neale, Pojunis, Starchild, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Johnson voted against. Lieberman also voted in favor; but his vote as one of the two alternates for Region 4 did not count because both of the representatives for Region 4 voted. Olsen attempted to vote in favor of the motion; but he cast his vote on January 25, after the polling had ended. Since the Libertarian National Committee had 18 members, at least 10 votes were needed for a quorum. And, since there were 10 votes, enough votes were cast. http://hq.lp.org/pipermail/lnc-business_hq.lp.org/2014/thread.html The motion said "subject to the Secretary adding Geoff Neale's abstentions." Does this mean the secretary, Mr. Blau, is supposed to this? I don't know if anyone assumed that I was going to do this as the secretary pro tem for the session. Anyway, I have amended and prepared the approved minutes. I have labeled this version "Approved by Email Ballot. Updated January 24, 2014." January 24 was the last day for voting on the e-mail ballot. Although the motion for the email ballot called for nine changes, I have made ten changes. One of the changes is "p. 11 shipping motion." However, there are two roll call votes on page 11 in the "Shipping Motion" section. So, I changed both. Listed below are the changes from the fourth draft to the approved version. p. 9 Michael Cloud motion 41. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion by Mr. Cloud to adopt the resolution "Motion to Pay Mr. Cloud a Fair Amount for his Fundraising Services" failed, with 4 in favor and 11 against. Goldstein, Lieberman, Starchild, and Visek voted in favor. Cloud, Hagan, Hinkle, Kirkland, Johnson, Lark, Olsen, Redpath, Tomasso, Vohra, and Wiener voted against. INSERT: The motion by Mr. Cloud to adopt the resolution "Motion to Pay Mr. Cloud a Fair Amount for his Fundraising Services" failed, with 4 in favor, 11 against, and 1 abstaining. Goldstein, Lieberman, Starchild, and Visek voted in favor. Cloud, Hagan, Hinkle, Kirkland, Johnson, Lark, Olsen, Redpath, Tomasso, Vohra, and Wiener voted against. Neale abstained. p. 10 first motion regarding Carla Howell 42. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion passed, with 13 in favor and 2 against. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle and Vohra voted against. INSERT: The motion passed, with 13 in favor, 2 against, and 1 abstaining. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle and Vohra voted against. Neale abstained. p. 11 second motion regarding Carla Howell 43. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The amended motion passed, with 14 in favor and 1 against. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Vohra voted against. INSERT: The amended motion passed, with 14 in favor, 1 against, and 1 abstaining. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Vohra voted against. Neale abstained. p. 11 shipping motion 44. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: Mr. Hinkle moved to suspend the rules to take up the agenda item Budget Review and Approval. The motion failed, with 5 in favor and 10 against. Cloud, Hinkle, Kirkland, Olsen, and Vohra voted in favor. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted against. INSERT: Mr. Hinkle moved to suspend the rules to take up the agenda item Budget Review and Approval. The motion failed, with 5 in favor, 10 against, and 1 abstaining. Cloud, Hinkle, Kirkland, Olsen, and Vohra voted in favor. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted against. Neale abstained. 45. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion passed, with 11 in favor and 4 against. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Cloud, Hinkle, Olsen, and Vohra voted against. INSERT: The motion passed, with 11 in favor, 4 against, and 1 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Cloud, Hinkle, Olsen, and Vohra voted against. Neale abstained. p. 12 FEC motion 46. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion passed, with 12 in favor, 1 against, and 2 abstaining. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle voted against. Olsen and Vohra abstained. INSERT: The motion passed, with 12 in favor, 1 against, and 3 abstaining. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle voted against. Neale, Olsen, and Vohra abstained. p. 12 Dixon motion 47. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion passed, with 10 in favor, 2 against, and 3 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Olsen, Pojunis, Redpath, Wiener, and Visek voted in favor. Cloud and Hinkle voted against. Starchild, Tomasso, and Vohra abstained. INSERT: The motion passed, with 10 in favor, 2 against, and 4 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Olsen, Pojunis, Redpath, Wiener, and Visek voted in favor. Cloud and Hinkle voted against. Neale, Starchild, Tomasso, and Vohra abstained. p. 12 Purpose of Committees motion 48. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: Starchild moved that the LP.org web page listing committee members include links to committee reports posted online and contact information. The motion failed, with 5 in favor, 9 against, and 1 abstaining. Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Starchild and Tomasso voted in favor. Goldstein, Hinkle, Kirkland, Olsen, Pojunis, Redpath, Visek, Vohra, and Wiener voted against. Cloud abstained. INSERT: Starchild moved that the LP.org web page listing committee members include links to committee reports posted online and contact information. The motion failed, with 5 in favor, 9 against, and 2 abstaining. Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Starchild, and Tomasso voted in favor. Goldstein, Hinkle, Kirkland, Olsen, Pojunis, Redpath, Visek, Vohra, and Wiener voted against. Neale and Cloud abstained. p. 14 appeal chair's ruling on the multiple choice motion 49. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: Mr. Neale ruled that the motion was out of order because it was a multiple choice. Mr. Cloud appealed the ruling of the chair. The ruling of the chair was upheld, with 10 in favor of upholding the chair, 4 against, and 1 abstaining. Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, and Wiener voted in favor. Cloud, Goldstein, Pojunis, and Visek voted against. Vohra abstained. INSERT: Mr. Neale ruled that the motion was out of order because it was a multiple choice. Mr. Cloud appealed the ruling of the chair. The ruling of the chair was upheld, with 10 in favor of upholding the chair, 4 against, and 2 abstaining. Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, and Wiener voted in favor. Cloud, Goldstein, Pojunis, and Visek voted against. Neale and Vohra abstained. p. 15 proviso on budget for ballot access expenditures 50. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The amended proviso passed, with 11 in favor, 1 against, and 2 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, Vohra, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle voted against. Kirkland and Redpath abstained. INSERT: The amended proviso passed, with 11 in favor, 1 against, and 3 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, Vohra, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle voted against. Kirkland, Neale, and Redpath abstained. Gary Johnson 512-441-6378 sedition(a)aol.com

3 3

Fwd: EOM Jan Financials
by Timothy Hagan 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

The January End-of-Month financial reports are attached. They will be included in the binders for this weekend's meeting. Tim Hagan

1 0

Word files containing reports
by James Lark 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

1 0

Various items in advance of the LNC meeting
by James Lark 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Dear colleagues: I hope all is well with you. I am writing to provide information about various items in advance of the LNC meeting on Saturday. I hope you find this information to be interesting and helpful. 1) In a separate message I shall send you my Region 5S and campus organizing reports. In addition, I shall send you reports from the Employment Policy and Compensation Committee and the Membership Level Review Committee in my capacity as chair of those committees. 2) Please join me in congratulating Bill Redpath on his election as chair of the Libertarian Party of Virginia. The LPVa held its 2014 state convention in Richmond on Feb. 8; I am pleased to note that we had the highest turnout for a convention since 2004. Carla Howell deserves special commendation for her help in making the convention a success. She participated in the convention reception on Friday evening (Feb. 7); many reception attendees indicated that they enjoyed chatting with her. In addition, she conducted the "Who's Driving" game at the convention. Her participation was at her own expense; she volunteered her services to assist the LPVa. 3) At the instruction of the LPVa, I am advising you that the following resolution was passed during the LPVa convention: Resolved, that the Libertarian Party of Virginia encourages the Libertarian Party to reinstate the Unified Membership Program (or a similar program) with dues set at $40, of which $25 will be retained by the Libertarian Party and $15 will be remitted to the state or District party, where one exists, in equal monthly or quarterly payments. Furthermore, we direct James Lark, in his capacity as Region 5 - South representative, to advise the Libertarian National Committee of this resolution and whoever serves as Chair of the Virginia delegation at the Libertarian national convention to introduce a similar motion at that convention. 4) Please join me in thanking Arvin Vohra, Eric Dixon, Carla Howell, and Wes Benedict for their work to organize the LP outreach booth at the seventh International Students For Liberty Conference in Washington on Feb. 14-16. Also, please join me in thanking Paul Frankel, former LNC vice chair Chuck Moulton, Mr. Vohra, Mr. Dixon, and Ms. Howell for staffing the booth during the conference. (I apologize if I have omitted the names of others who deserve recognition.) I had the honor of giving an address at the conference on Feb. 14. I am delighted to note that my address ("Challenges to Liberty") was very well received by a standing room only audience. As always, thanks for your work for liberty. I look forward to seeing you on Saturday. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5S Representative, Libertarian National Committee

1 0

LNC Minutes, Dec. 14-15, 2013, Approved
by Gary Johnson 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

To the Libertarian National Committee, Here is a link to what I believe can be considered the approved minutes of the December 14 and 15, 2013, LNC meeting in Dallas. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0aeUFU0tiIqRmk4SkNDT2hsbzQ/edit?usp=shari… Anyone with this link should be able to view this document. To download, click "File" and click "Download." On January 11, a member of the LNC, Dianna Visek, challenged the updated draft of the minutes. Therefore the minutes I prepared as secretary pro tem for the session were not auto approved. Also on January 11, Ms. Visek, made the following motion for an email ballot: I move to adopt the December 14-15, 2013 LNC meeting minutes, subject to the Secretary adding Geoff Neale's abstentions which are not currently listed in the roll call votes on the following motions: p. 9 Michael Cloud motion p. 10 first motion regarding Carla Howell p. 11 second motion regarding Carla Howell p. 11 shipping motion p. 12 FEC motion p. 12 Dixon motion p. 12 Purpose of Committees motion p. 14 appeal chair's ruling on the multiple choice motion p. 15 proviso on budget for ballot access expenditures Later on January 11, the chair, Geoffrey Neale, sponsored the motion, meaning seconds were not needed. On January 14, the secretary, David Blau, distributed "Email Ballot 2014-01" on the motion to amend and approve the minutes and declared that voting would end on January 24 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The motion passed, with 9 in favor and 1 against. Goldstein, Hagan, Kirkland, Lark, Neale, Pojunis, Starchild, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Johnson voted against. Lieberman also voted in favor; but his vote as one of the two alternates for Region 4 did not count because both of the representatives for Region 4 voted. Olsen attempted to vote in favor of the motion; but he cast his vote on January 25, after the polling had ended. Since the Libertarian National Committee had 18 members, at least 10 votes were needed for a quorum. And, since there were 10 votes, enough votes were cast. http://hq.lp.org/pipermail/lnc-business_hq.lp.org/2014/thread.html The motion said "subject to the Secretary adding Geoff Neale's abstentions." Does this mean the secretary, Mr. Blau, is supposed to this? I don't know if anyone assumed that I was going to do this as the secretary pro tem for the session. Anyway, I have amended and prepared the approved minutes. I have labeled this version "Approved by Email Ballot. Updated January 24, 2014." January 24 was the last day for voting on the e-mail ballot. Although the motion for the email ballot called for nine changes, I have made ten changes. One of the changes is "p. 11 shipping motion." However, there are two roll call votes on page 11 in the "Shipping Motion" section. So, I changed both. Listed below are the changes from the fourth draft to the approved version. p. 9 Michael Cloud motion 41. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion by Mr. Cloud to adopt the resolution "Motion to Pay Mr. Cloud a Fair Amount for his Fundraising Services" failed, with 4 in favor and 11 against. Goldstein, Lieberman, Starchild, and Visek voted in favor. Cloud, Hagan, Hinkle, Kirkland, Johnson, Lark, Olsen, Redpath, Tomasso, Vohra, and Wiener voted against. INSERT: The motion by Mr. Cloud to adopt the resolution "Motion to Pay Mr. Cloud a Fair Amount for his Fundraising Services" failed, with 4 in favor, 11 against, and 1 abstaining. Goldstein, Lieberman, Starchild, and Visek voted in favor. Cloud, Hagan, Hinkle, Kirkland, Johnson, Lark, Olsen, Redpath, Tomasso, Vohra, and Wiener voted against. Neale abstained. p. 10 first motion regarding Carla Howell 42. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion passed, with 13 in favor and 2 against. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle and Vohra voted against. INSERT: The motion passed, with 13 in favor, 2 against, and 1 abstaining. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle and Vohra voted against. Neale abstained. p. 11 second motion regarding Carla Howell 43. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The amended motion passed, with 14 in favor and 1 against. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Vohra voted against. INSERT: The amended motion passed, with 14 in favor, 1 against, and 1 abstaining. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Vohra voted against. Neale abstained. p. 11 shipping motion 44. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: Mr. Hinkle moved to suspend the rules to take up the agenda item Budget Review and Approval. The motion failed, with 5 in favor and 10 against. Cloud, Hinkle, Kirkland, Olsen, and Vohra voted in favor. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted against. INSERT: Mr. Hinkle moved to suspend the rules to take up the agenda item Budget Review and Approval. The motion failed, with 5 in favor, 10 against, and 1 abstaining. Cloud, Hinkle, Kirkland, Olsen, and Vohra voted in favor. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted against. Neale abstained. 45. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion passed, with 11 in favor and 4 against. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Cloud, Hinkle, Olsen, and Vohra voted against. INSERT: The motion passed, with 11 in favor, 4 against, and 1 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Cloud, Hinkle, Olsen, and Vohra voted against. Neale abstained. p. 12 FEC motion 46. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion passed, with 12 in favor, 1 against, and 2 abstaining. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle voted against. Olsen and Vohra abstained. INSERT: The motion passed, with 12 in favor, 1 against, and 3 abstaining. Cloud, Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Pojunis, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle voted against. Neale, Olsen, and Vohra abstained. p. 12 Dixon motion 47. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The motion passed, with 10 in favor, 2 against, and 3 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Olsen, Pojunis, Redpath, Wiener, and Visek voted in favor. Cloud and Hinkle voted against. Starchild, Tomasso, and Vohra abstained. INSERT: The motion passed, with 10 in favor, 2 against, and 4 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Olsen, Pojunis, Redpath, Wiener, and Visek voted in favor. Cloud and Hinkle voted against. Neale, Starchild, Tomasso, and Vohra abstained. p. 12 Purpose of Committees motion 48. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: Starchild moved that the LP.org web page listing committee members include links to committee reports posted online and contact information. The motion failed, with 5 in favor, 9 against, and 1 abstaining. Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Starchild and Tomasso voted in favor. Goldstein, Hinkle, Kirkland, Olsen, Pojunis, Redpath, Visek, Vohra, and Wiener voted against. Cloud abstained. INSERT: Starchild moved that the LP.org web page listing committee members include links to committee reports posted online and contact information. The motion failed, with 5 in favor, 9 against, and 2 abstaining. Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Starchild, and Tomasso voted in favor. Goldstein, Hinkle, Kirkland, Olsen, Pojunis, Redpath, Visek, Vohra, and Wiener voted against. Neale and Cloud abstained. p. 14 appeal chair's ruling on the multiple choice motion 49. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: Mr. Neale ruled that the motion was out of order because it was a multiple choice. Mr. Cloud appealed the ruling of the chair. The ruling of the chair was upheld, with 10 in favor of upholding the chair, 4 against, and 1 abstaining. Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, and Wiener voted in favor. Cloud, Goldstein, Pojunis, and Visek voted against. Vohra abstained. INSERT: Mr. Neale ruled that the motion was out of order because it was a multiple choice. Mr. Cloud appealed the ruling of the chair. The ruling of the chair was upheld, with 10 in favor of upholding the chair, 4 against, and 2 abstaining. Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Olsen, Redpath, Starchild, Tomasso, and Wiener voted in favor. Cloud, Goldstein, Pojunis, and Visek voted against. Neale and Vohra abstained. p. 15 proviso on budget for ballot access expenditures 50. TO RECORD THE CHAIR AS ABSTAINING WHEN THE CHAIR DID NOT VOTE -- DELETE: The amended proviso passed, with 11 in favor, 1 against, and 2 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, Vohra, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle voted against. Kirkland and Redpath abstained. INSERT: The amended proviso passed, with 11 in favor, 1 against, and 3 abstaining. Goldstein, Hagan, Johnson, Lark, Lieberman, Olsen, Starchild, Tomasso, Visek, Vohra, and Wiener voted in favor. Hinkle voted against. Kirkland, Neale, and Redpath abstained. Gary Johnson 512-441-6378 sedition(a)aol.com

1 0

secretarial items still outstanding
by Dianna Visek 16 Feb '14

16 Feb '14

Hi David, Since we're two weeks away from our next meeting, I thought I would provide you with a list of secretarial items that still need attention. I hope you can add them to your report. I see that the approved March 2013 LNC minutes from Chicago and also the 5/28/13 EC minutes have recently been posted to the website. Thank you for making some progress. Below is the list I have of secretarial duties still to be completed. *Backlog still remaining from Ruth Bennett:* Correct and obtain approval for the post-convention LNC meeting minutesfrom 5/6/12 and replace the draft ones on the website. During the July 2013 LNC meeting in Las Vegas, the EC approved a number of EC minutes, but I am not sure which ones. These were apparently circulated to the EC email list in advance so they could review them, but the LNC has never seen the final versions and they are not yet posted to the website. Since we do not yet have draft minutes from the July LNC meeting, I cannot be sure which EC minutes were approved this way, but I believe they could possibly include those from the following dates: - 5/31/12 - 6/3/12 - 6/6/12 - 7/2/12 - 8/2/12 (the website version is an unapproved draft) - 8/17/12 (the website version is an unapproved draft) Obtain approval for the 7/15/12 LNC meeting minutes and replace the draft ones on the website which are erroneously marked as approved. Obtain approval for the 11/17/12 LNC meeting minutes and post on the website. *Since Ruth's Resignation* The policy manual on the website is dated 7/3/13. You sent a more recent version out on 8/22/13, but the website has not been updated to reflect this new version yet. The policy manual version you sent on 8/22/13 contained the 7 new policies we adopted by mail ballot in August based on the Audit Committee's recommendations. At this point I don't recall if we adopted any other policy changes during the July LNC meeting. Once we get the draft minutesfrom that meeting, we can review to see if there were any other policy changes that need to be updated in the policy manual. As with the grouping mentioned in the above section, I believe that during the July 2013 LNC meeting, the EC may have approved the 5/1/13 EC minutes, but the LNC has not seen the final version, and they are not posted on the website. These were not auto-approved because the Chair objected to a portion of them, and I am not sure how the EC resolved that question. Though it is possible I have overlooked something in my email, I do not believe we have received first drafts of the following: - July 2013 LNC meeting in Las Vegas - 8/19/13 EC meeting minutes - 10/12/13 EC meeting minutes On previous lists like this, I have indicated that the LNC never saw the draft of the 10/29/13 EC meeting minutes. But I have been informed that a draft was written, and it appears you only emailed it to the EC and not to the full LNC. The policy for auto-approval of minutes requires that the draft be sent to the full LNC. I see that this set of minutes is now posted to the website, but they could not have been auto-approved by our policy if they were never sent to the full LNC. Are there any other sets of minutes I've listed as missing that have actually been sent to the EC but not to the LNC? The EC acts in the name of the LNC with our delegated power. Not only does our policy say that draft EC minutes are to be sent to the full LNC, but sending them only to the EC deprives those LNC members who couldn't attend the teleconference from seeing what the EC has done in our name. There was an email ballot to approve the Dec 15-16, 2013 LNC minutes from Dallas. That ballot ended on 1/24/14, but I don't believe results have been sent out yet. Based on the votes I saw, I believe this motion passed, but the approved minutes are not posted on the website. I don't believe the LNC has seen a first draft of the EC meeting minutes from 12/19/13 regarding setting target revenues for staff bonuses and discussing how to use the funds gathered to reimburse for the cancelled Dallas meeting. I don't believe the LNC has seen a first draft of the EC minutes from 2/6/14 regarding Alabama ballot access and an update on the building acquisition. The first draft of the 2/13/14 EC minutes regarding ballot access policy and a review of loan offers for the building purchase will be due to the LNC on 2/20/14. The LNC has policies about when and to whom the first drafts of minutes are to be provided. Additionally, the bylaws require that approved minutesmust be "promptly" posted to the website. I don't believe these standards are being met, and though I have sent quite a few lists like this, the backlog keeps growing. When I urged you not to run for secretary a year ago, this situation was what I was hoping to avoid. At that time you were chair of the LP- MA, chair of the LNC"s building committee and working on becoming a partner of your law firm. And since then you're gotten married. Your workload clearly is too much. Dianna

2 1

Audit Committee Vacancy
by Geoffrey Neale 16 Feb '14

16 Feb '14

We have a vacancy on this committee that needs to be filled by a non-LNC member. Please bring names of candidates to the LNC meeting. Geoffrey Neale --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

1 0

Re: [Lnc-business] [Lnc-discuss] Motion with prior notice - Recording of LNC meetings
by Starchild 15 Feb '14

15 Feb '14

Thank you Geoff. Yes, all three motions I sent last night were sent with the intention of giving prior notice so they can be voted on at the upcoming meeting under the lower threshold of majority approval instead of 2/3. Scott, I thought that would have been obvious from the fact that I put "Motion with prior notice" in each of the subject lines. I know well enough that it takes 3 co-sponsors for me to get something voted on by email ballot. Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee On Feb 15, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Geoffrey Neale wrote: > Mr. Lieberman – it’s okay. > > Starchild wants this motion on the preliminary agenda. > > I get his intent. > > Geoff > > From: Lnc-discuss [mailto:lnc-discuss-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Scott L. > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 9:07 AM > To: lnc-discuss(a)hq.lp.org > Subject: Re: [Lnc-discuss] Motion with prior notice - Recording of LNC meetings > > > Starchild: > > You can’t “move” motions by yourself via a mail ballot. > > If you were giving notice that you intend to make those motions at the upcoming LNC Session in Virginia, then you need to say that you are giving notice that you intend to do that. > > You can of course make those motions anyway in Alexandria without notice, but without notice they will require a higher threshold for passing. > > If you were proposing mail ballots, then you need to get 3 other co-sponsors before the motion is considered moved. > > Scott Lieberman > > > From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Starchild > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 10:35 PM > > Subject: [Lnc-business] Motion with prior notice - Recording of LNC meetings > > > I move that we amend Section 3.05 of the LNC Policy Manual ("Meeting Support And Documentation") as follows (new language shown in red italics, deleted language shown stricken out): > > 3) Recording of Meetings > > The Executive Director shall be responsible for recording all LNC meetings on audio or video medium, providing a copy to the Secretary. > With the exception of any sessions that are not open to the public, such recordings shall be destroyed promptly after the approval of the > minutes made publicly available, and if possible broadcast live online, as soon as possible after each meeting. These recordings shall > be kept in a public archive along with meeting minutes at LP.org. > > Love & Liberty, > ((( starchild ))) > At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > _______________________________________________ > Lnc-discuss mailing list > Lnc-discuss(a)hq.lp.org > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-discuss_hq.lp.org

1 0