July 2017 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Can prisoners receive LP News?
by Starchild 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Does anyone know whether any of our members have been jailed by the government and continue(d) to receive LP News behind bars? I think it would be wonderful to offer a free subscription to anyone behind bars for a victimless "crime" who writes to us with proof of that. Now that we're publishing fewer issues this year, we should have a little extra cash in the budget to afford to publish and mail a few extra copies of the issues we are publishing. Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee RealReform(a)earthlink.net (415) 625-FREE @StarchildSF

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Email Ballot 2017-13: Issues of LPNews
by Alicia Mattson 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

We have an electronic mail ballot. *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 1, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.* *Co-Sponsors:* Hayes, Bilyeu, Goldstein, Redpath, Harlos, Demarest *Motion:* to allow staff the discretion to choose between publishing a total of five or six physical issues of LPNews for the year of 2017, subject to the approval of the Chairman. -Alicia

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Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-13: Issues of LPNews
by Arvin Vohra 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Yes On Jul 1, 2017 7:46 PM, "Starchild" <sfdreamer(a)earthlink.net> wrote: I vote *no* on this motion, for the reasons discussed in my June 20 message below. Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee RealReform(a)earthlink.net (415) 625-FREE @StarchildSF On Jun 20, 2017, at 5:24 PM, Starchild wrote: Thanks, Wes. I'm glad you clarified, because your initial message had given me the impression that unexpected and possibly important stuff had come up. Here it sounds like you are talking about just the usual competing priorities. It seems to me that the pressure to reduce newsletter production in favor of doing things like fundraising, writing press releases, improving the website, corresponding with state affiliates, etc., will always be there, and maybe even more so during campaign season when things are presumably busier. If we succumb to this pressure, I think the tendency over time will be to put out LP News less and less frequently. I don't recall, but wouldn't be surprised if the initial move to stop publishing the newspaper monthly and go to a less frequent schedule was prompted by a similar rationale about needing to focus on other stuff, and put forward as a temporary measure, and that this is how we lost our monthly publication. It's not so much that *I* miss getting LP News every month, or would miss that extra issue if we drop below publishing bi-monthly, as what I think is best for the party. Although I think the publication could use a broader focus (e.g. more coverage of government injustices, especially those likely to generate passion and outrage, more inspiring stories of people who aren't necessarily big-L Libertarians fighting for freedom, etc.), I would rather see it improved than cut back. You mention membership numbers going down, and that something needs to be done about that. I'd suggest that cutting the most concrete thing we give dues-paying members (a physical copy of LP News), would not be productive in this regard. Especially during a post-election year when we historically expect many members to drop, it seems unwise to short people on receiving this tangible benefit of membership without a stronger reason than the competing demands of the regular workload. That's my 2¢ anyway. Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee RealReform(a)earthlink.net (415) 625-FREE @StarchildSF On Jun 20, 2017, at 4:38 PM, Wes Benedict wrote: A quick follow-up: I will not be upset regardless of how the LNC votes on this. I'm a bit flattered (for the organization) that many of you would feel like you were missing out by missing one issue of LP News--glad you all want to keep it going and many thanks to Carla who has served as editor for a couple years on that. Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <(202)%20333-0008>, wes.benedict(a)lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership On 6/20/2017 7:32 PM, Wes Benedict wrote: The short answer is "everything I do except LP News." But let me elaborate on some of the things I need to get done that I've had time giving enough attention to: Interviewing prospects and hiring: Press Secretary, Candidate Support Specialist, Members Services manager (we have a temp member services manager, Mat, who I want to get back on phoning for renewals). Working with those new people to insure good integration into the organization. Our website still needs plenty of improvements, like our current list of candidates. Well thought-out facebook prospecting ads where we monitor closely the R.O.I. (you don't want to just spend money and count views and clicks). Eric produced profitable facebook membership ads for us in the past. Others haven't been able to do that for me. More press releases on current issues. We've done some prospecting to the Johnson for President 2016 list, but need to do more of that via email, facebook, and snail mail. Our contract for that data makes the process a bit more cumbersome than would be obvious. Better integration or at least syncing between Raisers Edge and our email blast service. Our attorney is waiting on me for some info a ballot access case. A state affiliate is waiting on me for some helpful registered libertarian data that I'll also make available to other states if I have time to let them know about it. Membership numbers are going down. Need to work on that more. Take the time to respond to Andy, the petitioners, collecting of names for us to send membership invitations to to say "thanks, we'll send membership inquiry packages--of the 60 or so that we've sent in recent years that were legible enough, we raised $10, so worth doing when we have the names, but not worth making a top priority compared to just getting our petitioners to focus and do good work getting signatures." Eric's a big help to me on a lot of important things I need help with (he's already started making website fixes that used to take me long to describe in detail--now I can tell him real quick in person and he's getting things working better). But seriously, I'm overloaded with many major things. Outside help is sometimes helpful, but not always so easy to use--I've spent quite a bit of time lately explaining FEC rules and regulations to people who are helping--takes time with new folks--some outside help from volunteers ends up taking a lot of time perhaps counter-intuitively. When I can't give staff the attention they need to make themselves helpful, it hurts their productivity. I think I'd be better off having staff work on other projects than that 6th issue of LP News this year. I do try to prioritize. There are 4 major inputs that affect my prioritization: 1) my thoughts of course, 2) the chairs, 3) the LNC's, 4) significant opportunities that pop up out of the blue that are worth taking advantage of. We can do all 6 LP News issues if that's what the LNC requests. It's a minor decision for you all regardless of which direction you go and will have a minor impact--not a major decision in my opinion. Thanks for asking. I am unable to answer all the emails and calls I get. Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <(202)%20333-0008>, wes.benedict(a)lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership On 6/20/2017 7:06 PM, Starchild wrote: Before voting on this, I'd like to hear what Wes wants to spend staff time on that would otherwise be spent producing an issue of LP News. I don't see how we can make an informed decision on the merits of the motion without that information. Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee RealReform(a)earthlink.net (415) 625-FREE @StarchildSF On Jul 1, 2017, at 2:19 PM, James Lark wrote: Dear colleagues: I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as Region 5 representative to vote "aye" on the motion. As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics University of Virginia Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee ----- On 6/21/2017 4:48 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote: We have an electronic mail ballot. *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 1, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time. * *Co-Sponsors:* Hayes, Bilyeu, Goldstein, Redpath, Harlos, Demarest *Motion:* to allow staff the discretion to choose between publishing a total of five or six physical issues of LPNews for the year of 2017, subject to the approval of the Chairman. -Alicia _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC
by William Redpath 02 Jul '17

02 Jul '17

Yes. Bill Redpath -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 7/2/17, Brett Bittner <brett.bittner(a)lp.org> wrote: Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Date: Sunday, July 2, 2017, 12:51 PM In my capacity as Region 3 Representative, I vote "Aye" on E-Mail ballot 2017-14. Brett C. Bittner Region 3 Representative Libertarian National Committee brett.bittner(a)lp.org317.537.8344 On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes Joshua A. Katz On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 12:50 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes. I do have a concern about - not the number particularly of LNC members on this particular committee, but about LNC members being on multiple convention committees routinely. But it is a Bylaws issue I believe, and I intend on pursuing it there. On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes On Jul 1, 2017 7:22 AM, "Patrick McKnight" <patrick.joseph.mcknight@gmail .com> wrote: Yes. Patrick McKnightRegion 8 Rep On Jul 1, 2017 7:32 AM, "David Demarest" <dprattdemarest(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes. On Jul 1, 2017 5:52 AM, "goldsteinatlarge" <goldsteinatlarge(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes Sam Goldstein Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Alicia Mattson <agmattson(a)gmail.com> Date: 7/1/17 2:59 AM (GMT-05:00) To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Subject: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 10, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time. Co-Sponsors: Hayes, Demarest, Goldstein, Harlos, Bittner, Katz Motion: Amend the LNC policy manual section 1.03.1 to define the size of the Convention Oversight Committee as follows: "Seven members, with a minimum of fFour LNC Members or Alternates, plus 3 a minimum of two non-LNC members who are recommended by the Convention Oversight Committee." -Alicia ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listi nfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listi nfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listi nfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listi nfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org -- In Liberty,Caryn Ann HarlosRegion 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.orgCommunications Director, Libertarian Party of ColoradoColorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee A haiku to the Statement of Principles:We defend your rightsAnd oppose the use of forceTaxation is theft ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listi nfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/ listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp. org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-15: Appoint Erin Adams to COC
by William Redpath 02 Jul '17

02 Jul '17

Yes. Bill Redpath -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 7/1/17, Alicia Mattson <agmattson(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-15: Appoint Erin Adams to COC To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Date: Saturday, July 1, 2017, 10:58 PM We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 11, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time. Co-Sponsors: Hayes, Starchild, Bittner, Goldstein, Demarest, Harlos Motion: to appoint LNC Region 7 Alternate Erin Adams to the Convention Oversight Committee -Alicia _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC
by goldsteinatlarge 02 Jul '17

02 Jul '17

Yes Sam Goldstein Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Alicia Mattson <agmattson(a)gmail.com> Date: 7/1/17 2:59 AM (GMT-05:00) To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Subject: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 10, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time. Co-Sponsors: Hayes, Demarest, Goldstein, Harlos, Bittner, Katz Motion: Amend the LNC policy manual section 1.03.1 to define the size of the Convention Oversight Committee as follows: "Seven members, with a minimum of fFour LNC Members or Alternates, plus 3 a minimum of two non-LNC members who are recommended by the Convention Oversight Committee." -Alicia

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Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC
by William Redpath 02 Jul '17

02 Jul '17

Yes. Bill Redpath -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 7/2/17, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC To: "Libertarian National Committee list" <lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org> Date: Sunday, July 2, 2017, 1:50 AM Yes. I do have a concern about - not the number particularly of LNC members on this particular committee, but about LNC members being on multiple convention committees routinely. But it is a Bylaws issue I believe, and I intend on pursuing it there. On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes On Jul 1, 2017 7:22 AM, "Patrick McKnight" <patrick.joseph.mcknight@ gmail.com> wrote: Yes. Patrick McKnightRegion 8 Rep On Jul 1, 2017 7:32 AM, "David Demarest" <dprattdemarest(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes. On Jul 1, 2017 5:52 AM, "goldsteinatlarge" <goldsteinatlarge(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes Sam Goldstein Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Alicia Mattson <agmattson(a)gmail.com> Date: 7/1/17 2:59 AM (GMT-05:00) To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Subject: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 10, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time. Co-Sponsors: Hayes, Demarest, Goldstein, Harlos, Bittner, Katz Motion: Amend the LNC policy manual section 1.03.1 to define the size of the Convention Oversight Committee as follows: "Seven members, with a minimum of fFour LNC Members or Alternates, plus 3 a minimum of two non-LNC members who are recommended by the Convention Oversight Committee." -Alicia ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listi nfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listi nfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listi nfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/ listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp. org -- In Liberty,Caryn Ann HarlosRegion 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.orgCommunications Director, Libertarian Party of ColoradoColorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee A haiku to the Statement of Principles:We defend your rightsAnd oppose the use of forceTaxation is theft _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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Various items
by James Lark 01 Jul '17

01 Jul '17

Dear colleagues: I hope all is well with you. I am writing to provide some information about various items; I hope this information is helpful to you. 1) In a separate message I shall vote "aye" on the motion regarding the number of LP News issues published. While I have a weak preference for publishing six issues rather than five, I am willing to approve allowing Mr. Benedict discretion in this matter (after consultation with the chair). 2) In his message of June 28, Mr. Benedict suggested the possibility of holding an LNC meeting in DC at or about the same time as the Students For Liberty LibertyCon event next year. While I understand the reasons for this suggestion, I strongly urge that the LNC not hold a meeting in conjunction with (or in proximity to) the LibertyCon event. There are several reasons for this, including the following: * If a two-day LNC meeting is held in conjunction with (or in proximity to) the event, and if we arrange the meeting schedule to allow members to attend parts of the event, we shall not utilize fully the opportunities afforded by an in-person meeting. I suspect we shall have a great deal of business to conduct during what may be the penultimate meeting of the 2016-2018 term. If the business we must conduct during that meeting can be handled in one day, then I believe we should meet for a second day to consider strategic matters and conduct some "blue-sky thinking." As an aside, the longer I have served on the LNC, the less keen I have become to support holding one-day meetings at the tail end of events such as FreedomFest and LibertyCon. I realize there are advantages to holding one-day meetings; however, in all but one of the cases when the LNC has done so, I believe we would have been better served by holding two-day meetings. * As a matter of full disclosure, I am a member of the Board of Advisors of Students For Liberty, and I frequently participate in SFL events. (Last Saturday I gave the keynote address at the annual SFL campus coordinators' retreat, which took place at Vanderbilt University.) Based upon my previous experience at major SFL conferences, I anticipate being very busy with SFL-related activities on both Mar. 2 and Mar. 3 (and perhaps on Mar. 4). In addition, I consider it likely that I shall be invited to give an address at the event. (I have given addresses at each of the previous ten SFL international conferences.) Participation in an LNC meeting on Mar. 3 will force me to miss several important activities at LibertyCon. In addition, an LNC meeting on Mar. 3 may mean that Mr. Benedict and other staff members will be unavailable (or at least, much less available) to conduct outreach at the event. * If we are going to meet in the DC area, I believe we should meet at the Marriott Residence Inn (the hotel near the office) rather than the Marriott Wardman Park or a hotel in that neighborhood. I would be very surprised if we were unable to obtain a much better financial deal at the Residence Inn. Incidentally, I believe the "early bird" room rate for the 2017 International Students For Liberty Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park was $149/night (I believe parking was around $45/night); I don't recall the "later bird" rate. The Residence Inn room rate (which included a buffet breakfast) for the LNC meeting on Dec. 10-11, 2016 was $119/night (parking was $15 per night). I don't know the relevant taxes for DC and Alexandria. * The LNC will meet on Dec. 9-10, 2017 in New Orleans and (presumably) on or about June 30, 2018 in New Orleans. I suspect the LNC will have only one in-person meeting between the two New Orleans meetings. I believe we would be better served holding that meeting in later March/early April, rather than early March. 3) On June 18, I forwarded a message to you from Theo Chino concerning a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding S1241. I subsequently requested that Mr. Chino provide some additional information; I have enclosed his response below, as well as his original message that I forwarded. Please note that he responded several days ago; I apologize for the delay in relaying his response. As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Best wishes to you for a wonderful Independence Day. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics University of Virginia Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee ----- Response from Theo Chino to my request for more information: Dear Professor Lark, The problem with the Bill is 2 words; "Digital Currency" - It has not been defined; and the two judges that really studied Bitcoins said it did not qualify as "money." /(However their word is not binding because one is a state case and the other was not judged on because of a plea bargain.) / As I was crafting my response I did not realize that there is a new case that include one of yours, Randall Lord: *https://www.lp.org/libertarian-party-condemns-government-persecution-of-bitcoin-exchange-vendor* Bitcoin is so many different thing to different people; some call it a currency, other a new asset class, and a smaller group (myself included) a commodity. I came to the conclusion it was a commodity because none of the economic models for currency do apply to it; all the commodity models do. I felt I am back in 1510 when Copernicus first proposed the heliocentric theory. This is how people who agree with Copernicus must have felt like. The Bill would add the term *"Digital Currency"* in the Money Laundering Statutes without any definition anywhere else. It would just be what the people understand "Digital Currency" believe it is and it does let the definition defined by a federal judge in the Charlie Shrem case (which is tied to the Ulrich case [Silk Road]) be the definition. The problem is that he never defined it because it is not needed in criminal cases. Anything that is used for payment on an illicit transaction is forfeited (car, money, gold, horses, etc ...) To start an investigation you need to break a civil law; trading drug is illegal, trading bitcoin is not. The DOJ (and our friend at the FBI) have being using the Criminal criminal reasoning to spy on us; out of the last four DOJ cases where Bitcoin was the reason to lunch an for investigation (this guy is using Bitcoin, therefore he is doing something illegal); the last three are stunning. The first one is not morally defensible because the perpetrator was convicted of child pornography and was forbidden to be on a computer. He plead guilty but a judge did write a report that Bitcoin is not currency (and makes a good case) but that report can't be used because of the guilty plea. It's a non binding report. The other three cases are worse from a freedom perspective; Arizona, Missouri, and Michigan. The one is Arizona story is still pending because the defendant want to fight it and has nothing to lose; he was charged on having a box of ammunition (this person, Morpheus, was forbidden to have weapon because of a old marijuana conviction. The FBI, ATF and Co were hopping to find a big stash of drug or weapon. Did not find anything.) The other two people plead guilty of not having registered as money transmitter; nothing more. They even paid their taxes. *And as I write, I discover one more, Louisiana.* By adding "Digital Currency" in the law at this time will open the door for all the government entities to start investigations on people just because they trade bitcoins (or the new derivatives) and not because they were caught selling drug./ /The bill is a repeat of 2011 attempt when Chuck Schumer discovered Silk Road and Bitcoin. Pierre, my lawyer, will send a copy of the letter in the next few days. Regards Theo Chino Original message from Mr. Chino (forwarded to the LNC on June 18): Dear Jim, My name is Theo Chino and I am a Bitcoiner suing the State of New York over the Bitlicense in the municipal court that overseas the New York Departement of Financial Services. I am writing you because Senator Grassley has reintroduced a bill that was originaly writen in 2011 in effect criminalizing Bitcoin exchanges. I am CC my lawyer in this email because he is preparing a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee to kill S1241 like it happened in 2011. He can explain the dichotomy of the two arguments. DOJ has arrested 5 people and the same Senate Judiciary is in charge of DOJ. *Theo Chino* /https://article78againstNYDFS.com/advocacy.php/ From: Pierre Ciric Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 4:41:10 PM To: Theo Chino Cc: Jason Brett; Jeremy Kauffman Subject: Re: S1451 / EFF Following Theo's request, we are preparing a letter to the attention of Nathan J Hallford, Senior Counsel at the Senate Judiciary Committee, focusing on two separate issues: - the letter seeks to have the committee withdraw the bill S1241 (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1241) based on the legal position adopted by Theo before New York courts that Bitcoin lacks the characteristics of a financial product. - the letter seeks to alert the Judiciary Committee, which has oversight authority over the DOJ, about the recent prosecutions of Bitcoiners under the federal money transmitter statute, especially when no other criminal charge is being sought. The letter will argue that those prosecutions may be baseless based on the legal position adopted by Theo before New York courts that Bitcoin lacks the characteristics of a financial product. Once the letter is ready, we will send you a draft. We are seeking your concurrence so that we can indicate in the letter that your foundation supports this position. We are however not claiming that we represent you, only that you share Theo's position.

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Re: [Lnc-business] Requests for Co-Sponsors For Convention Oversight Appointment
by goldsteinatlarge 01 Jul '17

01 Jul '17

Damn phone. I will co-sponsor. Sam Goldstein Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Daniel Hayes <danielehayes(a)icloud.com> Date: 7/1/17 6:57 AM (GMT-05:00) To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Requests for Co-Sponsors For Convention Oversight Appointment No will cosponsor? Why will you no cosponsor.. or did you mean NOW will cosponsor?Get your morning coffee. Daniel Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2017, at 5:54 AM, goldsteinatlarge <goldsteinatlarge(a)gmail.com> wrote: There you go! No will co-sponsor. Sam Goldstein Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Daniel Hayes <danielehayes(a)icloud.com> Date: 7/1/17 5:49 AM (GMT-05:00) To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Requests for Co-Sponsors For Convention Oversight Appointment I am seeking co-sponsors for the following motion: "Move to appoint LNC Region 7 Alternate Erin Adams to the Convention Oversight Committee." Daniel Hayes LNC At Large Member Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 1, 2017, at 4:42 AM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes(a)icloud.com> wrote: > > OR not... meh.. Let me fix that, helps to have her name in it. I am withdrawing that flub. > > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 1, 2017, at 4:39 AM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes(a)icloud.com> wrote: >> >> I am seeking co-sponsors for the following motion. >> >> "Move to appoint LNC Region 7 Alternate to the Convention Oversight Committee." >> >> >> Daniel Hayes >> LNC At Large Member >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Lnc-business mailing list >> Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org >> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > _______________________________________________ > Lnc-business mailing list > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-13: Issues of LPNews
by Tim Hagan 01 Jul '17

01 Jul '17

I vote yes. I would prefer six issues, as LP News is the primary connection to a large group of our members. However, I understand dropping to five under the circumstances and this not being a general election year. Tim Hagan On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, 1:49:05 AM PDT, Alicia Mattson <agmattson(a)gmail.com> wrote: We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 1, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time. Co-Sponsors: Hayes, Bilyeu, Goldstein, Redpath, Harlos, Demarest Motion: to allow staff the discretion to choose between publishing a total of five or six physical issues of LPNews for the year of 2017, subject to the approval of the Chairman. -Alicia _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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