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Amash
by john.phillips＠lp.org 16 May '20

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Who will be preparing the Ballot Buddy ballots during the actual e-convention?
by Caryn Ann Harlos 16 May '20

16 May '20

And this is the first I have heard we might be switching. I have asked to be kept in the loop on all this and haven't. I am sorry, but it is absolutely ridiculous that the convention secretary is not kept up to date. If it RIDICULOUS that the convention secretary had ZERO role in the test convention this evening. I would hope that at least some of the members of the LNC can appreciate this and join me in objection. Ms. Crawford did an excellent job. However, she is not convention secretary. I am. * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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POTUS/VP debate
by Sam Goldstein 16 May '20

16 May '20

The COC announces that the official 2020 Libertarian Party Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates are scheduled for Thursday, May 21st beginning at 8:30 PM Eastern Time. The debates will occur online in a Zoom meeting and will include the top five Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates who get at least 10% of submitted delegate tokens. Former LNC Chair and current FL office holder Jim Turney has agreed to be the debate moderator and will ask questions submitted by delegates to the COC by email prior to the debate. Each debate will last one hour. Debate tokens will be emailed to credentialed delegates on Tuesday, May 19th with a response deadline of Thursday, May 21st at 5:00 Eastern Time. The COC will announce the vote totals and the names of the candidates that qualify for participation no later than 6:00 PM ET., Live Free, -- Sam Goldstein, At Large Member Libertarian National Committee 317-850-0726 Cell

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Election Buddy in tonight's test run
by Alicia Mattson 16 May '20

16 May '20

I need to point out something important from the Election Buddy voting software which was demonstrated during tonight's test run. RONR p. 263 notes that it is "a fundamental principle of parliamentary law that the right to vote is limited to the members of an organization who are actually present at the time the vote is taken in a regular or properly called meeting." Yet the Election Buddy vote conducted during tonight's test sent ballots to all delegates, not just those who were actually present in the meeting. The shared screens weren't visible for that long for me to catch the details, but it probably also went to the alternates in addition to the delegates, since the one emailed to us earlier today had over 1300 recipients and not just 1046. Obviously in a live scenario, it must be limited to only whoever was present and eligible to vote at that time, which could be a blend of delegates and alternates. Again I'm going to emphasize that Convention Rule 10 requires that when votes are submitted by delegation, the delegates must vote with written ballots which are submitted so as to constitute an audit trail. The chair's instructions on these test runs for delegation chairs to collect their votes however they wish is not compliant with our rules. We'll have no audit trail when it's being done 51 different ways. Since we're being placed in webinar mode, I have no way of knowing whether there are 2 or 30 delegates present at the meeting from any given affiliate. Only a delegation chair knows. This plan makes it VERY EASY for a theoretically naughty delegation chair (not mine - 'cause Mimi is awesome and trustworthy!!) to stuff extra votes into the submitted tallies without anyone noticing. -Alicia

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Fwd: Region 3 Re-Formation
by Caryn Ann Harlos 16 May '20

16 May '20

Please see correspondence sent to your regional chairs. * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. * ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, May 16, 2020 at 2:16 AM Subject: Region 3 Re-Formation To: Chris Wiest <chris.wiest(a)lpky.org>, Greg Stempfle < gregstempfle(a)gmail.com>, Patrick Glasgow <chair(a)lpo.org>, Timothy MacGuire < chair(a)lpin.org> Dear Region 3 State Chairs: Chair Sarwark has ruled that regional formations are due to be turned into the Party Secretary (me) by the close of Party business at the online portion of the convention, and must be signed off and formed by the close of May 23, 2020. This derives from the following bylaw: Article 7.2 1. The National Committee shall be composed of the following members: - the officers of the Party; - five members elected at large by the delegates at a Regular Convention; and - any additional members as specified below: Any affiliate party with 10% or more of the total national party sustaining membership within affiliate parties (as determined for delegate allocation) shall be entitled to one National Committee representative and one alternate for each 10% of national sustaining membership. Affiliate parties may, by mutual consent, band together to form "representative regions," and each such "region" with an aggregate national party sustaining membership of 10% or more shall be entitled to one National Committee representative and one alternate for each 10% of national party sustaining membership. *"Representative regions" may be formed or dissolved once every two years during a period beginning 90 days before the beginning of and ending on the second day of the National Convention, and notice of new formations or dissolutions must be given in writing to the national Secretary prior to the close of the Convention at which they take place. * I have o attached the Region formation manual that I previously provided. Further instructions are contained there. Further, attached is the paperwork filed by your state for this term’s region formation. The minimum document to be filed is found on the last page of the Region formation manual. However, it is a very good idea to execute a detailed agreement outlining the duties and responsibilities of your regional and alternate representatives including any removal provisions as the national bylaws devolve that entirely to the electing region. If you do execute such an agreement, please file that with me along with the Notice Region Formation. I realize that some of you may be, or may have already, elected to change regions. Also, *and this is VERY important, unless you intend to have your new representatives take office immediately after the close of the e-convention please indicate on your paperwork when they will take office. The rest of the LNC starts it new term at the close of the July in-person convention, and it would be usual for the regional representation to also change at that time. However, in the event that the pandemic situation causes that convention to be canceled, you may wish to consider something to the effect of: “The named representatives shall take office at the close of the July 2020 convention or the first day of August 2020, whichever comes first.”* If you have any questions or need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me either by email or phone at 561.523.2250. * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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resolution from LPCA
by Alicia Mattson 15 May '20

15 May '20

Since Jeff Hewitt is having a busy day, I've been asked to forward the attached resolution from the LP of California ExComm. -Alicia <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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I still cannot raise hand
by Caryn Ann Harlos 15 May '20

15 May '20

Zoom logs me in automatically as the Party even when I sign in under my personal account. I have no way to raise my hand or raise points of order etc. Can someone advise how to fix this please? * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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Oklahoma Resolution (and I concur entirely)
by Caryn Ann Harlos 15 May '20

15 May '20

Resolution 20-1 Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a situation interrupting the ability of organizations and individuals to conduct business as usual; Whereas many states have laws requiring political parties to submit the names of their candidates for office and/or Electors for the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States at a date before which it would be practical to hold an in-person nominating convention; Whereas it is a fundamental right of a body to deliberate on matters that affect the body as a whole; Whereas The Libertarian Party Bylaws require a Regular Convention every two years, at a time and place selected by the National Committee, to be held sometime during the period of July of an odd-numbered year through August of an even-numbered year, and all business is required to be conducted at Regular Conventions and shall be conducted at Regular Conventions only; Whereas the Chair of the Libertarian Party ruled that “place” in the Bylaws can mean a virtual convention in a situation where it is impossible for the vast majority of the selected delegates in the party to travel to a physical location, and was subsequently overruled by the members of the Libertarian National Committee convened in a meeting on May 9, 2020; Whereas the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party do not specifically allow a Regular Convention to be held online; Whereas an online forum to be used for the purposes of conducting a Regular Convention should allow each participant, accessed through his or her own computer or other device, the ability to view the current list of all participants—with an indication of which member has the floor or which members are seeking recognition by the chair—and can seek recognition, submit motions in writing, view the text of pending motions, vote, and view the results of a vote; Whereas previous attempts to hold online meetings which would simulate an online convention have not adequately allowed participants the ability to view the current list of all participants, have not adequately indicated which member has the floor or which members are seeking recognition by the chair, have not adequately shown how motions may be submitted in writing nor how current or pending motions are to be viewed; Whereas the sanctity of the secret ballot must be preserved as well as the transparency of the results upheld; Whereas Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, being the governing document in the absence of specific Bylaws or Special Rules of Order state that action taken by officers, committees, delegates, or subordinate bodies in excess of their instructions or authority must be ratified by the body during a subsequent in-person meeting to carry out decisions made at an electronic meeting of a body for which such meetings are not authorized; Whereas the Libertarian National Committee decided to hold a bifurcated Regular Convention to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States in an online “first sitting” on Friday, May 22, 2020, with an in-person “second sitting” to be held July 8 – 12, 2020, in Orlando, Florida, for all other remaining convention business; Whereas the Chair has shown a lack of impartiality as well as intent to carry out all of the business of the Libertarian Party in the form of a Regular Convention online; and Whereas a Bylaws-mandated standing Judicial Committee was not properly elected at the previous Regular Convention and therefore cannot be called for review; now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Oklahoma Libertarian Party: 1. recognizes the extraordinary circumstances in which we find ourselves during this COVID-19 pandemic; 2. acknowledges a potential need to conduct business remotely in extraordinary times; 3. rejects the authority asserted by the Libertarian National Committee to hold a bifurcated convention in which a “sitting” is held online, and calls this event by its true function: a caucus; 4. acquiesces to a limited online caucus for the specific purpose of nominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States, respectively; 5. recognizes that, while the intent is that the result of this vote will be ratified at a later in-person convention, this vote will be non-binding, per our party’s rules and historical precedent; 6. retains the Libertarian National Committee’s decision to overrule the Chair, declaring that a “place” as defined by the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party cannot mean a virtual convention; 7. censures the Chair of the Libertarian Party, and urges the Libertarian National Committee to join us in so doing, for failing to maintain the impartiality required of his office, acting outside his scope of duties by circumventing the decision of the Libertarian National Committee to hold an in-person convention, attempting to influence outcomes and opinions, and subverting the will of the members of the Libertarian Party; 8. affirms that the rights of members to debate and make motions cannot be suppressed and are paramount to order and transparency; 9. remains obstinate in adhering to the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party; 10. declares any business conducted during the online caucus to be out of order; 11. holds that any attempt to make impossible or unnecessary an in-person convention of the delegates of the Libertarian Party at a Regular Convention, as required by the Bylaws, to be subversive and the meeting in which such attempt is made to be in violation of the Bylaws and therefore illegal; 12. deems any decisions made in an illegal meeting to be null and void, unless subsequently ratified by the delegates at an in-person convention; 13. plans to convene its State Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 27-28, 2020; and 14. pledges to nominate its own candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, and for those names to be submitted to the Oklahoma Secretary of the Election Board as required by Oklahoma state law, if the online caucus moves to conduct any business outside of the limited purpose as specified herein. This resolution shall be ratified by at least a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the State Executive Committee. We, the undersigned, being officers and delegates of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party consent and agree that the following resolution was made on May 13, 2020, at 10:38pm during a Special Meeting hosted on Zoom. Chad Williams, Chair Kevin Hobbie, Vice Chair Cherise Norton, Secretary David Greer, Interim Treasurer Erin Adams, North Central Regional Chair Victoria Whitfield, Southeast Regional Chair Todd Hagopian, Northeast Regional Chair Richard Prawdzienski, Central Regional Chair Rex Lawhorn, Delegate Drew Cook, Delegate Kalon Wiggins, Delegate Kaleb England, Delegate Frank Robinson, Delegate Jay Norton, Delegate Post Navigation Previous Post <https://oklp.org/2020/03/13/oklp-postpones-state-convention-due-to-covid-19…> -- * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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Question on screen projection
by Caryn Ann Harlos 15 May '20

15 May '20

I had asked Mr. Sarwark in the meeting about being prepared to project motions on screen and I didn't understand his answer. I figured rather than taking time away from delegate questions, I would ask here. He seemed to say Ms. Crawford was taking care of letting him know who was on deck etc but that was not my question. When business actually starts, it would be the convention secretary responsible for projection and that is what I was asking about. If the chair meant that this would be handled by someone else the entire time, I would object as I am convention secretary. Obviously who is on deck and the like is not my job but I am trying to seek clarification about motions. If the chair or Mr. Fishman or whoever is organizing that can please answer I would appreciate it. * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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why are we actively soliciting refunds
by Caryn Ann Harlos 15 May '20

15 May '20

Okay, I have not said anything but I am perturbed that while we have a convention pending we are actively encouraging people to get a refund now. It seems self-sabotaguing. And I am now convinced. A member wrote me about a refund. I asked to speak with him. The only reason he was asking was because "the chair said we should and seemed to pushing that." He really did not want one if we are going to have a convention but said our messaging is leading everyone to believe we won't. I have an issue with that. A simple phone call about what our decisions actually were kept $500 in our coffers. Why are we putting out self-sabotaguing messaging? * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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