Having been the unjust subject of resignation rhetoric I will not do that to someone else. I do urge the chair though if he wishes to be a partisan to find someone else to chair the online portion. Then he can be as partisan as he wishes. And I don't mean just for that section - the partiality taints the whole lot. Turn over the entire convention gavel to another for the sake of integrity of this process. Do not rip apart this party with controversy that will still not be healed a decade from now. I implore you. * 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. * On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 9:30 PM <joshua.smith@lp.org> wrote:
Are you really suprised? After a full week of the Chair trying his hardest to tip the scales? After we opened the door for this? A few hours after voting that the internet could not he considered a "place" in our byalws we voted to have our convention on the internet.
He got half of what he wanted, and of course will push for the rest. The agenda is clear.
There is no more impartiality. That went out the window over a week ago. If he wants to continue to push to violate our bylaws, the will of the board, and the will of many of our delegates, then the Chair should resign. Hand the gavel off, and join the fight. He should not continue to try and put his finger on the scale while in his position.
Plain and simple.
In liberty, Joshua
On May 10, 2020 10:17 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business < lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
Mr. Chair, once again, I implore you to maintain the impartiality required. I am concerned about your public pledge to support making amending the agenda on May 22 to make the entire convention online over the wishes of the LNC.
See attached screenshot for pledge and Mr. Sarwark's name pledging to do so.
It would be more convenient for me to stay silent. Duty demands that I not be.
* 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. *