Colleagues, In advance of our e-meeting later today, I wanted to take the opportunity to make a pitch for some of the Bylaws candidates in the packet. This will certainly be a hard decision - we have many excellent choices for the ten slots. While I was Bylaws chair for only a few weeks, I'm convinced of the importance of varied perspectives, balancing regions, having people with the ability to work collaboratively and persuasively, and the importance of members having attended at least one previous convention so they have direct appreciation for the bylaws and convention rules that they'll be in charge of modifying. 1. Richard Longstreth/AZ (LNC) I think everyone is familiar with Mr. Longstreth's work ethic, thoroughness, and effectiveness. 2. Paige Sexton/TN (LNC) Ms. Sexton reviewed successful bylaws changes in her state party, and I saw her lead that portion of the convention persuasively and effectively. 3. Mark Rutherford/IN Mr. Rutherford has attended every convention since 2000 and serves on multiple non-profit boards, and his law practice includes work on governance document best practices. 4. Kenneth Brent Olsen/CA (LNC) Dr. Olsen is chair of his state's bylaws committee, producing a very impressive PowerPoint presentation on the topic and effectively shepherding the proposals through. 5. Alicia Mattson/CA (LNC) (alum) Ms. Mattson and I have been on opposite sides many times this year, and were often on opposite sides on the Bylaws Committee last term as well. But her points were always precisely reasoned, with every I dotted and T crossed. She rolled up her sleeves on ideas she opposed to make them better. I would not support Ms. Mattson if she was still Secretary, as both jobs unfortunately meant she was wearing multiple hats when we needed to present the report. Luckily for this purpose, she is not! 6. Chuck Moulton/PA (alum) Dr. Moulton was honest broker on many of our proposals last term. He genuinely looks at stuff as to whether it's good for the party, and has a strong parliamentarian and historical experience background. Whenever I disagreed with him, it usually bore out that he was correct in the end. 7. Andy Craig/MD-WI-AR (alum) Mr. Craig ended up being a swing vote with me on many of the proposals last term, and can be counted on to think through the strengths and weaknesses of every idea the committee would consider. 8. Cris Crawford/MA Ms. Crawford has been a Party member since 1980, has chaired her state party's convention, and is an extraordinarily effective activist at petition gathering, finance, leadership, organization, and public relations. 9. myself/DC (LNC) (alum) I'd be honored for the opportunity to serve on the committee again. I am still figuring out my tenth vote, but was impressed by the applications of Thomas Rowlette of Missouri, though I don't know much about him, Spencer Dias of New Hampshire, and Elishiva Levin of New Mexico. JBH ------------ Joe Bishop-Henchman LNC Member (At-Large) joe.bishop-henchman@lp.org www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837 On 2019-10-25 15:21, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
FYI the page numbers in the Bylaws packet do not match up with the table of contents.
I'm reaching out to people who applied to both Bylaws and Platform to inquire personally as to their preference between them. There's nothing wrong with being on both and many people have in the past - as I note in my email - but I don't intend to vote for anyone to be on both committees due to the time and focus commitment they both require. If anyone else would like to have the responses I get, I can send them to you off-list.
JBH
------------ Joe Bishop-Henchman LNC Member (At-Large) joe.bishop-henchman@lp.org www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
On 2019-10-24 12:11, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business wrote:
Forwarded to public list.