[Lpk-execomm] Updated bylaws

[John Hicks]

Fellow  (various) committee members:

The Executive Committee apparently passed some bylaws changes last 
August that did not get published to the website.

As a member of the new and improved IT committee, I've been tasked the 
job of updating the bylaws on the site. And since these particular 
bylaws changes have suddenly become relevant for the rules committee, I 
have been earnestly working away at this.

I had forgotten how much I hate WordPress.

What I have to offer you now is a bit of a kludge: A beautifully 
formatted set of bylaws that WordPress wants to mangle. (Apparently I 
need to create a new template to format them properly, but I haven't 
figured out how I am supposed to go about doing that.)

In the meantime, I offer you these two interim solutions:

 1. The updated bylaws, beautifully formatted, but on the wrong website:

        http://hicksinthehouse.org/lpky/bylaws.html

 2. The same updated bylaws, on the correct website, but horribly
    mangled by WordPress:

        https://lpky.org/about/governance/bylaws/

        (Note that, although this page is published on the website,
        there are no links to it, so it can be treated as a draft for
        your review.)

The original (un-updated) bylaws are still buried at the bottom of this 
page:

    https://lpky.org/about/governance/

In making the update, I made a couple of minor clerical corrections that 
you should be aware of and I noted a third correction that I feel almost 
certainly should be made:

    800.5.1 <http://hicksinthehouse.org/lpky/bylaws.html#800.5.1>
    originally read as follows (emphasis added):

        Subcommittees of executive committees shall be called at the
        call of the chair, or the majority of the *subcommittee
        Committee*, with
        at least seven days' advance notice, and shall be limited to the
        subjects contained in the call and agenda. The  seven days' advance
        notice requirement can be waived, in an emergency, by a 2/3 vote
        of the
        *Committee*.

        I dropped the first occurrence of "Committee" and changed the
        second occurrence to "subcommittee."

    800.5.3 <http://hicksinthehouse.org/lpky/bylaws.html#800.5.3>
    appears to have an extra word ("by"), which I dropped:

        Subcommittees may meet between meetings by the chair calling an
        email ballot.  A favorable vote by not less than fifty-one
        percent (51%) of all non-vacant positions on the subcommittee
        shall be required for any resolution or measure to pass; Votes
        shall be cast *by* in a form that permits verification of
        authenticity (e-mail is permitted).

    1100.3.4 <http://hicksinthehouse.org/lpky/bylaws.html#1100.3.4>, as
    amended and submitted to me, originally read (emphasis added):

        The Rules Committee shall consider any proposed changes
        submitted by a member in accordance with 1100.3.3, and publish
        all member proposals, with rules committee comments, or any
        revisions to the Rules Committee report(s) they deem appropriate
        in light of member comments to the State Party Executive
        Committee, and to the Party's website, *proposed changes,* not
        less than thirty (30) days prior to the state convention or any
        special convention called for the purpose of amending the
        constitution.

        I feel sure this is an artifact from copying text from 1100.3.2
        <http://hicksinthehouse.org/lpky/bylaws.html#1100.3.2>, but
        erring on the side of caution, I kept it and put it in brackets
        pending your consideration.

Yours,

John Hicks


On 01/24/2019 10:02 PM, Ken Moellman via Lpk-execomm wrote:
> This is what we passed back in August.
>
> ---
> Ken C. Moellman, Jr.
> LPKY State Party Treasurer
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
>   		SUBJECT:
>   		Bylaws
>
>   		DATE:
>   		2018-08-10 17:15
>
>   		FROM:
>   		Chris Wiest
>
>   		TO:
>
> Folks:
>
> My apologies for not making last night's call.  We bought a new house
> and sold our old home and closed on both last Friday and are in the
> middle of a move (we have continued possession of the old home through
> next Friday and the movers come tomorrow to move the big stuff but we
> have been doing a few car loads a day between work and what not).  So my
> life is literally in complete chaos now.  I considered a leave of
> absence, but things will quiet down in about 10 days.
>
> I had meant to pass along the Rules Committee's recommendations to
> bylaws changes prior to last night's call, but like I said.... chaos.
> Here are those recommendations:
>
> The Rules Committee recommends the following revisions to our bylaws (a
> suspension of the bylaws will be required to consider these since we did
> not comply with all the timing considerations):
>
> Add the following section to bylaws:
>
> 800.5 Subcommittees of executive committees
>
> 800.5.1 Subcommittees of executive committees shall be called at the
> call of the chair, or the majority of the subcommittee  Committee, with
> at least seven days' advance notice, and shall be limited to the
> subjects contained in the call and agenda. The  seven days' advance
> notice requirement can be waived, in an emergency, by a 2/3 vote of the
> Committee.
>
> 800.5.2 Subcommittee meetings may be conducted telephonically or by
> video conference so long as such meetings are either recorded and made
> available to the membership or Voting Members have the ability to dial
> in and observe live.
>
> 800.5.3 Subcommittees may meet between meetings by the chair calling an
> email ballot.  A favorable vote by not less than fifty-one percent (51%)
> of all non-vacant positions on the subcommittee shall be required for
> any resolution or measure to pass; Votes shall be cast by in a form that
> permits verification of authenticity (e-mail is permitted).
>
> Delete this text from 900.6.11:
>
> 900.6.11          On questions of the adoption of changes to the
> Constitution of the Libertarian Party of Kentucky (state party
> convention only), or changes to the platform:
>
>   	* Changes to the Constitution of the Libertarian Party of Kentucky
>
> (v)               Any proposed amendments to the Constitution or the
> Report of the Rules Committee shall be made in writing, and shall
> conform to Section 1100 in terms of submission to the Rules Committee in
> advance of the Convention.
>
> Delete the entirety of 1100.3, and replace it with the following:
>
>      1100.3            RECOMMENDED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
>
>              1100.3.1          The SPRC shall have one or more meetings
> to consider, and propose, changes to the State Party Constitution, in
> advance of convention as provided herein.
>
>              1100.3.2          The Rules Committee shall publish its
> proposed changes to the State Party Constitution not less than sixty
> (60) days prior to the state convention or any special convention called
> for the purpose of amending the constitution, the SPRC shall publish to
> the State Party Executive Committee, and to the Party's website,
> proposed changes.  The Rules Committee shall also give notice to the
> members of the ability to comment in 1100.3.4 by posting it on the State
> Party's website.
>
>              1100.3.3          Any member may submit proposed changes to
> the State Party Constitution to the Rules Committee not less than
> forty-five (45) days prior to the state convention or any special
> convention called for the purpose of amending the constitution.
>
>              1100.3.4          The Rules Committee shall consider any
> proposed changes submitted by a member in accordance with 1100.3.3, and
> publish all member proposals, with rules committee comments, or any
> revisions to the Rules Committee report(s) they deem appropriate in
> light of member comments to the State Party Executive Committee, and to
> the Party's website, proposed changes, not less than thirty (30) days
> prior to the state convention or any special convention called for the
> purpose of amending the constitution.
>
>              1100.3.5          Any member may also submit any additional
> proposal to the Rules Committee not less than fifteen (15) days prior to
> the state convention or any special convention called for the purpose of
> amending the constitution, and the Rules Committee shall publish such
> reports to the Party's website, and, if they desire, any comments
> thereon, or, if they do not review these proposals, the caveat will be
> placed that they have not had the opportunity to review or comment on
> the proposals.
>
>              1100.3.6          The Convention body may consider any and
> all proposals (i) by the Rules Committee (or any minority report) under
> 1100.3.2, including revisions to same under 1100.3.4; (ii) any member
> proposals or comments thereto under 1100.3.4; (iii) with a suspension of
> the rules by the convention body through a two-thirds (2/3) vote; or
> (iv) the change or proposal either extraordinarily minor, or it lessens
> the scope of the proposal of the SPRC in terms of the burden upon party
> members or to increase their rights (i.e., if the proposal is to
> increase dues by $5, it would be in order to change this to a $2
> increase).
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