[Lnc-business] Parliamentary question - How many cosponsors are needed for an email motion?

[Geoffrey Neale]

My apologies for not catching that prior question.

 

For parliamentary purposes, there are eighteen members of the LNC.  This is
because alternates can only be seated in lieu of their regional
representative, and have no vote otherwise.  The maximum votes that can be
cast on any motion is 18.  The alternates do not count towards the
thresholds.

 

Therefore, 1/5th of 18 is 3.6, meaning that four sponsors are required for
any motion.

 

Geoffrey Neale

Chair

 

From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of
Starchild
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 7:58 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Subject: [Lnc-business] Parliamentary question - How many cosponsors are
needed for an email motion?

 

            On August 4, I made reference to the rule (from the Bylaws,
Article 8, Section 10) about 1/5th of the LNC needing to co-sponsor a motion
proposed by email in order for it to be voted on, and noted that my reading
was that this means six of us. To my knowledge, no one contradicted or
corrected that statement:

 

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:





I've proposed a number of motions I believe were practical and productive,
but generally at our in-person meetings since the threshold to get anything
voted on in a mail vote is much higher (at the meetings it only takes one
person seconding; here it takes at least 1/5th of the committee, which I
read to be six of us). I think reducing that threshold in the bylaws would
be a good idea, and could enable us to get more actual stuff accomplished
between meetings.

 

            Was what I wrote incorrect but no one caught it, and is it in
fact the case that an email motion not coming from the chair actually needs
only four co-sponsors? I note that this is the number with which the
secretary published the recent motion concerning buying a building. As I
wrote above, I believe a lower threshold is preferable, but the most
important thing is for everyone to understand what the number is, and for
the rules to be consistently applied. If LNC alternates are not counted when
determining the number of co-sponsors an email motion needs, then I presume
they would not be counted toward other thresholds either, such as quorum,
super-majorities, etc. (unless of course they are sitting in for their
regional reps)? 

 

            What are people's understandings on this?

 

Love & Liberty,

                                  ((( starchild )))

At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee

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