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

[Brett H. Pojunis]

LNC,

I think that 4 people for a mail ballot is acceptable.  If someone is
unable to recruit 3 additional people to support (co-sponsor) a motion,
chances are it will not pass anyway.  This also ensures that motions we are
actually voting on merit having a vote.

Getting a motion passed is tough when you have a board of 18 people.  This
forces each individual to speak/work with other members of the board, talk
through it and develop a motion that has a high likelihood of passing.

Best,

Brett H. Pojunis
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Geoffrey Neale <liber8or at austin.rr.com>wrote:

> My apologies for not catching that prior question.****
>
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> 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.****
>
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> Therefore, 1/5th of 18 is 3.6, meaning that four sponsors are required
> for any motion.****
>
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>
> Geoffrey Neale****
>
> Chair****
>
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> *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?****
>
> ** **
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>             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:****
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> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> ****
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> 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)? ****
>
> ** **
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>             What are people's understandings on this?****
>
> ** **
>
> Love & Liberty,****
>
>                                   ((( starchild )))****
>
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee****
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