[Lnc-business] Executive Committee meeting Sunday December 29th, 12:00PM Eastern
Geoffrey Neale
liber8or at austin.rr.com
Sat Dec 28 19:31:32 EST 2013
I have removed Mr. Linnabary from the distribution list - he is on this
committee and should not need to be specifically added to the distribution.
I have removed all of the other groups that I do not subscribe to, and do
not have the bandwidth to read. I trust you will forward what is necessary
on behalf of these individuals, and also that you will repost my response.
The LNC voted to delegate not only the authority, but the duty to decide on
this matter. As I said before, they can rescind that by a mail ballot.
As to a good reason, the best reasons I can come up with is that some
individuals actually need the money sooner than the two votes necessary to
effect this decision through the LNC would take, and this is a decision that
is best made and effected in this calendar year - for accounting and
reporting purposes.
Geoffrey Neale
-----Original Message-----
From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of
Starchild
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 6:25 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Cc: lpusmisc at yahoogroups.com; LP Radical Caucus; Aaron Starr; LP Sunshine
Caucus; Steve Linnabary; Grassroots Libertarians Caucus
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Executive Committee meeting Sunday December
29th, 12:00PM Eastern
I realize we voted to allow the Executive Committee to allot these
reimbursement funds, but presumably some of the thinking on this was that it
would be easier for a smaller group to work out the details of how the funds
would be divvied up. Now that there is a concrete proposal on the table, is
there any good reason why the LNC as a whole shouldn't vote? Just because
the authority has been delegated doesn't mean the delegated authority must
be used, does it? Kicking this decision upstairs unpleasantly reminds me of
the governmental practice of legislatures appointing civil service
commissions to set their pay, essentially guaranteeing themselves regular
pay increases without the embarrassment of having to vote on the issue
themselves.
Thanks for answering the question about Steve Linnabary. I encourage
Steve to submit his request so a little more of this money can be saved by
the party.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild ))) At-Large
Representative, Libertarian National Committee
On Dec 28, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Geoffrey Neale wrote:
> The reason the EC is making this decision is because it was moved and
passed at the LNC meeting for the EC to make this decision. As such, it
would take a vote of the LNC to first rescind its decision to delegate this
task to the EC, or to reconsider it, either of which would require a mail
ballot. If that motion passed, then the LNC could vote on this motion.
>
> The reason Mr. Linnabary is not listed is that he did not submit a request
for reimbursement. If I missed his request, I would appreciate it being
resent to me, and I will have to alter my motion.
>
> Geoffrey Neale
On Dec 28, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Geoffrey Neale wrote:
> From the draft minutes of the last LNC meeting:
>
> REIMBURSEMENT FOR CANCELLED MEETING.
> Mr. Vohra moved to delegate to the Executive Committee the authority
> to allot the funds raised to reimburse those who traveled to the LNC
> meeting on December 7-8 that was cancelled due to an ice storm. The
> motion passed, with 8 in favor and 2 against. Hagan, Hinkle, Johnson,
Lark, Neale, Pojunis, Vohra, and Wiener voted in favor. Linnabary and
Starchild voted against.
>
> Geoff
>
> From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf
> Of Starchild
> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 4:58 PM
> To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> Cc: Aaron Starr; Steve Linnabary
> Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Executive Committee meeting Sunday
> December 29th, 12:00PM Eastern
>
> Geoff,
>
> Is there any good reason why the LNC as a whole cannot vote on
this motion? Also, I don't see Steve Linnabary listed among those to be
reimbursed.
>
> Love & Liberty,
> ((( starchild ))) At-Large
> Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2013, at 7:41 AM, Geoffrey Neale wrote:
>
>
> I am calling for an EC meeting at 12 Noon Eastern on Sunday December 29th.
>
> The single item on the agenda will be the reimbursement of travel expenses
for the canceled LNC meeting.
>
> Call in instructions are at the bottom of this email.
>
> My motion will be as follows:
>
> -------------
>
> Whereas many LNC members experienced financial costs due to the
> weather-related cancelation of the December 7th LNC meeting, and the
> subsequent rescheduling to December 14th; and
>
> Whereas LP members donated $3,352, and Geoffrey Neale has pledged
> $300, and the Chair is authorizing the expenditure of $1,000 from his
> discretionary fund, as defined in the Policy Manual, resulting in a
> total available reimbursement pool of $4,652.00; and
>
> Whereas certain individuals have requested reimbursement for less than
> their total expenses; and
>
> Whereas the sum of expenses reported to the Treasurer total $6,844.98,
> with a sum of requested reimbursements totaling $6,102.30; and
>
> Whereas the Executive Committee finds that members will be eligible
> for reimbursement for travel expenses, excluding baggage fees, and
> actual hotel costs incurred at the Hyatt DFW airport for up to two
> nights at a rate of $110.88 per night, and parking expenses, resulting
> in a total eligible reimbursement amount of $5,859.39; and
>
> Whereas there are insufficient funds available to fully reimburse all
> LNC members requesting reimbursement;
>
> Therefore, be it resolved that reimbursement shall be according to the
following procedure:
>
> Each LNC member shall pay the first $100 of their expenses, or the sum of
their expenses that they have volunteered to personally absorb, whichever is
higher.
> Each LNC member will be reimbursed for their remaining expenses, up to
$810 per member.
> All expenses in excess of $910 will be absorbed by the LNC member.
>
> Such distribution will result in a total reimbursement of $4,651.46.
>
> --------------
>
> The details of this allocation are:
>
> LNC Member
> Reported
> Eligible
> Member Cost
> Absorbed
> Reimbursed
> Visek
> $187.00
> $187.00
> $100.00
> $87.00
> Tomasso
> $718.25
> $681.88
> $100.00
> $581.88
> Starr
> $838.03
> $838.03
> $563.80
> $274.23
> Starchild
> $372.60
> $372.60
> $100.00
> $272.60
> Pojunis
> $347.00
> $347.00
> $100.00
> $247.00
> Lieberman
> $1,452.48
> $1,300.76
> $100.00
> $385.76
> $810.00
> Kirkland
> $927.18
> $927.18
> $100.00
> $12.28
> $810.00
> Hinkle
> $175.00
> $175.00
> $175.00
> $0.00
> Hagan
> $783.46
> $783.46
> $178.88
> $604.58
> Goldstein
> $457.80
> $457.80
> $100.00
> $357.80
> Cloud
> $761.18
> $706.36
> $100.00
> $606.36
> Totals
> $7,019.98
> $6,777.07
> $4,651.45
>
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