[Lnc-business] Draft minutes of the EC meeting this afternoon
James Lark
jwl3s at virginia.edu
Sun Dec 29 20:00:27 EST 2013
Dear EC colleagues:
I hope all is well with you. I have enclosed below the draft
minutes of the Executive Committee meeting that took place this
afternoon (Sunday, Dec. 29). Please let me know whether you have any
proposed changes.
I have also enclosed below the language of the Policy Manual
concerning approval of EC meeting minutes. Section 1.02.06 includes the
following statement: Absent objection from an Executive Committee
member who attended the meeting, the minutes shall be deemed to be
approved 14 days after their distribution.
Thus, if no such objection is raised as of 8:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, Jan.
12, 2014, the draft minutes will become the official minutes of the meeting.
As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Please do not
hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding
this matter. Best wishes to you for a great 2014.
Take care,
Jim
James W. Lark, III
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
University of Virginia
Region 5S Representative
Assistant Secretary
Libertarian National Committee
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LNC Executive Committee meeting
Libertarian National Committee
December 29, 2013
Draft minutes (version 1)
Submitted:Dec. 29, 2013
Mr. Neale called the meeting to order at 12:16 p.m. (EST).
Executive Committee members in attendance:Geoff Neale (chair), Lee
Wrights (vice chair), Jim Lark (assistant secretary and Region 5S
representative), Bill Redpath (at-large representative), and Dan Wiener
(Region 4 representative).
Starchild (at-large representative), Vicki Kirkland (Region 2
representative), and Gary Johnson (Region 7 representative) were present.
Mr. Neale indicated that he had distributed two proposed motions shortly
before the scheduled time of the teleconference.He said that the first
proposed motion is a modification of that which he had distributed on
Dec. 28; the modifications were in response to comments from LNC
members.The second proposed motion is an amended version of the first
proposed motion; the amendments were in response to a request on the
evening of Dec. 28 by Brett Pojunis (Region 4 representative) for
reimbursement.
Mr. Redpath moved (Mr. Wiener seconded) the second proposed motion,
which is as follows:
*/Whereas many LNC members and those with committee-related duties
experienced financial costs due to the weather-related cancelation of
the December 7^th LNC meeting, and the subsequent rescheduling to
December 14^th ; /*
*//*
*/Whereas LP members donated or pledged $3,652, and the Chair is
authorizing the expenditure of $1,000 from the Chair's discretionary
fund, as defined in the Policy Manual, resulting in a total available
reimbursement pool of $4,652;/*
*//*
*/Whereas certain individuals have requested reimbursement for $917.68
less than their total expenses;/*
*//*
*/Whereas the sum of expenses reported to the Treasurer total $7,106.66,
with a sum of requested reimbursements totaling $6,863.75; /*
*//*
*/Whereas the Executive Committee finds that participants 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, after netting out
the $917.68 in voluntarily absorbed costs; /*
*//*
*/Whereas there are insufficient funds available to fully reimburse all
requesting reimbursement;/*
*//*
*/Therefore, be it resolved that reimbursement shall be according to the
following procedure:/*
*//*
·*/Each participant 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 participant shall be reimbursed for their remaining expenses, up
to $767 per member./*
·*/All expenses in excess of $867 shall be absorbed by the participant./*
*//*
*/Such distribution will amount to a total reimbursement of $4,652.13,
with participants personally absorbing the remaining $2,211.62./*
*//*
*/-------------- /*
*/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
$433.68
$433.68
$100.00
$247.00
Lieberman
$1,452.48
$1,300.76
$100.00
$433.76
$767.00
Kirkland
$927.18
$927.18
$100.00
$60.18
$767.00
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
$7,106.66
$6,863.75
$1,717.68
$493.94
$4,652.13
After discussion, Mr. Neale asked whether any EC members objected to his
use of the Chair's discretionary fund in this manner.Dr. Lark indicated
that while he believes such use is within the chair's prerogative and
thus does not object, his preference is that the chair not use the fund
for this purpose.Mr. Wrights indicated that he trusts the chair to serve
as a careful steward of the Party's funds, and that he does not
object.Mr. Redpath and Mr. Wiener stated that they do not object.
Mr. Neale asked whether there was objection to proceeding to a vote;
there was no objection.The motion was approved by a vote of 5 ayes and 0
nays.
Without objection, the meeting adjourned at 12:28 p.m. (EST).
Submitted by:Jim Lark
James W. Lark, III
Assistant Secretary
Region 5S Representative
Libertarian National Committee
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From the LNC Policy Manual:
Section 1.02 MEETINGS
6) Meeting Minutes
<SNIP>
Meeting minutes for Executive Committee meetings may be promoted from
draft status to official during the time between Executive Committee
meetings as follows:
. Draft minutes for Executive Committee meetings shall be emailed to all
LNC Members not more than 7 days after each meeting. (Endnote 24)
. Absent objection from an Executive Committee member who attended the
meeting, the minutes shall be deemed to be approved 14 days after their
distribution. (Endnote 25)
. Executive Committee minutes shall be distributed to all LNC Members
and alternates within 7 days of such approval.
. The Secretary shall send an official copy of meeting minutes to staff
within 7 days of the promotion of those minutes from draft to official
status.
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