[Lnc-business] Draft minutes of the EC meeting on June 16
James Lark
jwl3s at virginia.edu
Tue Jun 17 15:36:48 EDT 2014
Dear colleagues:
I hope all is well with you. I have enclosed below the draft
minutes of the Executive Committee meeting that took place last night
(Monday, June 16). 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.
Since the 2012-2014 LNC term may be have expired as of 14 days
after the distribution of this draft, and since the LNC will meet within
ten days, I suggest that approval of the minutes of this EC meeting be
placed on the agenda for our LNC meeting on June 26.
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.
Take care,
Jim
James W. Lark, III
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
University of Virginia
Assistant Secretary
Region 5S Representative
Libertarian National Committee
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LNC Executive Committee meeting
Libertarian National Committee
June 16, 2014
Draft Minutes (version 1)
Submitted:June 17, 2014
Mr. Neale called the meeting to order at 10:10 p.m. (EDT).
Executive Committee members in attendance:Geoff Neale (chair), Lee
Wrights (vice chair), Jim Lark (assistant secretary and Region 5S
representative), Tim Hagan (treasurer), Bill Redpath (at-large
representative), and Dan Wiener (Region 4 representative).
Mark Hinkle (at-large representative), Vicki Kirkland (Region 2
representative), Gary Johnson (Region 7 representative), and Paul
Frankel (Region 7 alternate representative) were present.Executive
Director Wes Benedict was present; Mark Axinn (Chair, Libertarian Party
of New York) and Ken Moellman (Chair, Libertarian Party of Kentucky)
were present as invited guests.
Mr. Neale asked Mr. Redpath to introduce the discussion concerning
requests for ballot access funds from the Libertarian Party of New York
(LPNY) and the Libertarian Party of Kentucky (LPKY).Mr. Redpath
indicated that the LPNY is requesting $25,000, and that roughly $16,900
will remain in the ballot access fund if the requested amount is
encumbered.Mr. Hagan indicated that Mr. Redpath's numbers are
correct.Mr. Neale and Mr. Benedict provided comments regarding the LP's
financial condition.
Following a discussion of the financial condition, Mr. Axinn provided
information about Michael McDermott (LPNY gubernatorial candidate) and
the particulars of the petition drive.He noted that if Mr. McDermott
receives at least 50,000 votes, the LPNY will obtain ballot access for
four years.
After discussion of the petition drive details and possible LNC
financial assistance, Mr. Redpath moved (Mr. Wrights seconded) to
encumber $25,000 for the LPNY petition drive.After discussion, the
motion was approved by a vote of 6 -- 0; the votes were as follows:
Ayes:Hagan, Lark, Neale, Redpath, Wiener, Wrights
Nays:None*//*
*//*
Mr. Redpath asked Mr. Moellman to discuss the situation in Kentucky.Mr.
Moellman provided information about David Patterson (LPKY candidate for
U.S. Senate) and the petition drive to place Mr. Patterson on the
ballot.He indicated that the deadline for submission of signatures is
Aug. 12, that it may be a four-way race, that the LPKY has roughly 1,000
signatures in hand and seeks to gather at least 6,500 additional
signatures, that the race does not have ballot access implications, and
that he is asking the LNC for $15,000.
Mr. Moellman indicated that the most likely benefit to the LPKY from the
campaign is publicity, due to the fact that it will be a high-profile
race; the Republican candidate is Mitch McConnell (minority leader in
the U.S. Senate).After discussion of details concerning the campaign,
Mr. Neale asked Mr. Benedict about opportunities for raising funds to
assist the LPKY petition drive.Mr. Moellman indicated that Mr. Patterson
will attend the LP national convention and will seek to raise funds at
the convention.
After consideration of various ideas, there was consensus that LPHQ
should seek to raise funds to assist the LPKY petition drive, and that
no formal action by the EC is necessary at this time.Mr. Neale directed
Mr. Benedict to proceed in this endeavor.
Without objection, the meeting adjourned at 11:32 p.m. (EDT).
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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