[Lnc-business] Reports for upcoming meeting

[James Lark]

Dear colleagues:

     I hope all is well with you.  In a separate message I shall send 
you Word files containing my Region 5, campus organizing, and 
International Representative reports.  I hope you find them interesting 
and helpful.  I shall also send a copy of the final Employee Policy and 
Compensation Committee (EPCC) report from the previous LNC term (see 
comments below).  I have already sent a copy of this report to Mr. Sarwark.

     The proposed agenda for the upcoming meeting assigns five minutes 
each to reports from the Awards Committee and the EPCC.  I had the honor 
of serving as chair of both committees during the previous LNC term.  
Section 1.03.2 of the LNC Policy Manual reads as follows:

2) Committee Terms of Office

The terms of office of all project managers, committee chairs, and 
committee members shall expire with the administration that appoints 
them, or when their successors are
chosen, whichever occurs first. (28)

(Footnote 28 reads as follows:  In the absence of this rule, standing 
committees end when the officers change and special committees end when 
the task is completed (RONR p. 502).)

     Since Geoff Neale appointed the members of the EPCC (Mark Hinkle, 
Jim Lark, and Bill Redpath), I believe that the committee is currently 
unpopulated.  The previous LNC elected the members of the Awards 
Committee (Michael Cloud, Kevin Knedler, Jim Lark, and Bill Redpath).  I 
am inclined to interpret Section 1.03.2 as implying that the terms of 
the Awards Committee members expired as of the end of the 2012-2014 LNC 
term.  However, since one may reasonably believe the LNC did not expire 
when the 2014-2016 term began, I believe one may reasonably contend that 
Mr. Cloud, Mr. Knedler, Mr. Redpath, and I are the committee members 
until the LNC elects different members.

     In any event, I have not prepared written reports for the Awards 
Committee or the EPCC.  I am pleased to note that the Awards Committee 
completed its tasks for the 2012-2014 term; similarly, the EPCC 
completed its major task for the 2012-2014 term (preparation of a 
revised Employee Manual).  Once the EPCC is populated again, the 
committee should work on the following tasks:

*  A "whistleblower" protection policy
*  A document retention/destruction policy

In addition, it may be helpful for the EPCC to engage an attorney with 
expertise in employment law in the Commonwealth of Virginia to review 
the Employee Manual.  The EPCC provided the manual to LNC general 
counsel Gary Sinawski for review.  I made inquiries to find an attorney 
with the aforementioned expertise in Virginia law who would review the 
manual at a reasonable cost.  So far I have not found such an attorney.

     As always, thanks for your work for liberty.  I look forward to 
seeing you next weekend.

     Take care,
     Jim

     James W. Lark, III
     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
     University of Virginia

     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee