[Lnc-business] Minutes of the EC meeting on Dec. 29, 2013
Gary Johnson
sedition at aol.com
Mon Jan 13 17:30:10 EST 2014
Dear Jim,
So, your minutes were auto approved. I am so jealous of you!
Gary Johnson
512-441-6378
sedition at aol.com
-----Original Message-----
From: James Lark <jwl3s at virginia.edu>
To: 'Geoffrey Neale' <liber8or at austin.rr.com>
Cc: lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
Sent: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 12:25 pm
Subject: [Lnc-business] Minutes of the EC meeting on Dec. 29, 2013
Dear Chairman Neale:
I hope all is well with you. I am writing to mention that as of 8:00 p.m. EST last night (Sunday, Jan. 12), I did not receive any proposed changes to the draft minutes of the Executive Committee meeting on Dec. 29, 2013. Thus, according to the procedure specified in the Policy Manual (specifically, Section 1.02.06), those draft minutes now stand approved as the minutes of the meeting.
I have enclosed the minutes below, as well as Section 1.02.06 of the Policy Manual; please note that I am sending a copy of this message to the LNC-Business list to provide our colleagues with a copy of the minutes. In a separate message I shall send the minutes to the LPHQ staff for inclusion on the LP.org website.
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
Region 5S Representative
Assistant Secretary
Libertarian National Committee
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LNC Executive Committee meeting
Libertarian National Committee
December 29, 2013
Minutes
Date of approval: Jan. 12, 2014
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 7th LNC meeting, and the subsequent rescheduling to December 14th;
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.
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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.
Withoutobjection, 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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