[Lnc-business] Email ballot 2014-02: Related party as paid petitioner

[Starchild]

	I vote to abstain. Not that my vote will likely make a difference since everyone seems to be voting for this anyway, but my reason for abstaining is that I don't have any more information than I did when I wrote the message below explaining my thoughts on this: 

On Apr 1, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Starchild wrote to Diana Visek (in part):

> 	As I said when this came up with Paulie, I've come to feel it would probably be better if no LNC members are being paid by the party, to avoid both the reality and the appearance of conflict of interest or impropriety, but as I also said then, I'm sensitive to fairness issues around changing the rules midstream in this term. Especially in a case such as his, where the work in question (petitioning in this case) is the member's primary occupation which the member had a reasonable expectation of being able to continue performing for the party on a paid basis while on the LNC, and has reported that being on the body is a financial hardship and asked for voluntary help from donors (on IPR, maybe elsewhere) in covering his costs of serving.
> 
> 	I don't know anything about your financial situation or whether any of those conditions apply in your case, but if affording the costs of serving on the LNC is a hardship for you, or you were told you would be paid for this petitioning and have already started the work on that basis, or the party is having trouble finding enough paid petitioners with good records and needs your help in Illinois, I would be happy to make the motion to approve the work. If none of those conditions exist, I would encourage you to help set a good precedent by foregoing the paid employment.

Love & Liberty,
                 ((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee


On Apr 3, 2014, at 7:08 PM, Dave Blau wrote:

> I vote yes, and let's move this vote along so she can get to work!
> 
> 
> David E. Blau, Esq. 
> Chairman, Libertarian Association of Massachusetts. chair at lpmass.org
> Secretary, Libertarian National Committee. secretary at lp.org
> www.lpmass.org | www.lp.org 
> 617.396.4253
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Gary Johnson <sedition at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> I vote yes on Email ballot 2014-02: Related party as paid petitioner, To permit Dianna Visek to act as a paid petitioner in 2014 in Illinois, pursuant to Section 2.04, subsection 3 of the Policy Manual (pertaining to related party contracts).
>> 
>> Gary Johnson
>> 512-441-6378
>> sedition at aol.com
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dave Blau <blau.liberty at gmail.com>
>>> To: lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
>>> Sent: Tue, Apr 1, 2014 6:33 pm
>>> Subject: [Lnc-business] Email ballot 2014-02: Related party as paid petitioner
>>> 
>>> Moved by Geoff Neale: To permit Dianna Visek to act as a paid petitioner in 2014 in Illinois, pursuant to Section 2.04, subsection 3 of the Policy Manual (pertaining to related party contracts).
>>> 
>>> Voting on this motion concludes at 11:59 PM Eastern time on April 11, 2014.  Please reply directly to this email on the LNC Business list with your vote.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David E. Blau, Esq. 
>>> Chairman, Libertarian Association of Massachusetts. chair at lpmass.org
>>> Secretary, Libertarian National Committee. secretary at lp.org
>>> www.lpmass.org | www.lp.org 
>>> 617.396.4253
>>> 
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