[Lnc-business] Draft minutes (revised) of the EC meeting on June 16

[James Lark]

Dear colleagues:

     I hope all is well with you.  Thanks to Mr. Frankel for reviewing 
the draft minutes of the EC meeting last night; I greatly appreciate his 
help.  Mr. Moellman saw the draft prior to my sending it to the LNC; he 
contacted me this morning to indicate that the information in the draft 
concerning the LPKY was accurate.

     However, after further review, I believe it is correct that in his 
response to Mr. Neale's question and Mr. Redpath's remark, Mr. 
Moellman's comment about $15,000 referred to the total cost of the 
drive, not an amount he sought from the LNC.  I have revised the draft 
to reflect this; the revision is enclosed below.

     As always, thanks for your work for liberty.  Please do not 
hesitate to contact me if you have any additional comments or questions.

     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 2)

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 anticipated the petition drive will cost $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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