[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2014-10: Oregon Resolution v2

[James Lark]

Dear colleagues:

     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my capacity as Region 
5 representative to abstain on the motion.

     As always, thanks for your work for liberty.

     Take care,
     Jim

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

     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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On 7/20/2014 2:35 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
> We have an electronic mail ballot.
> *_Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 29, 2014 at 
> 11:59:59pm Pacific time._*
> _Co-Sponsors:_  Dan Wiener, Vicki Kirkland, Tim Hagan, Guy McLendon
> _Motion:_
> Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that "delegates to 
> a Regular Convention shall be selected by a method adopted by each 
> affiliate party" (Article 11, 3 (b)), and
>
> Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that "each 
> state-level affiliate party shall, in accordance with its own Bylaws 
> and these Bylaws, determine who shall be its delegates to all Regular 
> Conventions." (Article 6, 3), and
>
> Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that "the autonomy 
> of the affiliate and sub-affiliate parties shall not be abridged by 
> the National Committee or any other committee of the Party..." 
> (Article 6, 5), and
>
> Whereas, a dispute over the Oregon delegation was placed before the 
> Credentials Committee, which subsequently presented a report to the 
> Libertarian Party National Convention on June 27, 2014 which did not 
> describe the details of that dispute, and
>
> Whereas, a motion was made to amend the Credentials Committee report 
> to include three individuals as delegates within the Oregon 
> delegation, and
>
> Whereas, in response to a Point of Order the Chair of the National 
> Convention ruled that the proposed amendment was in order, the Chair's 
> ruling was appealed, the Chair's ruling was sustained by a vote of the 
> assembly, and the assembly subsequently approved the amendment, and
>
> Whereas, the 11th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 
> which is the Parliamentary Authority for the Libertarian Party as 
> stated in Article 16 of its Bylaws, states (p. 483) that "In any 
> event, no action of the board can alter or conflict with any decision 
> made by the assembly of the society, and any such action of the board 
> is null and void (see p. 577, II. 23-33).", and
>
> Whereas, the Libertarian National Committee nevertheless regrets the 
> situation wherein some delegates believe the above decision was 
> incorrectly decided, therefore
>
> Be it resolved that it is the sense of the Libertarian National 
> Committee that it wishes to convey those regrets to the Libertarian 
> Party of Oregon.
>
>
> Alicia Mattson
> LNC Secretary

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