[Lnc-business] Ruling of the Chair re: Doug Craig's sustaining membership status at the time of his election

[doug at vikingmetals.com]

I will say I am not always on top of my national membership. ..my money goes toward the state level  ...at one point I was paying our media guy out of pocket for three months in 2014...so yes I have been slow to send national 25 bucks...while I spent 5000 in Georgia last year...

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Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Ruling of the Chair re: Doug Craig's sustaining membership status at the time of his election
From: "Norm Olsen" <region1rep at doneDad.com>
Date: Apr 28, 2015 2:33 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
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I have to disagree with the ruling of the Chair.  We ask people to<br/>___PURCHASE___ a gold, silver, or bronze package.  Such ___PURCHASEs___ are<br/>carried on the books as "Convention Income" and not under any of the several<br/>fundraising accounting lines.  A payment to attend a convention is not,<br/>technically, a donation. <br/><br/>I'm a big fan of Doug Craig, and I want more than (perhaps) anyone else to<br/>see him serve on the LNC as an At Large Representative.  However, setting<br/>this precedent is very bad policy and must not be adopted simply to allow<br/>Mr. Craig to vote at _one_ meeting at which only _one_ issue is to be<br/>decided.<br/><br/>Thus, I am "voting"(?) to overturn (or is it overrule) the ruling of the<br/>chair, announce my co-sponsorship of an e-mail ballot to appoint Mr. Doug<br/>Craig to the At Large vacancy, and encourage all LNC members to vote<br/>promptly as that is probably the only way Mr. Craig will be able to<br/>participate in the May 3rd electronic meeting.<br/><br/>Norm<br/>--<br/>Norman T Olsen<br/>Regional Representative, Region 1<br/>Libertarian National Committee<br/>7931 South Broadway, PMB 102<br/>Littleton, CO  80122-2710<br/>303-263-4995<br/><br/>-----Original Message-----<br/>From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of<br/>Nicholas Sarwark<br/>Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 8:18 AM<br/>To: lnc-business<br/>Subject: [Lnc-business] Ruling of the Chair re: Doug Craig's sustaining<br/>membership status at the time of his election<br/><br/>All,<br/><br/>Mr. Goldstein has requested a ruling as to whether Doug Craig's purchase of<br/>a convention package on May 6, 2014 was sufficient to make him a sustaining<br/>member at the time of his election the the LNC on March 29, 2015.  I believe<br/>it was.<br/><br/>Bylaws Article 5, Section 3, says "'Sustaining member' is any Party member<br/>who has given at least $25 to the Party in the prior twelve months, or who<br/>is a life member."  There is no language in the Bylaws that discusses<br/>convention purchases as separate from an other giving to the Libertarian<br/>Party.  Without explicit language in the Bylaws to the contrary, I find that<br/>the money Mr. Craig gave to the Libertarian Party for his convention package<br/>on May 6, 2014 was in excess of $25 and given in the twelve months prior to<br/>the  LNC meeting in Phoenix on March 29, 2015.<br/><br/>The Association levels that Dr. Lieberman points to are not in the nature of<br/>a Bylaw, but are set by the LNC as a way to recognize supporters at<br/>different giving levels.  Whether his contribution would count for an<br/>association level is not the question at issue here.<br/><br/>With that, I don't think there is an issue with Mr. Craig's eligibility at<br/>the time of his election.  If there are those on the LNC who would still<br/>like a mail ballot on the issue Ms. Mattson has raised, I think it's<br/>appropriate to phrase it in a way that it is clear that it is also an appeal<br/>of the ruling of the Chair, but it would probably be most appropriate to<br/>combine it with the question of voting to fill the vacancy with a particular<br/>person should the ruling of the Chair be successfully appealed.<br/><br/><br/>-Nick<br/><br/>_______________________________________________<br/>Lnc-business mailing list<br/>Lnc-business at hq.lp.org<br/>http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org<br/><br/><br/>_______________________________________________<br/>Lnc-business mailing list<br/>Lnc-business at hq.lp.org<br/>http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org<br/>