[Lnc-business] requesting co-sponsors to appeal Chair's ruling

[Wes Benedict]

I believe that the bylaw :
*"3. “Sustaining member” is any Party member who has given at least $25 
to the Party in the prior twelve months, or who is a life member."*
was added at the 2006 convention. I'm not certain, but I'm thinking 
maybe Geoff Neale and Dan Karlan were on the bylaws committee.

You might want to ask our FEC consultant if the 2014 convention packages 
counted as a "contribution" to the Libertarian National Committee.

Our 2014 convention registration form, approved by the APRC, said:
> *Federal law requires political committees to report the name, 
> address, occupation, and name of employer for each individual whose 
> contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in a calendar year. 
> Political contributions are not tax deductible.

And Mr. Craig's convention package gift or purchase or whatever you call 
it was reported to the FEC.


Wes Benedict, Executive Director
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On 4/28/2015 11:52 PM, Tim Hagan wrote:
> I will co-sponsor the Secretary's appeal.
>
> To me, the Bylaws' definition of sustaining member could be ambiguous, 
> depending on which definition of "give" applies. One is "to present 
> voluntarily and without expecting compensation." Another is "to pay or 
> transfer possession to another in exchange for something." Using the 
> later would mean that those who buy the LNC's surplus or leftover 
> equipment could count the payments to apply to being a sustaining 
> member. To me, counting any purchases, instead of using the first 
> definition I gave for "give", is not logically the intent of the 
> convention. The Bylaws could be cleared up by changing "given" to 
> "donated". (Hint to the Bylaws Committee)
>
> Tim Hagan
>
>
>
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> *From:* Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> *To:* lnc-business <lnc-business at lp.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2015 3:09 PM
> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] requesting co-sponsors to appeal Chair's ruling
>
> I am requesting co-sponsors to appeal the Chair's ruling that a 
> person's purchase of a convention package should count as a gift for 
> purposes of determining sustaining membership.  Recall that the motion 
> for an appeal is phrased as a motion to sustain/uphold the chair's 
> ruling, even though my already-stated position is to not overturn it.
>
> Therefore I am seeking co-sponsors for the following motion:
>
> To sustain the Chair's ruling that a person's purchase of a convention 
> package in the prior twelve months meets the requirement of Bylaws 
> Article 5.3 that a sustaining member must have "given at least $25 to 
> the Party in the prior twelve months".
>
> I interpret Norm's previous statements as his being willing to 
> co-sponsor this motion unless he tells me otherwise.  So two other 
> co-sponsors (or the chair) would be needed.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
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