[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2015-03: Sustain Chair's Ruling Regarding Convention Packages

[Marc Allan Feldman]

 I vote aye to sustain the ruling of the chair.

I apologize if I missed relevant discussion, and I am no parliamentarian
but:

1.  I thought the ruling of the chair stands unless there is a motion to
appeal and a vote to overturn it.  I would think a motion to sustain would
be unnecessary and to have no affect.  Has a motion been made to overturn
the ruling?  If the motion to sustain fails, would we need another motion
to overturn the ruling?

2.  If the ruling is overturned, is the email ballot for election
acceptable?  If this really is an election, wouldn't it be required to open
to nominations?  Shouldn't it be required to have alternatives, rounds of
voting, at least including NOTA?

3.  I believe that at the time of his election, he thought he was a member,
we thought he was a member.  I would say that he paid for membership, but
underpaid for the convention package.  Could we charge  him another $25 to
finish paying for the convention package and move on?


On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 3:39 PM, James Lark <jwl3s at virginia.edu> wrote:

>  Dear colleagues:
>
>     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my capacity as Region 5
> representative to vote "no" 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
> -----
>
>
> On 4/29/2015 1:04 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
>
>  We have an electronic mail ballot.
>
>
> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by May 8, 2015 at 11:59:59pm
> Pacific time. *
> *Co-Sponsors:*  Mattson, Olsen, Wiener, Hagan
>
> *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"
>   *Note about Effect*:
>  Because this is phrased as a motion to sustain the chair's ruling, a
> "yes" vote means that the purchase of a convention package should count
> toward sustaining membership.  A "no" vote means that the purchase of a
> convention package should NOT count towards sustaining membership.
>
> Alicia Mattson
> LNC Secretary
>
>
>
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