[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2015-10: EPCC and Contract Review

[Marc Allan Feldman]

There are certain decisions that should be made by the Chair, and the
Chair should be kept accountable and held responsible for those
decisions.
The EPCC should appropraiately offer wise counsel to assist the Chair.
The Chair should appropriately seek wise counsel from the EPCC, and
from other members of the LNC.
If the individuals involved have difficulty in communication and
negotiation on a voluntary basis, this is not a problem that a change
in a policy manual will correct, or even improve.

I vote no.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:
> This proposal will make the process of negotiating director-level
> contracts longer and more difficult.
>
> There is a static waiting period of at least ten days from the
> agreement between the Chair and the prospective employee and the
> ratification of that agreement by the EPCC or at least 9 LNC members.
> Members of the EPCC and the LNC who do not negotiate contracts or
> conduct interviews are provided substantially more power to block a
> contract negotiated by the Chair and a prospective employee.  Blocking
> a contract based on provisions that are disapproved of is an easy way
> to stop a hire without having the votes to actually say no to the
> person.
>
> A key to any negotiation is to negotiate with the decision maker.  The
> decision maker on the employee side of a contract negotiation is
> always the employee.  This proposal makes the decision maker on the
> employer side the Chair, the EPCC, and any plurality of LNC members
> that would prevent a 9-person vote, along with a 10-day waiting
> period.  There are some candidates for employment who may not be
> willing to negotiate on those terms.  If this is adopted, we won't
> know who they are, because they won't submit themselves as candidates.
>
> We already pay our top staff less than other organizations in the
> libertarian movement as well as subject them to more criticism and
> attacks than other organizations in the libertarian movement.  Adding
> a hiring process by multiple committees into that mix will not be
> helpful to attracting and retaining the best people.
>
> If you would like to make it easier for the LNC to block particular
> director-level hires or particular contracts, and you think that that
> change would make the Libertarian Party more effective, you should
> vote for this proposal.
>
> I vote no.
>
> -Nick
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by October 31, 2015 at 11:59:59pm
>> Pacific time.
>>
>> Sponsor:  Mattson, Kirkland, Goldstein, Riemers
>>
>> Motion:  amend the Policy Manual by inserting and striking out text as
>> specified in the attached PDF
>>
>> Alicia Mattson
>> LNC Secretary
>>
>>
>>
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