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

[Alicia Mattson]

Year-to-date, compensation makes up more than 40% of our expenses for
2015.  The content of director-level contracts has a very large impact on a
very large expense category.  The LNC as a whole is tasked with asset
management, and I don't think it's at all unreasonable to ask the LNC to be
more engaged on these contract terms.

-Alicia



On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:24 AM, Marc Allan Feldman <marc at openivo.com>
wrote:

> 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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> --
> Marc Allan Feldman
> CEO
> OpenIVO, Inc.
> Beachwood, OH
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