[Lnc-business] Various LNC items

James Lark jwl3s at eservices.virginia.edu
Thu Jun 2 17:19:27 EDT 2016


Dear colleagues:

     I hope all is well with you.  As we begin the 2016-2018 term, allow 
me to offer again my congratulations to you on your election to the LNC, 
and to provide some information for you.  I hope you find the 
information helpful.

1)  As I mentioned on Monday, each member must provide the secretary 
with information concerning potential conflicts of interest.  I have 
enclosed below my potential conflicts of interests for your 
consideration.    Incidentally, Section 2.01.02 of the LNC Policy Manual 
provides information about this requirement.

2)  Section 2.01.04 ("Harassment and Offensive Behavior Prohibition") of 
the Policy Manual contains the following paragraph:

Toward ensuring that all LNC Members are thoroughly familiar not only 
with this policy but also the ramifications of it, they must participate 
in a standard program of exposure to the issues raised by these 
concerns. The Chair is responsible to select the content of this 
training program, in consultation with Counsel, and participation should 
be arranged at the earliest practicable opportunity after the person 
becomes an LNC Member.

     Although I suspect Mr. Sarwark has already directed (or will soon 
direct) the staff to provide the training program material to us, I 
mention this item in case he and the staff remain swamped in the 
aftermath of the convention.

3)  If you have not already done so, you may wish to prepare a 
"Libertarian biography" that provides information about your involvement 
in the liberty movement, as well as basic biographical information.  I 
have found such a document to be very helpful in my outreach efforts.  
You may also wish to prepare a bullet-point list of the biographical 
items you consider most important.  (I usually bring such a list with me 
when I appear on TV and radio programs, give invited addresses, etc.  
The list makes life easier for those who are interviewing/introducing 
me; it also conveys a sense of professionalism.)

     Once you prepare such a bio, I hope you will share it with the LNC; 
unfortunately, the Monday meeting didn't allow much time for members to 
introduce themselves and share biographical info.  I have enclosed below 
my "Libertarian bio" for your consideration.  (Since I frequently 
receive invitations to speak at academic institutions, I include rather 
more about my academic background and work than is necessary for most 
members.)

4)  As you may know, I have been involved in building libertarian campus 
organizations for several years.  I hope to work with the presidential 
campaign on youth outreach, particularly on college and high school 
campuses.  This work will be part of a more general effort to improve 
our youth outreach.  I anticipate that much of this effort will be 
spearheaded by Trent Somes, the Region 5 alternate.  I also anticipate 
that Mr. Somes and I will work closely with Arvin Vohra as part of this 
effort.

     If I may request of my fellow regional reps and alternates, please 
inform/remind your state affiliates that I am happy to assist their 
efforts to build college and high school organizations, as well as other 
youth outreach efforts.  All things being equal, I prefer that they 
contact me at my jwlark at lp.org e-mail address.

5)  If you have not already done so, you may wish to place the following 
dates on your calendar:

Sept. 26:  Presidential debate, Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio)

Oct. 4:  Vice Presidential debate, Longwood University (Farmville, Virginia)

Oct. 9:  Presidential debate, Washington University in St. Louis (St. 
Louis, Missouri)

Oct. 19:  Presidential debate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las 
Vegas, Nevada)

     I mention these dates because at this time we should investigate 
ways in which each of us can promote the LP and our presidential ticket 
via the debates regardless of whether Gov. Johnson and Gov. Weld are 
invited to participate.  For example, I plan to submit a proposal soon 
to my Libertarian Party of Virginia colleagues regarding an outreach 
effort that uses the vice presidential debate as a hook.  In addition, I 
shall endeavor to keep my schedule open on and about those dates so that 
I am available for interviews, speaking opportunities, etc.

     Thanks for your work for liberty.  I look forward to working with 
you this term, and to seeing you in Las Vegas next month. Please do not 
hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance to you.

     Take care,
     Jim

     James W. Lark, III
     Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
     Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society
     University of Virginia

     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
     University of Virginia

     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:  Jim Lark

*  Chair, Board of Directors, Advocates for Self-Government
*  Secretary, Board of Directors, International Society for Individual 
Liberty (now known as Liberty International)
*  Board of Advisors, Students For Liberty
*  Board of Advisors, Freedom and Entrepreneurship Foundation (Fundacja 
Wolnosci I Przedsiebiorczosci) in Poland
*  Secretary, Jefferson Area Libertarians
*  Member, Faculty Network, Foundation for Economic Education

Note:  I anticipate that I shall soon join the Board of Directors of the 
Libertarian Youth Caucus.
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*LIBERTARIAN BIOGRAPHY: JAMES W. LARK, III*


James W. Lark, III currently serves as a professor/lecturer in the 
Department of Systems and Information Engineering and the Applied 
Mathematics Program of the Department of Engineering and Society at the 
University of Virginia. Prior to the 2003-2004 academic year he served 
as assistant professor in the Department of Systems and Information 
Engineering and as adjunct professor in the McIntire School of Commerce 
at U.Va.From 2003-2009 he served as Assistant to the Athletics Director 
for Special Projects at U.Va.During the 2012-2013 academic year he 
served as a professor in the Department of Statistics at U.Va. in 
addition to his position in the Department of Systems and Information 
Engineering. He received a B.S. in Mathematics from Virginia Polytechnic 
Institute and State University (Va. Tech) and a Ph.D. in Systems 
Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Dr. Lark has served as visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of 
Public Choice at Virginia Tech.He was an Earhart Foundation Visiting 
Fellow at the Center for Research in Government Policy and Business in 
the Graduate School of Management at the University of Rochester.He has 
also served as a visiting scholar in the Department of Mathematics at 
the University of California, Berkeley, and the Department of 
Mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.He is the author 
of publications in mathematics, operations research, and artificial 
intelligence.His solution procedure for finite-horizon partially 
observed Markov decision processes is known in the research literature 
as the “Lark algorithm” (or “Lark filtering algorithm”).

He has been a member of the Libertarian Party since 1983.He currently 
serves as the Region 5 representative on the Libertarian National 
Committee.He is a member of the LNC’s Executive Committee, and serves as 
the LNC’s representative to the International Alliance of Libertarian 
Parties.He also serves as chair of the Employment Policy and 
Compensation Committee.

He served as chairman of the Libertarian Party during the 2000-2002 
term, and as secretary pro tem during part of the 2012-2014 term.He 
served as an at-large member of the LNC during the 1998-2000 term, and 
as a regional representative during the 2004-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2010, 
2010-2012, 2012-2014, and 2014-2016 terms.He was a member of the 
Libertarian Party’s Platform Committee in 1991, 1998, 2010, and 2012, 
and a member of the Bylaws Committee in 2000.He was a founding member of 
the Board of Directors of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee.

Dr. Lark is the recipient of the 2008 Thomas Jefferson award (the 
Party’s highest honor), given at national LP conventions for lifetime 
achievement.He is also the recipient of the 2004 Samuel Adams award 
(given at national LP conventions for outstanding activism) and the 2012 
Thomas Paine award (given at national LP conventions for outstanding 
communication of Libertarian ideas).He is the only person to win each of 
these awards.

He serves as the Local Affiliate Parties Committee chairman and the 
campus coordinator for the Libertarian Party of Virginia.He has served 
as vice chairman and as secretary of the LPVA.He is the secretary of the 
Jefferson Area Libertarians (Charlottesville, Virginia).

He currently serves as advisor to The Liberty Coalition and its 
constituent organizations at the University of Virginia. He founded 
several of the Coalition organizations while a graduate student at the 
University of Virginia. He also serves as national campus coordinator 
for the Libertarian Party, and advises college and high school 
libertarians throughout the country on promoting libertarian ideas on 
campus. He has conducted several campus organizing tours on behalf of 
the LP. He has lectured and conducted workshops on campus organizing at 
many state Libertarian Party conventions, and at the Libertarian Party 
national conventions in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 
2006, 2008, and 2014.He served as a member of the Libertarian Leadership 
School faculty, and as a member of the Libertarian Party’s “Success ‘97” 
and “Success ‘99” Leadership Seminar faculty.

Dr. Lark is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Advocates for 
Self-Government.He is the secretary of the Board of Directors of Liberty 
International (previously known as the International Society for 
Individual Liberty), and serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of 
Students For Liberty.He serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of 
the Freedom and Entrepreneurship Foundation (Fundacja Wolnosci I 
Przedsiebiorczosci) in Poland.He is a member of the Foundation for 
Economic Education's Faculty Network.




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