[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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