[Lnc-business] Proposed Presidential Campaign Contract

[Daniel Wiener]

After reviewing the proposed Presidential Agreement which Nick sent out
earlier tonight, I have several suggested edits:

*3(c)(ii):*

*Upon signing this Agreement, the Candidates and Campaign Committee shall
promptly provide to the LNC their "campaign" lists, i.e., their most
current lists of contributors, inquiries and volunteers and the mailing and
e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of those persons, and their "media"
lists, i.e., their most current lists of media contacts and the mailing and
e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of those persons.  This requirement
shall only apply to names on those lists which were obtained after the
Candidates announced that they were seeking the LP nomination. The
Candidates and Campaign Committee shall provide to the LNC promptly as and
when they are received, and at least weekly, any additions or updates to
those lists. The Candidates and Campaign Committee intend that these lists
shall be added to and merged with the lists owned and maintained by the
LNC, so that the LNC shall have the unrestricted ownership and use of the
lists in the future in order to advance the interests of the LP.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Candidates shall retain a limited
license to use those lists following the Campaign for their own personal
noncommercial use insofar as such use does not conflict with Libertarian
Party objectives. *

*3(c)(5):*

*The Candidates and Campaign Committee shall direct all inquiries about the
Libertarian Party** from interested voters, media representatives and
others, to telephone numbers, mailing and e-mail addresses and persons
designated by the LNC.*

My rationale is that I don't think it's reasonable to demand a Candidate's
entire list of contacts and supporters, many of which were accumulated long
before that Candidate sought the LP nomination. But once a Candidate has
announced a run, all subsequent contact information should be fair game for
the LP.

It's also unreasonable to limit the Candidate's use of such data to
"personal non-commercial use". Candidates should be able to freely utilize
all of the data which they themselves collected, unless there is a direct
conflict with LP objectives (e.g., using that data to help another
political party or other non-LP candidates).

Finally, Candidates and their Campaign Committees should be able to respond
to inquiries about themselves without having to redirect those inquiries to
the LP, unless the inquiry is specifically about the LP.

Dan Wiener



On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:

> As mentioned, the attached contract incorporates almost all of the
> proposals suggested by Mr. Hall.
>
> -Nick
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