[Lnc-business] Various LNC items
Sean O'Toole
sean at kingfieldcapital.com
Thu Jun 2 21:28:17 EDT 2016
Potential conflicts:
Treasurer, Missouri Libertarian Party
Chairman, Jackson County Libertarian Party
Candidate for State Treasurer - Missouri
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**Sean O'Toole**
Region 6 Alternate rep
(816) 739-2737
On Jun 2 2016, at 4:20 pm, James Lark <jwl3s at eservices.virginia.edu>
wrote:
> 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](mailto: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**
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> 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.
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> 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”).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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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