[Lnc-business] Various LNC items
Danny Bedwell
chair at mslp.org
Sat Jun 4 09:51:02 EDT 2016
My potential conflicts are:
-In years past, I was State Chair of the Libertarian Party of Mississippi,
(2008 thoough 2014).
- Ran for the U.S.House of Representatives on two occasions.(2010 and 2012)
-Write articles for an online business magazine called BAMSouth.com
Danny Bedwell
Region 7 -Alternate
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 4:19 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 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
> -----
>
> 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.
> -----
> -----
>
> *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.
>
>
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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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
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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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