[Lnc-business] Various LNC items

Sat Jun 4 13:42:32 EDT 2016

Whitney Bilyeu - Potential Conflicts

Gulf Coast Regional Director, Mark Miler for Texas Railroad Commission
(2015 - present)
Policy Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Texas (2014 - present)
Member, Libertarian Millennial Caucus (2016 - present)
Public School Teacher, Tomball Independent School District (2004 - present)
Libertarian Candidate, Texas State Board of Education (2016 - present)
Libertarian Candidate, Texas State Senate (2014)
Platform Committee Member, Libertarian Party of Texas (2014 - 2016)
Credentials Committee Member, Libertarian Party of Texas (2014 - 2016)

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Danny Bedwell <chair at mslp.org> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>      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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Lnc-business mailing list
>> Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Lnc-business mailing list
> Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://hq.lp.org/pipermail/lnc-business/attachments/20160604/dffb329d/attachment-0002.html>