[Lnc-business] Motion- LP of Colorado and Riot Fest - request for co-sponsors

[Alicia Mattson]

Andy Burns is not an employee of the LNC.  He is a contractor.  That means
we have to avoid doing things that a judge would say made him an employee
and obligated us to payroll taxes and other benefits of being an employee.

We can't dictate to him very much about how his job is done.  We can give
him goals we want accomplished, but he has great freedom to decide how that
gets done, what days/hours he works, etc.

If we adopt a motion directing him as though he is an employee, that's
legally problematic.

-Alicia




On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I brought this up on the list before and took the discussion off list with
> Wes, Robert, and Nick, and it was decided that this is something that the
> LNC would need to decide.
>
> The background once again, and this blurb is from the Chair of the LPCO
> Jay North:
>
> ==Colorado would like to have the LNC help fund Riot Fest in Denver
> Colorado for September 2-4.  The cost of the event is $800, $200 for
> insurance and $100 for additional volunteer passes.  The minimum cost to
> LPCO for the event is $1000.  LPCO is requesting the LNC to help cover the
> costs of the event as Riot Fest is a national event held in Colorado.  The
> LPCO has already approved funding of $800.  LPCO would like LNC to
> contribute at least $200 or more as they see fit.  LPCO will share all
> contact information gathered at the event.==
>
> Thus in accordance with Colorado's request, I propose these motions:
>
> Move that the LNC provide $600.00 to LPCO for the Riot Fest event.
>
> Move that the LNC direct Andy Burns attend the event and to bring
> national materials, as he sees fit, to be given and sold, with any proceeds
> thereof going to the LNC.
>
> I would like to add my own commentary.  I am bringing these at the request
> of Colorado as their regional representative.  However, I have a conflict
> of interest in that I sit on the LPCO board and thus would abstain from any
> vote on this matter.  And I would like to remind any affiliate in my region
> that if they had an event that had a national scope that they wished for me
> to bring to the attention of the LNC in this manner, I would do so.
>
>
> --
> In Liberty,
> Caryn Ann Harlos
> Region 1 Representative
> (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
> Washington)
> Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>
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