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

[Sam Goldstein]

Plus we would have to pay Andy's expenses for this state visit.  I still
sponsor only the first part of the motion and
I'm not clear on the intent of the other co-sponsors.

Sam

Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
Member at Large
8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
Indianapolis IN 46260
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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