[Lnc-business] LP Puerto Rico motion

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I agree with Alicia's concern on the Bylaws request for members outside of
affiliates.  That whole bylaws section is problematic and I have an issue
with the LNC directing an independent committee in that manner.

I have no issue with encouraging a Puerto Rico affiliate.


-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>


On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess I don't see the point of the portion encouraging a Puerto Rican
> affiliate specifically, and I don't agree with the clause which would
> direct the Bylaws Committee to create delegate slots for members outside of
> affiliates.
>
> Over the past two years, at least two and perhaps three times I was asked
> for a copy of the approved form to use for forming a new affiliate and was
> told the request was for Puerto Rico.  I never communicated with anyone
> actually from Puerto Rico, though, as the requests came to me through staff
> and a state chair.  So I don't know if someone in Puerto Rico actually
> wants to do it, or if other people just want someone there to do it.
> Regardless, no group has yet submitted an application to become an
> affiliate, and if they do so, we'll charter an affiliate.
>
> If there aren't the required handful of interested people there, I don't
> want to encourage creation of something that will would promptly atrophy.
>
> Regarding delegate apportionment for members outside of affiliates:
>
> 1)  As of the official date for calculating delegates for the 2016
> convention, there were only 61 sustaining party members outside of
> affiliates.
>
> 2)  Those members are spread all over the world, not grouped in close
> proximity in a region which could reasonably form some sort of functional
> organization and choose delegates to represent them.
>
> 3)  There are plenty of affiliates whose rules would permit those 61
> members to be seated as convention delegates already if they are so
> inclined.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Patrick McKnight <
> patrick.joseph.mcknight at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I make the following motion on behalf of Dr. Phillies:
>>
>> "Whereas, our Bylaws provide "The National Committee shall charter
>> state-level affiliate parties from any qualifying organization
>> requesting such status in each state, territory and the District of
>> Columbia (hereinafter, state)" and
>>
>> Whereas no affiliate is currently recognized from any of the inhabited
>> Territories of the United States,
>>
>> Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Libertarian National Committee
>> encourages the Partido Libertario de Puerto Rico (Libertarian Party of
>> Puerto Rico) to prepare for and apply to become an affiliate of our
>> Libertarian Party, and
>>
>> Be It Further Resolved, that the Libertarian National Committee
>> encourages the Libertarians in America's other Territories to organize
>> themselves as Libertarian political groups that advance to apply for
>> affiliate status,
>>
>> and Be it Further Resolved, that the Libertarian national Committee
>> directs its appointees to the 2018 National Convention Bylaws Committee to
>> create and support a Bylaws amendment establishing delegate representation
>> for all Party Sustaining members who do not live in a current affiliate."
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Patrick McKnight
>> Region 8 Rep
>>
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-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
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