[Lnc-business] Contract issues

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Protecting the interests of the party and its members and us do not include
eternal secrecy.  While some might have trouble seeing it, no, in a
contract negotiation, something as huge as that, should not be missed.
Whether or not it is "understandable" is not the question.  It is
extraordinarily prejudical and and negligent.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In response to the implied question:  Having read the contract, I find it
> to be a good agreement, and one that delivers excellent value to the Party,
> with the exception of the clause under discussion.  I personally have
> trouble seeing the implications of that clause, even after having it
> explained to me, and so it makes perfect sense to me that those
> implications can be missed during an extended negotiation where the primary
> focus was on protecting the interests of the party and obtaining value for
> the party.
>
>
> Joshua A. Katz
> Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I want to clear something up.
>>
>> The LNC authorized me to negotiate a contract and joint fundraising
>> agreement between the party and the Gary Johnson campaign.  I have,
>> for the past three and a half months, been working with our counsel,
>> Oliver Hall, to negotiate a contract that would be in the best
>> interest of the Libertarian Party.
>>
>> During those months, terms have changed during the course of the
>> negotiations in both agreements.  At some point I asked Mr. Hall about
>> the advisability of making the provisions of the contract public both
>> before and after the election.  His advice was that it would not be
>> advisable at any point, but definitely would not be prior to the
>> election.  Based on that discussion, my preference would be to keep it
>> confidential until inauguration day.  That was what I communicated to
>> the list, but that communication was in error.
>>
>> The actual contract requires confidentiality of the terms.  Mr.
>> Goldstein pointed out that phrase to me and I sent a correction to the
>> email list as soon as I realized that I had misspoke. I understand
>> that this misspeaking has created a lack of confidence and a motion to
>> rescind the entire authority to execute the contract.
>>
>> I would like it to be clear that making the contract public was not,
>> to my knowledge, one of the stated objectives at the LNC meeting
>> following the convention for our contract with the campaign.  A very
>> small and vocal minority making it into an absolute requirement at
>> this late stage of the negotiations is shifting the goalposts in the
>> final seconds of the game (after, I'm not sure if signatures are
>> already on the campaign's copies).
>>
>> I think the contract negotiated is a good one.  Others who have seen
>> it are probably within their bounds to say whether they consider it a
>> good or bad agreement, without discussing specific terms with LNC
>> members who will not agree to keep it confidential.
>>
>> The effect of this motion would be to cancel everything negotiated
>> because I misspoke and/or people value transparency over any other
>> goal.  If that's what you want to do, you should co-sponsor it and
>> vote for it.
>>
>> Yours in liberty,
>> Nick
>>
>> P.S. Recognizing that eventual transparency is important to the
>> aforementioned small and vocal minority, Oliver and I are actually in
>> negotiations with the campaign for some kind of addendum that would
>> modify the confidentiality terms to address those concerns.
>>
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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
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Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
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