[Lnc-business] Various items of interest

[Nicholas Sarwark]

To respond to a specific question of Dr. Lark's question:

"2)  I share many of the concerns that have expressed regarding the
proposed contract between the LNC and the Johnson-Weld campaign.  I
would appreciate it if Mr. Sarwark would indicate whether both parties
have signed it.  (If the signing of the contract by both parties has
been announced, I did not see the announcement.)"

I had executed our copy on behalf of the LNC.  We have not, to my
knowledge, received the countersigned copy from the campaign.  We are
presently in discussions about a revised version of the agreement that
addresses the concerns that have been raised.  I will update the LNC
if/when either the campaign executes their copy of the original
agreement or we execute a revised agreement.

-Nick

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:13 PM, James Lark
<jwl3s at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
> Dear colleagues:
>
>     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing to offer comments about
> various items of interest.  I hope you find my comments worthy of your
> attention.
>
> 1)  In a separate message I shall abstain on the motion regarding the
> allocation of $5,000 from the "legal offense" budget line.  I believe the
> LNC should help the Libertarian Party of Arizona concerning the ballot
> access burden it faces; also, it is frequently appropriate to make an
> explicit financial commitment before the funds are needed.  However, ceteris
> paribus I would have preferred that we wait until more information regarding
> the particulars of the situation (e.g., the expected cost of a legal
> challenge) is available to us.
>
> 2)  I share many of the concerns that have expressed regarding the proposed
> contract between the LNC and the Johnson-Weld campaign.  I would appreciate
> it if Mr. Sarwark would indicate whether both parties have signed it.  (If
> the signing of the contract by both parties has been announced, I did not
> see the announcement.)
>
>     As of this moment, I have not seen the contract; in particular, I have
> not decided whether I should request the contract.  While I believe that
> discretion and confidentiality are appropriate for certain aspects of our
> activities, it is not clear to me that confidentiality-in-perpetuity is
> appropriate for an agreement of this type.  If such a
> confidentiality-in-perpetuity requirement is part of the agreement, such a
> requirement raises questions about the ability of LNC members to uphold
> their responsibilities to the LP membership.
>
>     Frankly, I am unsure as to the best way for the LNC to proceed in this
> matter.  In any event, I believe there are aspects of this matter that we
> should address at the December meeting, if not before.
>
> 3)  Allow me to offer some remarks about Mike Fellows.  I had the pleasure
> of meeting him at a meeting of libertarians in Missoula, Montana in May
> 1986.  The meeting was organized as part of an effort to build a local
> Advocates for Self-Government "Seminar 1" group. (Over the course of roughly
> two weeks I drove from Evanston, Illinois to Crooks, South Dakota via Omaha
> (NE), Casper (WY), Boise (ID), Eugene (OR), Portland (OR), Vancouver (BC),
> Seattle (WA), Tacoma (WA), and Missoula to help build such groups.)
>
>     Mike always impressed me as a fine gentleman: he was a man of
> intelligence, wit, and generous spirit who represented the Libertarian Party
> (and the liberty movement in general) very well. Moreover, I found him to be
> a tireless worker for liberty and a great team player.  As far as I could
> tell, he always put the interests of the Libertarian team ahead of any
> parochial interests. Because of his team spirit and humility, I suspect many
> people do not know of the substantial contributions he made to the LP.
>
>     I anticipate that within the next two days, I shall prepare a resolution
> of appreciation for Mike.  I hope my words will express appropriately our
> appreciation for his good works and friendship, and that you will find my
> resolution to be worthy of your support.
>
>     As always, thank you for your work for liberty.  I look forward to
> speaking with you soon.
>
>     Take care,
>     Jim
>
>     James W. Lark, III
>     Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
>     Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society
>     Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics
>     University of Virginia
>
>     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
>     University of Virginia
>
>     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>
>
>
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