[Lnc-business] Various items of interest

Thu Sep 22 21:55:57 EDT 2016

Caryn, I will co-sponsor your Motion to Rescind.

In addition to all the justifications for the Motion to Rescind that have been discussed in detail, you make a telling point in one of your more recent emails today. Paraphrasing your point, the LNC has abdicated our collective responsibility for contract approval by throwing it over the wall for Nick to deal with on top of his responsibility for assisting in the negotiation of contracts. We as a committee need to shoulder that responsibility instead of putting Nick into a lose-lose situation between a rock and a hard place. At the same time, the LNC also needs to shoulder our collective responsibility for cleaning up our umbrella transparency bylaws including those that apply to contracts that the LNC as a body enters into. Let’s treat this painful moment as an opportunity to learn and grow both individually and also collectively as an organization.

Thoughts?

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From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Caryn Ann Harlos
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 11:39 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Various items of interest

Thank you Nick.

-Caryn Ann 

On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org <mailto:chair at lp.org> > wrote:

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 <javascript:;> > 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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Caryn Ann Harlos

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