[Lnc-business] Chair's Proposed Agenda - LNC Meeting December 10-11, 2016

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Alicia - THANK YOU.  I was a bit unclear on that.

On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On our standard agenda format are two separate new business categories,
> one with previous notice, and one without.
>
> Our draft agenda has 10 items under "with previous notice", and none under
> "without".  However, only 2 of those 10 items actually met previous notice
> requirements (Committee Transparency, and Review of 2016 Campaign).  The
> rest should instead be categorized under "without previous notice".
>
> Please note that the requirements for previous notice are outlined in
> Policy Manual Section 1.02.1.  The most commonly used method is to send the
> exact wording of the motion to the LNC at least 14 days in advance.  Merely
> requesting an agenda item without providing the language of a motion to be
> offered, or sending the motion wording fewer than 14 days in advance is not
> sufficient to gain the "with previous notice" status.
>
> For some things, the distinction only affects the order in which we take
> the items up.  The agenda template was designed to reward earlier placement
> to people who did give previous notice.
>
> For motions to amend something previously adopted, and for public policy
> resolutions, having previous notice (or lack thereof) makes a difference in
> what vote is required to adopt the motion.  Placing an item in the wrong
> category could result in us making a mistake in determining what vote
> threshold must be met.
>
> Just a reminder that we need to be conscious of the difference on those
> agenda items.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 7:25 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I've attached a draft proposed agenda for the meeting on December 10
>> and 11.  I've made efforts to accommodate all requests for time I've
>> received and still have the meeting fit within the time available.
>> Please let me know if there are requests I've missed or changes you
>> would suggest.
>>
>> Yours truly,
>> Nick
>>
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