[Lnc-business] Platform Committee Appointments By States

[Alicia Mattson]

Yeah, what Sam said...which is what I said.

If you keep reading one sentence beyond the bylaws portion I quoted in that
message you will find that LP Bylaws Article 11.3.d sets the appointment
deadline as "no later than the last day of the fifth month prior to the
Regular Convention."

Since the convention is July 1-3, 2018, the appointment deadline is
February 28, 2018.

-Alicia



On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Alicia Mattson agmattson at gmail.com via
> <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en> hq.lp.org
> Mar 16
> to lnc-business
> As Sam already cited (he gets a brownie point) the bylaws prescribe that
> the Platform Committee is comprised of:
>
>
>    1. One member by each of the five affiliate parties having the
>       greatest per capita sustaining membership as determined for Convention
>       delegate allocations at the most recent Regular Convention.
>       2. One member by each of the ten affiliate parties having the
>       largest sustaining memberships, excluding those affiliates from (a), as
>       determined for Convention delegate allocations at the most recent Regular
>       Convention.
>       3. Five members selected by the National Committee.
>
> The cutoff date for determining delegate allocations for the most recent
> regular convention (2016) was 10/31/15, however you can't just use the data
> that Robert sends in the monthly membership reports.  It's close, but not
> complete.  It is a snapshot on that day.  However, Bylaws Article 10.4.a
> says that any sustaining membership donations postmarked by that date also
> count towards these allocations.  When that date arrives, Robert hits the
> proverbial pause button and processes only items postmarked by that date
> until we have received them all, sends me the updated data specifically for
> this calculation, and then resumes normal processing of the mail.
>
> The population figures used for the per capita calculations come from the
> 2010 census.
>
> The top five per capita states which get to appoint for 2018 are:
>
> 1 - New Hampshire
> 2 - Alaska
> 3 - Colorado
> 4 - Nevada
> 5 - Virginia
>
> The top ten ranked by sustaining membership excludes those affiliates
> included in the top-five-per-capita ranking.  Both Colorado and Virginia
> qualify by either ranking method this time, so that means the 11th and 12th
> ranked by sustaining membership get pulled into the top ten list for 2018
> as follows:
>
> 1 - California
> 2 - Texas
> 3 - Florida
> 4 - New York
> 5 - Ohio
>
> 6 - Virginia
> 7 - Pennsylvania
> 8 - Illinois
>
> 9 - Colorado
> 10 - Michigan
> 11 - Indiana
> 12 - Washington
>
> This year the postmarked-by adjustments did not change the top-ten ranking
> relative to what was published for 10/31/15, though I think there was a
> rank shift for the prior convention due to that factor.
>
> After the LNC makes the appointment of an interim chair for the committee,
> I contact the chairs of the affiliates entitled to make appointments and
> provide them all the details such as the appointment deadline, who they
> should notify when the appointment is made, dates of the convention, etc.
>
> -Alicia
>
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> Member at Large
> 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
> Indianapolis IN 46260
> 317-850-0726 <(317)%20850-0726> Phone
> 317-582-1773 <(317)%20582-1773> Fax
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Brett Bittner <brett.bittner at lp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Alicia (and the list being copied for everyone's edification),
>>
>> Can you share the states that will have platform committee appointments
>> and the deadline by which those appointments should be made?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brett C. Bittner
>>
>> Region 3 Representative
>> Libertarian National Committee
>>
>> brett.bittner at lp.org
>> 317.537.8344 <(317)%20537-8344>
>>
>> **This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.
>>
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