[Lnc-business] MOTION Re: Email Ballot 2017-14: Restructure COC

David Demarest dprattdemarest at gmail.com
Mon Jul 3 20:56:43 EDT 2017


Starchild, I agree with the sentiment of your motion to expand
participation of non-LNC members. It also makes perfect sense to me. It is
a simple and straight-forward solution. I will likely co-sponsor after a
review of input from others.

Thoughts?

On Jul 3, 2017 7:31 PM, "Starchild" <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> As a practical matter, I appreciate the values that Erin Adams brings to
> the Convention Oversight Committee, and support her remaining on it. I also
> appreciate that this proposed language facilitates that outcome in a
> straightforward and I believe well-intentioned manner, without writing the
> new status quo into stone by increasing the number of LNC members who must
> be appointed to the committee. Therefore I won't oppose the motion as
> written.
>
> Nevertheless, *this proposal would have an unfortunate side effect,
> namely reducing non-LNC representation on the committee as currently
> composed, and potentially going forward – where appointment of three
> non-LNC members is currently required, only two such appointments would be
> required if this passes*. That change would be contrary to the direction
> we generally ought to be going – welcoming more non-LNC member
> participation on committees, not reducing it.
>
> It occurs to me that we could avoid this negative effect while resolving
> the current situation by adopting slightly different language that would
> maintain three guaranteed non-LNC slots on the committee. This would
> require an additional non-LNC member be appointed to fill the existing
> non-LNC slot, and as formulated below, would also allow the appointment of
> additional non-LNC members to ensure that the overall composition of the
> committee is not tilted toward LNC members more than has been the case up
> till now.
>
> With this in mind, I vote to *abstain* on the current motion, and move
> the following:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------
> *Motion: Amend the LNC Policy Manual section 1.03.1 to define the size of
> the Convention Oversight Committee as follows:* *"A minimum of seven
> members, with a minimum of four LNC Members or Alternates, plus a minimum
> of three non-LNC members who are recommended by the Convention Oversight
> Committee."*
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------
>
> I'm sorry I did not think of this before voting began on the current
> motion language, however that occurred fairly quickly over the past few
> days. It seems worth trying to get it right even if it means taking an
> additional subsequent vote, since that is not difficult to do, and
> therefore I ask members to consider this improvement and request
> co-sponsors.
>
> Love & Liberty,
>
>                                      ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                           RealReform at earthlink.net
>                                    (415) 625-FREE
>                                      @StarchildSF
>
> P.S. – For those who may not know where to find the LNC Policy Manual, it
> is online at https://www.lp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/LNC_
> Policy_Manual_Adopted_2016-12-11.pdf , and (confusingly) can be accessed
> via a link on the LNC Meeting Archives page (https://www.lp.org/lnc-
> meeting-archives/) which in turn can be accessed via the "LNC Meeting
> Archives" link at the bottom of the main LP.org page.
>
>
> On Jul 3, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
>
> I vote yes.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>>
>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 10, 2017 at 11:59:59pm
>> Pacific time.*
>> *Co-Sponsors:*  Hayes, Demarest, Goldstein, Harlos, Bittner, Katz
>>
>> *Motion:* Amend the LNC policy manual section 1.03.1 to define the size
>> of the Convention Oversight Committee as follows:  "*Seven members, with
>> a minimum of f*Four LNC Members or Alternates, plus 3 *a minimum of two *non-LNC
>> members who are recommended by the Convention Oversight Committee."
>>
>> -Alicia
>>
>
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