[Lnc-business] Convention Oversight Committee Housekeeping

[Daniel Hayes]

All,

We find ourselves with a bit a problem that needs fixing.  The policy manual defines the Convention Oversight Committee as follows:  "Four LNC Members or Alternates, plus 3 non-LNC members who are recommended by the Convention Oversight Committee"  "LNC members selected by the LNC, non-LNC members selected by the LNC Chair".  

Erin Adams has moved from being a non-LNC member to being a LNC Alternate.  I have two alternatives on how to do it.  I highly value Erin's work ethic and contribution to the COC and wish to keep her as a full voting member of the committee.


First, we could just do the following:

"Move to ratify Erin Adams, Whitney Bilyeu, William Brackeen, Sam Goldstein, Daniel Hayes, Alicia Mattson, and BetteRose Ryan as members of the Convention Oversight Committee for the current term, notwithstanding any rules in the LNC Policy Manual."

I included all the names because if we ratified one person but not the others, that might create some other problem.



This following option is a bit messier but more certain:

"Move to amend the chart in the LNC policy manual section 1.03 to define the size of the Convention Oversight Committee as,
'Seven members composed of up to five LNC Members or Alternates, plus up to three non-LNC members who are recommended by the Convention Oversight Committee.';
to sunset upon expiration of the current COC term and to ratify Erin Adams' position as a member of the Convention Oversight Committee."


My reason for the "up to" language is because life has a funny way of throwing us twists.  IF for some reason a LNC member of the COC were to vacate their seat before the end of their term, I would expect us to restore the composition to 4 LNC and 3 non LNC members of the COC. The sunset is there to restore the original intent once this term is over.

I am not seeking co-sponsors for either motion yet, as I am checking a sense of the body to see which route we prefer to use. 

Daniel Hayes
LNC At Large Member
LNC COC Vice-Chair

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