[Lnc-business] appointments to platform, bylaws, and credentials committees

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Alicia and Wes can we know which states qualify for appointment?


On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:30 AM Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org> wrote:

> I've been asked about appointments to those committees including will
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> credentials committee members be appointed at the upcoming LNC meeting.
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> I'm not an expert on these rules or what the LNC will do at the upcoming
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> meeting. I believe the rules provide a significantly large window on the
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> time frame for appointments.
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> Here are the official rules on appointing:
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>  From Page 7:
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> http://www.lp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016_LP_Bylaws_
> and_Convention_Rules_w_2016_JC_Rules.pdf
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> > ARTICLE 11: OTHER COMMITTEES 1. There shall be a Platform Committee, a
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> > Bylaws and Rules Committee and a Credentials Committee for each
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> > Regular Convention. The National Committee shall appoint a temporary
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> > chair of each committee to serve until each committee selects its own
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> > chair. 2. The Bylaws and Rules Committee shall consist of ten Party
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> > members appointed by the National Committee no later than three months
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> > before a Regular Convention. No more than five of these members shall
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> > be members of the current National Committee. 3. The Platform
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> > Committee shall consist of 20 members selected as follows: a. One
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> > member by each of the five affiliate parties having the greatest per
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> > capita sustaining membership as determined for Convention delegate
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> > allocations at the most recent Regular Convention. b. One member by
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> > each of the ten affiliate parties having the largest sustaining
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> > memberships, excluding those affiliates from (a), as determined for
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> > Convention delegate allocations at the most recent Regular Convention.
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> > c. Five members selected by the National Committee. d. These members
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> > shall be selected no later than the last day of the fifth month prior
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> > to the Regular Convention. 4. The Credentials Committee, composed of
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> > ten members, shall be selected as follows. a. Five members chosen by
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> > the National Committee no later than six months before a Regular
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> > Convention. b. One member by each of the five affiliate parties having
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> > the largest sustaining memberships as determined for Convention
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> > delegate allocations at the most recent Regular Convention. These
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> > shall be selected by each of the affiliate parties no later than one
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> > month prior to the Regular Convention.
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> > 5. Ranked alternates may be named by the appointing bodies to fill any
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> > vacancies or absences in the Convention Committees. 6. Committee
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> > Procedures a. A majority vote of those Committee members present is
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> > necessary for a "do pass" recommendation, and in the case of the
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> > Platform Committee, a majority must approve each specific plank
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> > separately. b. Four or more members of the Platform Committee may join
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> > together to issue a minority report regarding any plank reported to
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> > the floor of the Convention. Two or more members of the Bylaws and
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> > Rules Committee or of the Credentials Committee may join together to
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> > issue a minority report regarding their business.
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> I think some states wait to see who gets appointed by the LNC before
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> appointing their alloted state reps to those committees.
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> I invite regional representatives to discuss these appointments with
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> your states. (And amongst yourselves to become familiar with the rules
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> and practices).
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> Thanks,
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> --
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> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
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> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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