[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-16: Joe Buchman Donation

[Joshua Katz]

Our colleague from Indiana has told us he plans to introduce a motion in
August.

Joshua A. Katz


On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:03 PM, Ken Moellman <lpky at mu-net.org> wrote:

> What committee would be charged with coming up with these guidelines?
> Another committee?   I'm pretty busy so I don't think I want to commit to
> direct action on another committee.  But as a former campaign manager, and
> former candidate, I would like to give some suggested guidelines or
> watermarks.
>
> ken
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:42 PM, David Demarest <
> dpdemarest at centurylink.net> wrote:
>
>> I hope I am proved wrong but it looks like we have a vicious circle –
>> Continuing ‘No’ votes on candidate support motions until we develop
>> guidelines and no appointees or volunteers so far to develop guidelines.
>>
>>
>>
>> Am I missing something here?
>>
>>
>>
>> I am sure there are more qualified LNC and LP members but I will
>> volunteer to be part of an effort to develop candidate support guidelines.
>> We will need a strong leader to meet this challenge. Is this a matter of
>> Nick either appointing a committee leader and supporting committee members
>> or soliciting volunteers? I suggest that both LNC and non-LNC members be
>> part of this initiative. Any other volunteers? Might be a good opportunity
>> for new or aspiring LNC members.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>> ~David
>>
>>
>>
>> *2018 Omaha Roads to Liberty Un-Convention*
>>
>>
>>
>> ~David Pratt Demarest
>>
>> LNC Region 6 Representative (IA, IL, MN, MO, ND, NE, WI)
>>
>> LSLA Vice-Chair
>>
>> LPNE State Central Committee, Secretary
>>
>> Cell:      402-981-6469 <(402)%20981-6469>
>>
>> Home: 402-493-0873 <(402)%20493-0873>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf
>> Of *Brett Bittner
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 18, 2017 6:47 PM
>> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-16: Joe Buchman Donation
>>
>>
>>
>> TL; DR - I vote nay on email ballot 2017-16.
>>
>>
>>
>> My thoughts: I find myself in the same situation as I did when the Wicks
>> motion was presented. At that time, promises to come up with a procedure we
>> made (and we even delayed considering a request from Senator Ebke for that
>> procedure to be in place), yet action has yet to materialize. I believe
>> that our first duty is to win elections, and without a process to vet
>> funding requests, we are ill-equipped to determine which campaigns should
>> receive our limited funds.
>>
>>
>>
>> As both Arvin and Sam have outlined my concerns, I don't feel the need to
>> reiterate them.
>>
>>
>>
>> I appreciate Dr. Buchman's many years of service to the Party and as an
>> activist, and I think very highly of him. I also enjoyed seeing his debate
>> performance online, and I think he did a tremendous job of offering a
>> different perspective in that debate.
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, I believe that we will never create a process for these
>> type of requests if we continue to fulfill them in the ad hoc manner from
>> our limited funds. As such, I must cast a nay vote. I will continue to do
>> so for all candidate funding requests until we've established a process to
>> vet such requests.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 17, 2017 07:17, "Patrick McKnight" <patrick.joseph.mcknight at gmail
>> .com> wrote:
>>
>> I vote no.
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick McKnight
>>
>> Region 8 Rep
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 17, 2017 12:07 AM, "James Lark" <jwl3s at eservices.virginia.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear colleagues:
>>
>>     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my capacity as Region 5
>> representative to vote "nay" on the motion.
>>
>>     As always, thanks for your work for liberty.
>>
>>     Take care,
>>     Jim
>>
>>     James W. Lark, III
>>     Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
>>     Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society
>>     Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics
>>     University of Virginia
>>
>>     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
>>     University of Virginia
>>
>>     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>> -----
>>
>> On 7/15/2017 4:15 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
>>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 25, 2017 at 11:59:59pm
>> Pacific time.*
>> *Co-Sponsors:*  Harlos, Bilyeu, Demarest, Starchild
>>
>> *Motion:*  for the LNC to contribute $5,000 to support the Congressional
>> campaign of Joe Buchman (Utah)
>>
>> -Alicia
>>
>>
>>
>>
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