[Lnc-business] MOTION: Re: adding emails and phones to LNC committee page

Mon Aug 28 19:59:37 EDT 2017

Caryn Ann,

	I'm open to other ideas on how to uphold transparency and make sure folks are reachable, or failing that, to make it clear that the responsibility for non-transparent practices lies with the individual in question and not the Libertarian Party. 

	One alternative would be to have calls for members not wishing to list a phone number routed through staff or other committee members or members of the party leadership, but of course this would take extra time from those individuals. 

	I am personally willing to volunteer my time to field calls myself on behalf of committee members – perhaps all such calls, depending on what the volume turned out to be like – and then call the committee member in question so that they can return party members' calls from a blocked number. Members could also list a phone number on which they just let all calls go to voicemail and return them later rather than answering directly. Such solutions are obviously sub-optimal however.

	While I sympathize with anyone who has a stalker or is being harrassed, it seems to me that being to some extent a public figure is part of the territory of holding a party leadership position, and that if they aren't comfortable with people contacting them for whatever reason, they would do best to avoid such positions. The alternative is having people making decisions on behalf of the LP without members being able to interact with them about those decisions, and I don't think that is desirable. It seems to me that failing to uphold or even strongly encourage transparency on the basis of these rare cases would be kind of like censoring the entire Internet so that no one runs the risk of encountering offensive material.

Love & Liberty,

                                    ((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
                        RealReform at earthlink.net	
                                 (415) 625-FREE
                                   @StarchildSF

On Aug 28, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:

> Starchild, I support transparency but something with that wording just doesn't sit right with me.  It seems to be a bit shaming of some committee members who don't give it.  Some of our volunteers may have specific situations (perhaps they have a stalker ?) that may have another reason to not have it listed.  Or some female volunteers just don't want their phone number listed...
> 
> I think it is apparent that it is voluntary or that we could find another way to word this that doesn't seem to be so "calling out" people.  
> 
> -Caryn Ann
> 
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> 	Thanks Wes, glad to see this info being added!
> 
> 	To make clear why some committee members have or will have their information listed while others may not, I'll make the following motion to take effect after folks have had another month during which to get their information added: 
> 
> MOTION:
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> I move that staff be directed to, during the week of October 1, add the following text  at the top of the LP Committees page (currently https://www.lp.org/lp-committees/) under the words "Bold text indicates the chair":
> 
> Committee members have been notified of how to have their email addresses and phone numbers added to their committee listings on this page. If a member does not have a phone number or email address listed at which he or she can be contacted by party members, it is because the individual chose not to provide that information.
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> 
> 	If you support transparency, please co-sponsor.
> 
> Love & Liberty,
> 
>                                    ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                          RealReform at earthlink.net	
>                                  (415) 625-FREE
>                                   @StarchildSF
> 
> P.S. – The LNC has now appointed members of the Credentials Committee as well as a new Candidate and Campaign Support Committee, but their names do not appear on the LP Committees page, so those names should be added.
> 
> 
> On Aug 28, 2017, at 9:01 AM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>> We have a page on LP.org that lists all the committees and their members, such as By-Laws, Platform, Affiliate Support, etc.
>> https://www.lp.org/lp-committees/
>> 
>> The page currently has the committee members' names, but no contact information (with exception of a few cases). 
>> We're now in the process of adding the email and phone for any committee members who wish to have the emails and phones displayed. It's entirely optional, and you are welcome to list one (such as the email), and not the other (such as the phone).
>> To have you email and/or phone added to the page, please send a note with the relevant information to Bob Johnston <bob.johnston at lp.org>. 
>> Committee Name:
>> You name: 
>> Email:
>> Phone:
>> (Bob, please do not add any new names--just add phones and emails where appropriate). 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>>  -- 
>> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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> Caryn Ann Harlos
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