[Lnc-business] requesting co-sponsors for policy clarification

[Daniel Hayes]

I will co-sponsor.

Daniel Hayes
LNC At Large Member

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> On Jun 11, 2018, at 6:49 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>   I will co-sponsor
> 
>   On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business
>   <[1]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>        During the April LNC meeting, some Awards Committee members
>     indicated a
>        desire to change award definitions to accommodate local
>     candidates, not
>        just state and federal candidates.  I had proposed that we simply
>        remove the "at the state or federal level" language from the
>     existing
>        award.  The LNC instead opted to add a new Benjamin Franklin
>     award
>        which is solely for local candidates.
>        When this new category, we should have also made another change
>     to the
>        following paragraph in Section 2.02.5 regarding the vote needed
>     to
>        select an award recipient:
>        "With a majority vote the committee may select recipients of the
>     Thomas
>        Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, and Patrick Henry awards.
>     While
>        the committee has discretion as to the frequency of such
>     convention
>        awards, it is hoped that at least one recipient will be found
>     worthy
>        for each award at each regular convention. "
>        This language does not include the newly-created Benjamin
>     Franklin
>        award.
>        While RONR provides a default requirement of a majority vote when
>     the
>        organization's rules don't say otherwise, adding the new award to
>     this
>        section also makes it clear that the Awards Committee is the
>     entity
>        which chooses the award recipient.  That's an important detail to
>     have
>        clarified.
>        I am now requesting co-sponsors to amend Policy Manual Section
>     2.02.5
>        (in part) as follows:
>        "With a majority vote the committee may select recipients of the
>     Thomas
>        Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, and
>     Patrick
>        Henry awards.  While the committee has discretion as to the
>     frequency
>        of such convention awards, it is hoped that at least one
>     recipient will
>        be found worthy for each award at each regular convention. "
>        Dr. Lark is awarded a brownie point for alerting me to this need
>     for
>        clarification of the policy.
>        -Alicia
> 
>   --
>   --
>   In Liberty,
>   Caryn Ann Harlos
>   Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska,
>   Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington)
>   - [2]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
>   Communications Director, [3]Libertarian Party of Colorado
>   Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
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> 
> References
> 
>   1. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>   2. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>   3. http://www.lpcolorado.org/