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

[Sam Goldstein]

I will co-sponsor this motion.

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Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
317-850-0726 Cell

On 2018-06-11 19:47, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business 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