[Lnc-business] Judicial committee

Sam Goldstein sam.goldstein at lp.org
Thu Jul 5 21:30:52 EDT 2018


Hey Alex, didn't you win the Vice Chair election?   Might want to change
your name line above!

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Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
317-850-0726 Cell

On 2018-07-05 21:12, Alex Merced (Region 8 Alt) via Lnc-business wrote:
> Stuart Flood from SC said he has a prototype for electronic balloting
> that is compliant with the bylaws and is willing to present and put
> together prototype for the next meeting, is there interest in doing
> so? Also, LPTX used scantron sheets for balloting although come to
> think of it that approach may not be currently compliant with national
> bylaws, I can also reach out to them to discuss how they do it if
> interest.
> 
> Also, during first LNC meeting I wasn’t sure if we were going to need
> to propose committees so in the name of saving time I wrote down
> Committee motions for a new Blockchain Committee and Electric Ballot
> Committee based on the wording for the outreach committee that many of
> you helped me with earlier in the year.
> 
> Caryn Ann, do you have these motions could you send them to me so I
> can start a new thread for each one to perfect the wording?
> 
> Also, congrats to all of you for your elections and re-elections to
> the LNC. I look forward to working with everyone! :)
> 
> Alex Merced
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 5, 2018, at 9:05 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business 
>> <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>   It was presented to the delegates as:
>>   a.  you say the top five
>>   b.  you let the LNC do so and they shouldn't be trusted
>>   It was the horns of a false dilemma and they were spoon-fed the path 
>> to
>>   go.  To me that is interfering in our own internal elections and
>>   inappropriate.  If this was the first time, well okay. For me it is 
>> the
>>   second time and I am hearing that it has been multiple times.
>>   It is time for this to not be swept under the rug with a patch.
>>   I have not made a choice when I am told I have to pick between two 
>> bad
>>   choices when there were other options if given some time to hash 
>> out.
>>     Hell we could have done a run off standing vote between some of
>>   them.  These were so close that they do not represent at all what 
>> our
>>   rules intended.
>>   It's not right.  And I am not going to pretend like it is.
>> 
>>   On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 6:52 PM, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business
>>   <[1]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>     I'm pretty sure Alicia keeps all the paper ballots along with the
>>     state tally sheets from each convention.  Give her a day or two
>>     to rest up!
>>     ---
>>     Sam Goldstein
>>     Libertarian National Committee
>>     317-850-0726 Cell
>> 
>>   On 2018-07-05 20:44, Craig Bowden via Lnc-business wrote:
>> 
>>     I have one delegation in Region 1 right now that is not happy 
>> about
>>     the At Large situation, and is requesting an audit of the vote.
>>     Specifically the state by state break down, as is afforded on all
>>     other election results, but no delegation was able to review the
>>     results to ensure accuracy. There is further concern that there 
>> was
>>     no
>>     preservation of the original ballots from the delegations.
>>     I can tell you this much: had I known what was going on, I would
>>     have
>>     raised these concerns on the floor. Unfortunately, I had to
>>     credential
>>     out because I had to get on a flight back to Utah for July 4th as 
>> my
>>     campaign had multiple outreach events. Many delegates also were
>>     candidates that had to leave for similar reasons.
>>     We cannot rush through this as if it is an afterthought. 
>> Especially
>>     if
>>     there ended up being a need for the JC to rule on an issue.
>>     Craig Bowden
>>     Region 1 Alternate
>>     On 2018-07-05 18:30, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
>> 
>>     As this is an LNC created committee, I think that committee 
>> creation
>>     by
>>        larger unrelated bodies is a recipe for disaster.  As a group 
>> we
>>     can
>>        pick applicants who fill in needed holes and knowledge.  I am 
>> not
>>        thinking 50 person.  I am thinking 9, 11, or 13.  It is a big
>>     issue.
>>        I think some LNC members should be ex officio advisory members
>>     only.
>>        On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 6:27 PM, Elizabeth Van Horn
>>        <[1][2]elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org> wrote:
>>          Caryn Ann, I was thinking state chairs or people they 
>> appoint.
>>          Which could be some of the people you're thinking might be
>>     good.
>>          A 50 person committee would be too large (someone from each
>>     state
>>          affiliate), but Regions could send one or two people.  Eight
>>     regions
>>          and two from each, so maybe 16 people.  (Or, could be 
>> smaller)
>>          They could work on "improving the election scheduling,
>>     balloting,
>>          and tabulation process", and report sometime in 2019 to see
>>     what
>>          improvements could be made.
>>          ---
>>          Elizabeth Van Horn
>>          LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
>>          Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
>>          LP Social Media Process Review Committee
>>          Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
>>          [2][3]http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>>          On 2018-07-05 20:12, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
>>          It needs a much larger and more diverse committee that 
>> doesn't
>>     have
>>          the
>>             LNC's thumb on it like every other committee.  Many many
>>     many
>>          qualified
>>             people offered, including former LNC people who have been 
>> to
>>     this
>>             rodeo.
>>             On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 6:06 PM, joe.bishop-henchman--- via
>>          Lnc-business
>>             <[1][3][4]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>               Good questions. My answers would be that the only way 
>> this
>>          works is
>>               if everyone feels like they have a seat at the table.
>>     Timing
>>          wise,
>>               this gives them time to collect ideas and feedback while
>>     giving
>>          us
>>               time to address it if they can't come up with a 
>> consensus
>>               recommendation.
>>               It's also more than just technology - it's also whether 
>> we
>>     do
>>               plurality or IRV or approval, it's whether we do 
>> combined
>>          ballots or
>>               all separate, it's whether we need three days or four or
>>     five.
>>               There's off-the-shelf electronic voting things we can 
>> rent
>>     -
>>          I've
>>               done elections with them before - but I think our Party
>>     members
>>               would without buy-in reject them as centralized and
>>     potentially
>>          not
>>               secure. The solution may just be some new bylaws changes
>>     and
>>          more
>>               tellers and computers, and no new technology. I'm not
>>     sure.
>>               JBH
>>             On 2018-07-05 19:56, john.phillips--- via Lnc-business
>>     wrote:
>>               Why start a new committee? Shouldn't this fall under the
>>          purview of
>>               IT?
>>                  John Phillips
>>                  Libertarian National Committee Region 6 
>> Representative
>>                  Cell [1]217-412-5973
>>                  ------ Original message------
>>                  From: [2]joe.bishop-henchman--- via Lnc-business
>>                  Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2018 6:32 PM
>>                To: [3][2][4][5]lnc-business at hq.lp.org;
>>                Cc: [4][3][5][6]joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org;
>>                Subject:Re: [Lnc-business] Judicial committee
>>             I've been thinking about this since the night of the
>>     At-Large/JC
>>             election and I do share Ms. Harlos's frustration. I had
>>     perhaps
>>        100
>>             delegates who were going to support me already leave by 
>> the
>>     time
>>        we
>>             got
>>             to the At-Large election. Complaining about how long
>>     balloting and
>>             tabulation took is already the #1 feedback topic I'm 
>> getting
>>     from
>>             Party
>>             members.
>>             That said, I agree with Ms. Van Horn that the Convention 
>> did
>>        perhaps
>>             the
>>             least worst option under the circumstances. I worry that
>>     anything
>>        we
>>             do
>>             that departs from that, be it putting our own people on or
>>     keeping
>>             the
>>             dead hand of the last JC or sending a mail ballot to all
>>     Party
>>             members
>>             or some rump thereof, is even more disconnected from the
>>     rules we
>>             should
>>             be following and destined to be viewed as illegitimate and
>>        post-hoc.
>>             I would like to fix it for next time, as I know many of 
>> you
>>     do.
>>             Taking
>>             Mr. Goldstein's suggestion, I took a stab at tackling 
>> three
>>     birds
>>             with
>>             one stone:
>>             WHEREAS, the Libertarian National Convention on July 3, 
>> 2018
>>     voted
>>             that
>>             the top vote-getters in the At-Large race fill all 
>> available
>>             At-Large
>>             seats on the LNC; and
>>             WHEREAS, Rule 9 directs that the election of Judicial
>>     Committee
>>             members
>>             be conducted as the same manner as specified for at-large
>>     members
>>        of
>>             the
>>             National Committee; and
>>             WHEREAS, LNC action pursuant to Bylaws Article 7, Section 
>> 7
>>     would
>>             clear
>>             all potential doubts as to who the new LNC members are;
>>             THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Joshua Smith, Bill Redpath,
>>     and
>>             Alicia
>>             Mattson are added to the LNC as At-Large members for a
>>     two-year
>>             term;
>>             and
>>             BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the LNC acknowledges the
>>     election of
>>        D.
>>             Frank Robinson, Chuck Moulton, Darryl Perry, Ruth Bennett,
>>     Geoff
>>             Neale,
>>             Jim Turney, and Tricia Sprankle to the Judicial Committee
>>     for a
>>             four-year term; and
>>             BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a special committee be
>>     established to
>>             present a consensus recommendation to the LNC by September
>>     1, 2019
>>             for
>>             improving the election scheduling, balloting, and 
>> tabulation
>>        process
>>             of
>>             LNC elections, with said committee to consist of:
>>             (1) the Party Vice-Chair, who will act as chairperson
>>             (2) the Party Secretary
>>             (3) a designee of the Bylaws & Rules Committee
>>             (4) four Party members appointed by the Party Chair, from
>>     among
>>        the
>>             various caucuses in the Party.
>>             JBH
>>             On [5]2018-07-05 18:04, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business
>>     wrote:
>>             Since we apparently closed the convention without a
>>     procedure for
>>                populating the JC, is anyone in the mood for a motion 
>> to
>>        appoint
>>             the
>>                top seven vote winners as the JC for this term?  I
>>     suppose we
>>        can
>>             be
>>                anarchists and live without a JC this term or solicit
>>             applications
>>             from
>>                people who were not nominated at convention.
>>                I don't have the top seven names handy, we would have 
>> to
>>     verify
>>             they
>>                have been members for four years.
>>                --
>>                Sam Goldstein
>>                Libertarian National Committee
>>                [6]317-850-0726 Cell
>>             References
>>                1. tel:217-412-5973
>>                  2. [4][6][7]http://joe.bi/
>>                  3. mailto:[5][7][8]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>                  4. mailto:[6][8][9]joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>                  5. tel:2018-07-05 18
>>                  6. tel:317-850-0726
>>             --
>>             --
>>             In Liberty,
>>             Caryn Ann Harlos
>>             Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>>     (Alaska,
>>             Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
>>          Washington)
>>             - [7]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
>>             Communications Director, [8]Libertarian Party of Colorado
>>             Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
>>             A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>>             We defend your rights
>>             And oppose the use of force
>>             Taxation is theft
>>          References
>>             1. mailto:[9][10]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>             2. mailto:[10][11]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>             3. mailto:[11][12]joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>             4. [12][13]http://joe.bi/
>>             5. mailto:[13][14]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>             6. mailto:[14][15]joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>             7. mailto:[15]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>             8. [16][16]http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>>        --
>>        --
>>        In Liberty,
>>        Caryn Ann Harlos
>>        Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee 
>> (Alaska,
>>        Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
>>     Washington)
>>        - [17]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
>>        Communications Director, [18]Libertarian Party of Colorado
>>        Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
>>        A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>>        We defend your rights
>>        And oppose the use of force
>>        Taxation is theft
>>     References
>>        1. mailto:[17]elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org
>>        2. [18]http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>>        3. mailto:[19]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>        4. mailto:[20]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>        5. mailto:[21]joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>        6. [22]http://joe.bi/
>>        7. mailto:[23]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>        8. mailto:[24]joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>        9. mailto:[25]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>       10. mailto:[26]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>       11. mailto:[27]joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>       12. [28]http://joe.bi/
>>       13. mailto:[29]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>       14. mailto:[30]joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>       15. mailto:[31]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>       16. [32]http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>>       17. mailto:[33]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>       18. [34]http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>> 
>>   --
>>   --
>>   In Liberty,
>>   Caryn Ann Harlos
>>   Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska,
>>   Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, 
>> Washington)
>>   - [35]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
>>   Communications Director, [36]Libertarian Party of Colorado
>>   Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
>>   A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>>   We defend your rights
>>   And oppose the use of force
>>   Taxation is theft
>> 
>> References
>> 
>>   1. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>   2. mailto:elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org
>>   3. http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>>   4. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>   5. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>   6. mailto:joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>   7. http://joe.bi/
>>   8. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>   9. mailto:joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>  10. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  11. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  12. mailto:joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>  13. http://joe.bi/
>>  14. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  15. mailto:joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>  16. http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>>  17. mailto:elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org
>>  18. http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>>  19. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  20. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  21. mailto:joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>  22. http://joe.bi/
>>  23. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  24. mailto:joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>  25. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  26. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  27. mailto:joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>  28. http://joe.bi/
>>  29. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>  30. mailto:joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>  31. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>  32. http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>>  33. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>  34. http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>>  35. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>  36. http://www.lpcolorado.org/



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