[Lnc-business] Listing Ideas Thread

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

I'm not sure- I guess it would depend on the goal. If it's an advisory 
thing on why we are bad at retention, maybe only 1 or 2 LNC people. If 
it's an entity meant to come up with solutions to address it, perhaps a 
few more. But that's just restating the obvious. I'd trust other 
people's judgment on ratios more than mine :)

JBH

On 2018-07-08 09:45, Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair) via Lnc-business 
wrote:
> Awesome, that was very useful Mr. Henchman. Based on this info does
> that mean you support the idea of making some of these new committees
> have more non-LNC members and less LNC members to have more outside
> perspectives and not to spread the LNC itself too thin?
> 
> Also is this also the sentiment I heard from a few others? Just want
> to clarify so I can factor it in future motions (use 2/5 or 1/4
> LNC/Non-LNC ratios instead of 4/3 or 3/2 like I’ve seen done in the
> past)
> 
> 
> Alex Merced
> Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee
> 
>> On Jul 8, 2018, at 9:10 AM, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business 
>> <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm interested in exploring this, in part because I was a non-LNC 
>> member of the Bylaws Committee last year and I felt I brought a 
>> perspective different from that of the LNC members (generally, willing 
>> to pursue good ideas that "had always failed before" and unwilling to 
>> support ideas that didn't really make sense to me but perhaps related 
>> to some past LNC battle). While most committees have a fixed number of 
>> LNC members, some committees have a maximum number of LNC members and 
>> I know those have often been treated as floors rather than ceilings. 
>> Obviously there's a balance there, I'm sure.
>> 
>> I added up all the various seats yesterday - not counting the new 
>> committee ideas from Mr. Merced and others - and it's about 30 seats 
>> for the 24 of us (not counting Nick, who sits non-voting ex-officio on 
>> everything). (Spreadsheet attached.) Adding outreach, retention, 
>> elections, etc., brings us up to something in the high 40s for the 24 
>> of us. So for myself I'm planning on trying to get on no more than 1-2 
>> committees, to allow more focus for myself and spreading around things 
>> for everyone else.
>> 
>> JBH
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2018-07-08 01:01, Craig Bowden via Lnc-business wrote:
>>> Hey everyone,
>>> Starchild wrote me with a good idea to supplement what I said earlier
>>> about have more inclusion of membership of the party on committees,
>>> and limiting the LNC involvement. He brought up the need for 
>>> increased
>>> transparency from the committees and more regular reports to the LNC,
>>> so that while we are limiting our involvement in the committees
>>> (assuming you all agree), there is still direction and guidance given
>>> as we are the governing body of the party.
>>> Since I am very big on transparency, I definitely want more of that.
>>> And while I may want to see more involvement from more people, we 
>>> need
>>> to still have the ability to give our input at meetings when the
>>> committees report.
>>> Regards,
>>> Craig Bowden
>>> Region 1 Alternate
>>>> On 2018-07-07 14:25, Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair) via Lnc-business 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> I know we can’t get to everything next meeting but I know we all 
>>>> have
>>>> ideas or things we’d like to get to at some point so I figure I’d
>>>> start a thread not so much for discussion but just so we can have a
>>>> running list of things we want to looking we can get back to.
>>>> So post your ideas, thoughts and stuff here.
>>>> Two Ideas I’ve had I hope we’ll revisit/visit at some point down the 
>>>> road are:
>>>> - Outreach Committee (ad hoc): Identity subject experts within the
>>>> party already doing outreach to different segments to create a
>>>> document affiliates and candidates can use on who to reach out to in
>>>> these areas.
>>>> - Retention Committee (ad hoc): Survey new members on why they 
>>>> joined,
>>>> survey expired members on why they left and present ideas to the LNC
>>>> to improve retention as well as be a team that those who may be
>>>> frustrated can reach out to. (A team of the nicest people in the 
>>>> party
>>>> to keep people from leaving essentially)
>>>> I know everyone is keen to discuss election reform, the Blockchain
>>>> committee should be renewed if at least to work on the compliance
>>>> Guide for candidates.
>>>> I’d also like to hear from the fundraising and tech staff if there 
>>>> is
>>>> any new promising investments in software or data that can be used 
>>>> to
>>>> increase membership and ground game.
>>>> Alex Merced
>>>> p.S. List your ideas so this way we can always look back to this
>>>> thread to see we have or haven’t gotten to yet.
>>>> Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee
>> 
>> --
>> JBH
>> 
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>> Joe Bishop-Henchman
>> LNC Member (At-Large)
>> joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
>> <Committees.xlsx>

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JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
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