[Lnc-business] Seeking Feedback: Membership Support Committee

[Elizabeth Van Horn]

I have no problem designating a number of LNC members to be on a 
Membership Support Committee, and think it would be helpful for LNC 
Region Reps to be on such a committee, as we get a lot of direct 
feedback from our state affiliates.  The type of feedback we get often 
speaks directly to membership issues.

Friday I spend time listening to members who're candidates in my Region, 
as some are very frustrated with the LP launched CRM project.  I got 
feedback from multiple members, sent emails, and even spoke to Nicholas 
Sarwark on the phone, as he was responsive enough to call me concerning 
this issue. (Tentatively, an issue was resolved.)  I plan to do some 
follow-up to see if further issues can be resolved, as there are 
multiple LP candidates who're not happy with LP national's release 
product-options for CRM. I'm not on the Candidate Support Committee, but 
spent time doing candidate support, as it's *member* support. (I realize 
the Candidate Support Committee isn't described as direct support.)

Since various members contact their LNC Region Reps for member related 
issues, I'd like to be on the Membership Support Committee, and would 
like to have the committee composition comprised of four LNC members.

In addition, I'd expand the non-LNC members and add two more than 
proposed, making the non-LNC members five.  Small committees sometimes 
have several people unable to make a meeting, even when online, and when 
there's only seven people, and two are missing, it's hard to come to a 
meaningful agreement, as so few are represented.  Also, since we do have 
such an abundance of LP members wishing to help, expanding the non-LNC 
members number would help our members, as there'd be a larger pool of 
people would to assist.

For the reasons mentioned above, I'd like to see the Membership Support 
Committee have nine people, four LNC members, and five non-LNC members.


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Elizabeth Van Horn
LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
http://www.lpcaucus.org/


On 2018-08-26 13:59, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> Much much better.  I have a question though - why so many LNC members?
>    We are stretched thin and there are many many members who want to
>    help.  I would like to see committees - particularly ones with
>    absolutely no budget - to be member ran with the composition of that
>    committee approved by the LNC not just the LNC chair (if we reduced 
> the
>    LNC membership of the committee - if kept as it is right now, only
>    approval by the Chair is necessary).
>    The Historical Committee - which actually HAS a budget has NO 
> required
>    LNC members.  Why are we not moving towards that model?
>    tldr; I am likely to vote against if the number of LNC members is 
> not
>    reduced.  We can always volunteer to be appointed.  I would like to 
> see
>    NO required LNC members.
>      ************
> 
>    ==
> 
>    On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 10:49 AM Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair) via
>    Lnc-business <[4]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>         Below is the newer wording for what used to be the
>      Retention/Outreach
>         committee motion. I have simplified the motion based on what I
>      saw on
>         the email ballots of committee motions from previous LNC terms.
>         My intention is to create a committee that want to help provide
>      some
>         extra hands to the staff in Membership related tasks and fact
>      finding
>         (making thank you calls/emails). Since this can be quite a wide
>      range
>         of activities I chose to not define them within the motion so 
> the
>         committee chair or the committee can coordinate with the
>      Membership
>         Manager and other staff on how they can be helpful.
>         -------------------------
>         Membership Support Committee
>         Create a Membership Support Committee consisting of four LNC
>      members or
>         LNC alternates and three non-LNC members of the LP.  The LNC
>      members of
>         the committee are elected by the LNC and the non-LNC members 
> are
>         appointed by the LNC Chair based on recommendations from the 
> LNC
>         members of the committee.  The LNC Chair will appoint an 
> Interim
>      Chair
>         of the Membership Support Committee until a permanent Chair can
>      be
>         elected by its’ members.
>         The Membership Support Committee will seek to find ways to
>      support LP
>         staff in matters of membership growth and retention.  The
>      committee
>         will submit a report of its activities at the 2nd and 4th LNC
>      meetings
>         each year.
>         Alex Merced
>         Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee/LP
> 
>