[Lnc-business] notice of motions

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

Attached is a motion to carry out the motion adopted on the convention 
floor directing us to create a Youth Engagement Committee. We may have 
already executed that at our last meeting (I forget) but this makes two 
major changes: (1) expanding its membership to seven members, instead of 
the five originally envisioned, and (2) requiring that all its members, 
aside from the LNC representative, be either under the age of 27 or a 
current college student. It also corrects some grammar errors in the 
original motion as to its purpose:

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Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Libertarian National Convention, 
there is established a Youth Engagement Committee to make 
recommendations to the LNC on conducting outreach to younger voters, 
consisting of seven (7) members appointed by the LNC:
At least one member shall be on the LNC;
The remaining six members shall be under the age of twenty-seven and/or 
a current college student.
The committee shall elect from its members a chair.
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I've also attached it in DOC format.

I'd like us to consider the expansion of the committee's membership from 
five to seven due to the enormous number of applicants we received, and 
a desire to accommodate at least two more of the dozens and dozens of 
young people eager to help steer our outreach to this important 
demographic. I've gotten the blessing of the original sponsor (Mr. Long) 
on this; he said he limited it to five because he honestly didn't think 
there would be many applicants. He'll be very glad to have been proven 
wrong on that.

The second change is to ensure that this committee serves a purpose of 
being young people advising us (the LNC). Aside from the LNC liaison, I 
see no reason for any of the other members to be non-youth.

I'd also appreciate time on the agenda for this motion's consideration.

For reference and comparison, the language adopted on the convention 
floor was:
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    Resolved, this convention seeks to recognize and promote young
    libertarian activists;
    Resolved, the convention instructs the Libertarian National Committee
    (“LNC”) to create a Youth Engagement Committee (“the Committee”);
    Resolved, the committee shall consist of five (5) members, of which;
    At least one shall be on the LNC,
    At least two shall be under the age of twenty-seven, and at least one
    shall be a current college student;
    Resolved, the LNC shall appoint the members of the committee;
    Resolved, the committee shall elect from its members a chair;
    Resolved, the committee shall make recommendations to the LNC on
    conducting outreach to younger voters and education such on what the
    party stands for; and
    Resolved, this resolution shall take effect after the first meeting 
of
    the LNC.
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Thank you!

JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837

On 2018-09-15 18:34, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business wrote:
> I'm giving previous notice for the four attached motions and requesting
>    agenda items for each.
>    1.  Restore LNC review of director contracts - This provision had 
> been
>    in the policy manual for quite some time.  During the 6/30/18
>    pre-convention LNC meeting, to avoid a one-day delay in the 
> effective
>    date of a proposed contract, it was deleted from our policy manual.
>    However, it is a good policy.  It was put there for good reason so 
> that
>    the LNC could have time to object and act, should a proposed 
> contract
>    obligate us to absurd financial commitments, and the policy should 
> be
>    restored for future contract decisions.
>    2.  Apply ending date to email ballot 2018-19 - I brought up the 
> need
>    for this amendment while the email ballot was underway.
>    3.  Provide for Blockchain Committee permanent chair - The motion we
>    adopted provided only for an interim chair for this committee, but 
> said
>    nothing of how a permanent chair would be chosen.
>    4.  Rescind Geoff Neale rule for APRC - This one is a little more
>    complex, and I will provide further explanation before we vote on
>    this.  The LNC Policy Manual has established some operational rules 
> for
>    the APRC (also attached for convenience).  During the 2012-2014 term
>    when Geoff Neale was chair, he issued a directive to staff that 
> changed
>    the way the APRC operates.  This rule is still in effect and still
>    influences how the APRC functions.  I think it creates a number of
>    serious problems, sometimes releasing publications too quickly, and
>    sometimes holding them up for too long.  My motion is for the LNC to
>    rescind the Geoff Neale rule (not the one in the policy manual).
>    Chair's directives to staff are subject to the policies and 
> directives
>    of the LNC, per our bylaws, so it is within our purview to rescind
>    this.
>    You may recall that this came up during our brief post-convention
>    meeting on 7/3/18 in New Orleans.  A staff member raised an issue 
> with
>    delays on time-sensitive-subject publications.  Mr. Bishop-Henchman
>    expressed that he and I had experienced inordinate delay in getting 
> the
>    survey out for the Bylaws and Rules Committee.
>    I actually had made a motion to rescind this provision during the 
> prior
>    term, at the August 2017 LNC meeting.  After there was a suggestion
>    that staff might have other undocumented rules that we'd need to 
> also
>    consider, the LNC chose to postpone the agenda item indefinitely.  
> No
>    such additional rules were ever forwarded to the LNC, only this.  I
>    requested an agenda item for the December 2017 meeting, but then my
>    flight to that meeting was canceled due to weather conditions, and 
> the
>    LNC again punted the agenda item in my absence.  The April 2018 
> meeting
>    was during an incredibly busy time for me, and I didn't request an
>    agenda item for it.  We have never gone back an finished this 
> subject.
>    -Alicia
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