[Lnc-business] Fwd: Re: Policy Manual Amendment, regarding the hiring of a new Executive Director

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

JBH

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

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Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Policy Manual Amendment, regarding the 
hiring of a   new Executive  Director
Date: 2018-10-14 22:35
 From: Justin O'Donnell via Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
To: LNC-Business List <lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
Cc: Justin O'Donnell <justin.odonnell at lp.org>
Reply-To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org

Sam,

I would be happy to take feedback and make changes to make the proposal 
more efficient or effective. Your concern about non-LNC members is well 
noted. But In my experience working with non-profits, I've found that 
often the best candidates are found through a collaborative screening 
process, not simply one person left to make a unilateral recommendation. 
The idea is to have more eyes in the search, and different backgrounds 
and sets of experience to judge candidates before making a final 
recommendation. While you are correct, that as it is, the LNC can reject 
any candidate the chair puts forth, my goal is to have the LNC more 
involved in screening and selecting the candidates in the process so 
that consensus can be found and a broader insight can be brought to the 
search. And while under the current structure the chair may appoint a 
committee to aide him, he could also choose not to, and limit the search 
only to those candidates he is already considering. This measure would 
simply require more input, not more micromanagement.

As far as your concern as to how the committee would be appointed, I 
left it in my draft that the Chair would appoint the committee, with the 
requrements that the Chair and the Chair of the EPCC are on such 
committee.

Would perhaps limiting the size of the committee to 5, and having only 
The Chair, The EPCC Chair, and 3 other LNC Members be more suitable to 
your support?

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Yours in Liberty,

Justin O'Donnell
LNC Region 8 Representative
LPNH Alternate- LNC Platform Committee
Chair- LPNH Platform Committee
Candidate for US Congress, NH-2
www.odonnell2018.org

On 2018-10-14 22:22, Sam Goldstein wrote:
> I have several problems with this proposal including having a majority
> of non-LNC members on a committee to hire the party's ED, the sheer
> size of the proposed committee and the problem of non-LNC members
> dealing with confidential employment matters (would they be required
> to sign NDAs?).  The proposal also does not define how the LNC and
> non-LNC members of this search committee would be selected.
> 
> The LNC's job is not to micromanage the administrative functions of
> the party but to set policy and goals.  The Chair, at his discretion,
> may appoint a search committee to help with hiring a new ED and the
> LNC can still block any non-satisfactory hire by a simple majority.
> 
> I would oppose this motion in its current form.
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> 317-850-0726 Cell
> 
> On 2018-10-14 21:56, Justin O'Donnell via Lnc-business wrote:
>> Colleagues on the LNC,
>> 
>> Knowing that Wes will be leaving his position as Executive Director,
>> there has been a lot of offline discussion regarding who will replace
>> him in that role. I realized that the Policy Manual gives almost
>> unilateral discretion to the chair in searching out, recruiting and
>> hiring a new Executive Director with merely the approval of The LNC,
>> as opposed to the input and direction of the LNC.
>> 
>> I believe that this process should be more open to involvement from
>> The LNC and members of the Party as a whole, as the selection of the
>> new Executive Director is a critical choice in the direction of the
>> Party moving forward.
>> 
>> To that end, I offer the following amendment to the Policy Manual, to
>> create an executive search committee comprising of LNC members and
>> Party members to recruit and screen applicants, before making a
>> recommendation to the LNC as a body.
>> 
>> The text of the amended section appears below, and a markup of the
>> proposed changes is included in the attaced PDF Document.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hiring and Termination, Section 2.09.4
>> 
>> In the event of a vacancy in the office of Executive director, the
>> Chair shall establish and appoint an Executive Search Committee
>> consisting of 9 members, including The LNC Chair, The Employment
>> Policy and Compensation Committee Chair, 2 additional LNC Members and
>> 5 non-LNC Party Members. The Executive Search Committee shall be
>> responsible for establishing the criteria for hiring, developing a
>> thorough and complete description of the position, soliciting
>> applications, screening applicants, and making a recommendation to the
>> LNC for the appointment and employment of a New Executive Director.
>> The Party Chair shall serve as the Chair of the Executive Search
>> Committee.
>> 
>> The LNC shall appoint and employ the Executive Director by a
>> two-thirds vote, subject to the right of the LNC to discharge the
>> Director at any time by majority vote. The Chair shall provide advice
>> and consent to the Executive Director on the appointment, employment,
>> and termination of all LPHQ personnel.
>> 
>> The office of the LNC shall conduct a credit and criminal background
>> check prior to offering employment to any prospective employee.
>> 
>> Employees and candidates for employment shall be obligated to notify
>> the Chair, Executive Director and Employment Policy and Compensation
>> Committee of the full details of any arrest or conviction of crimes
>> punishable by imprisonment, or of any personal financial problem,
>> including involuntary liens or any filing for personal bankruptcy
>> 
>> The office of the LNC shall not employ any person who has been
>> convicted of a crime against property or person, unless with the
>> approval of the Employment Policy and Compensation Committee. The
>> Chair shall promptly disclose to the LNC as a confidential
>> employer-employee matter that such approval has been given. The LNC
>> may override such approval, but the motion shall not reveal
>> confidential details
>> 
>> The office of the LNC shall not allow any employee with a history of
>> financial problems, including involuntary liens or who has filed for
>> personal bankruptcy, to handle money or negotiable instruments, access
>> donor information, approve or negotiate purchases with contractors or
>> suppliers, or prepare accounting records, unless with the approval of
>> the Chair and the Employment Policy and Compensation Committee. The
>> Chair shall promptly disclose to the LNC as a confidential
>> employer-employee matter that such approval has been given. The LNC
>> may override such approval, but the motion shall not reveal
>> confidential details.