[Lnc-business] Point of Inquiry - Article 7.6

[Alicia Mattson]

Bylaws Article 13 provides that, "The chair or secretary shall send out
electronic mail ballots on any question submitted by the chair or
cosponsored by at least 1/5 of the members of the board or committee."

Is it the chair's position that LNC alternates can co-sponsor email
ballots?  And that rather than having 17 members of the LNC, we instead
have 24 (while Region 1 is short an alternate)?  And that quorum is 13
rather than 9?  And the 1/5-of-the-members email ballot threshold is 5
rather than 4?  And a few other implications...

Some of the alternates whose statuses are not challenged under this ruling
should co-sponsor the appeal to see what happens...

-Alicia



On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 6:16 PM Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> I would note that I didn't discuss the policy manual at all.  My
> analysis is based on the bylaws entirely.
>
> Specifically, Article 7.2 defines "members," and regional alternates
> are "members" under that definition.
>
> The plain reading of Article 7.6 says there is an automatic vacancy if
> a "member" misses two consecutive regular meetings.
>
> You may have more luck appealing the ruling if you can explain what is
> incorrect of my reading of the bylaws.
>
> -Nick
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 4:19 PM Caryn Ann Harlos
> <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org> wrote:
> >
> > I would appeal that ruling of the Chair.  No policy manual change
> defined them as full members.
> >
> > Will three people please co-sponsor this?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 4:52 PM Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> The relevant bylaws provision does appear to indicate that they have
> >> vacated their seats automatically, though the past practice of this
> >> board has not been to enforce that bylaws provision with regard to
> >> Regional Alternates.
> >>
> >> There is at least a facially conflicting provision of the bylaws,
> >> Article 7.8, "A National Committee Regional Representative or
> >> Alternate may be removed and replaced only by the act of the affiliate
> >> parties that constitute the subject region. The voting procedure for
> >> the removal and replacement of regional representatives or alternates
> >> shall be determined by the regions. In the absence of any such
> >> procedures, a majority vote of the state chairs comprising the region
> >> shall prevail."
> >>
> >> So we have 7.6 saying there is an automatic vacancy and 7.8 saying
> >> that removal and replacement can only be done by the region.
> >>
> >> The simplest thing to do if Mr. Anderson and Dr. Olsen are still
> >> willing and able to serve would be for their regions to indicate that
> >> they would like to reappoint them as alternates.
> >>
> >> -Nick
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 12:52 PM Jeff Lyons <jeff.lyons at lp.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Good afternoon,
> >> >
> >> >       Point of Inquiry, Mr. Chairman- Have Mr. Anderson and Mr. Olsen
> now
> >> > vacated their seats on the National Committee as a result of being
> >> > absent from 2 consecutive regular LNC Meetings?
> >> >
> >> > Reference- Bylaws Article 7.6: "A National Committee member who fails
> to
> >> > attend two consecutive regular sessions of the National Committee
> shall
> >> > be deemed to have vacated his or her seat. The appointing body shall
> be
> >> > free to reappoint the member who vacated the seat."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
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> >> > Jeff Lyons
> >> >
> >> > Region 8 Alternate
> >> > https://www.lp.org/wethepeople/?f=jly
> >> >
> >> > Libertarian Assoc. of MA
> >> > State Chair
> >> > http://www.lpmass.org/join
> >
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