[Lnc-business] BALLOT 190628-1: DIRECTIVE REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND WEB PAGE

Sat Jul 6 00:32:30 EDT 2019

I vote no.

The language in the FAQ that could be misconstrued has been changed and deleting a tweet weeks later is worse than useless, given the nature of Twitter.

-Nick

> On Jul 5, 2019, at 9:13 PM, John Phillips via Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
> Gotcha, seen a few of those too
> 
> On Jul 5, 2019 11:00 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com> wrote:
> Gracias- I got scrambled html and trying to read between the symbols I saw a no.  Thank you!
> 
> -Caryn Ann
> 
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 9:05 PM John Phillips <john.phillips at lp.org> wrote:
> Since apparently there is some issue with the list again ... My vote is YES. 
> 
> Not nay as was recorded.
> 
> 
> John Phillips
> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
> Cell 217-412-5973
> 
> On Jul 5, 2019 6:42 PM, William Redpath via Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> Yes.  Bill Redpath 
> 
> On 2019-07-02 00:21, Richard Longstreth via Lnc-business wrote: 
> > I will vote yes. 
> > 
> > Richard Longstreth 
> > Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY) 
> > Libertarian National Committee 
> > richard.longstreth at lp.org 
> > 931.538.9300 
> > 
> > Sent from my Mobile Device 
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 08:46 Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business < 
> > lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote: 
> > 
> >> Thank you Joe Bishop-Henchman.   As I stated in one of my previous 
> >> emails, I think the language of "Silence is consent" is bad optics. 
> >> 
> >> Even if changed to, "Silence is seen as consent", the optics aren't 
> >> good. 
> >> 
> >> I shall again recommend that the LP website be reworded.  My 
> >> recommendation is:  "Not voting is seen as consent." 
> >> 
> >> For the Twitter account, a deletion of the offending tweet. 
> >> 
> >> This is addressing concerns from members, and to those who might look 
> >> to 
> >> the LP for a potential political home.  The LP needs to be responsive. 
> >> 
> >> --- 
> >> Elizabeth Van Horn 
> >> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY) 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 2019-07-01 11:01, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote: 
> >> > I vote yes. 
> >> > 
> >> > I'm torn. The message on the website and the tweet promoting it aren't 
> >> > good messaging, although I question whether many are actually upset by 
> >> > it instead of just scenting blood in the water to attack the LP for 
> >> > its marketing efforts yet again. This is also a matter the APRC and 
> >> > the Executive Director can deal with instead of it being rushed to the 
> >> > LNC. But if we are sending mixed messages through our failure to adopt 
> >> > a marketing strategy and identify who is responsible for it, and we 
> >> 
> >> > are, it is up to us to resolve the conflicts that come from those 
> >> > crossed wires. I do worry about the LNC-micromanagement-of-staff 
> >> > implications of this: I am a firm believer that the LNC sets the 
> >> > vision and goals, hires staff to develop a strategy that we approve, 
> >> > and the staff executes. But we haven't done our part yet, so things 
> >> > like this will keep happening until we do. 
> >> > 
> >> > I will be coming forward, perhaps at the next meeting, with some 
> >> > sketches for reconstructing our committee structure, a process for 
> >> > long-range planning and goal-setting, and ideas for staff objectives 
> >> > and accountability. I recognize there is a problem here and want to 
> >> > help the LNC pursue constructive solutions rather than a bunch more 
> >> > votes like this one. 
> >> > 
> >> > But since the question has been put to me as whether the tweet should 
> >> > be deleted and the language rewritten, yes, both of those things 
> >> > should happen. It's tough to be accurate while being pithier than 
> >> > Burke's "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good 
> >> > men to do nothing" but "silence is consent" didn't hit the mark. 
> >> > 
> >> > JBH 
> >> > 
> >> > ------------ 
> >> > Joe Bishop-Henchman 
> >> > LNC Member (At-Large) 
> >> > joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org 
> >> > www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837 
> >> > 
> >> > On 2019-06-28 12:05, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote: 
> >> >> BALLOT 20190628-1:  DIRECTIVE REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND WEB PAGE 
> >> >> 
> >> >> We have an electronic mail ballot. 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by JULY 5, 2019 at 11:59:59 pm 
> >> >> Pacific time. 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Co-Sponsors:  Harlos, Longstreth, Phillips, Smith 
> >> >> 
> >> >> ============================================= 
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Motion: Move that the tweet made on the Party on the official Twitter 
> >> >> account including the quote that “silence equals consent” be deleted 
> >> >> and 
> >> >> that the corresponding text on LP.org be removed.  The Executive 
> >> >> Director 
> >> >> is instructed to rewrite that text to address member and LNC concerns 
> >> >> and 
> >> >> submit to the LNC for final approval/amendment. 
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> >> ============================================= 
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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