[Lnc-business] Requests for agenda items

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

As I did at the last meeting, I completely support the convention motion
and hope more LNC members will do so this time.

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On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 11:46 PM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> I have two agenda item requests:
>
> 1)  Make Conventions Special Events - At the March meeting the COC
> introduced a motion on this subject, and the motion was postponed to the
> budget meeting.  It didn't click with me that the budget meeting was two
> meetings ahead, not the next meeting.  Daniel Hayes was trying to point out
> to me that it's out of order to postpone something beyond the next regular
> meeting, but I didn't catch on.  When this was noted after the postponement
> had been adopted, the chair indicated that we could take it up at the July
> meeting by use of a motion to rescind the postponement.  I have noticed
> that RONR says rescind can only be applied to main motions, and the
> postponement is not a main motion.  I think the means for us to revisit the
> subject is to raise a point of order based on the fact that RONR doesn't
> allow postponement beyond the next quarterly regular meeting because it
> deprives the assembly of the basic right to take up an item of business at
> a regular meeting in the meantime.  Therefore, I believe it is out of order
> in such a way that it is not too late to raise a point of order about it.
> So to keep options open in the event that the chair rules differently, I'm
> giving notice for two options:
>
> a) raise a point of order about the improper postponement with the goal of
> taking the postponed motion back up at this meeting, and
> b) rescind the postponement and take the item up again at this meeting
>
> 2)  Amend Reserve Definition - Attached is a PDF containing a motion to
> amend the definition of the reserve.  I'll comment more extensively on this
> before the meeting.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 6:03 PM Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am preparing the agenda for our upcoming meeting in Austin. If you have
> > specific agenda items you would like to request, please let me know.
> >
> > Yours truly,
> > Nick
> >
>