[Lnc-business] Fwd: Re: FINAL BYLAWS PACKET

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

Colleagues,

In advance of our e-meeting later today, I wanted to take the 
opportunity to make a pitch for some of the Bylaws candidates in the 
packet. This will certainly be a hard decision - we have many excellent 
choices for the ten slots.

While I was Bylaws chair for only a few weeks, I'm convinced of the 
importance of varied perspectives, balancing regions, having people with 
the ability to work collaboratively and persuasively, and the importance 
of members having attended at least one previous convention so they have 
direct appreciation for the bylaws and convention rules that they'll be 
in charge of modifying.

1. Richard Longstreth/AZ (LNC)
I think everyone is familiar with Mr. Longstreth's work ethic, 
thoroughness, and effectiveness.

2. Paige Sexton/TN (LNC)
Ms. Sexton reviewed successful bylaws changes in her state party, and I 
saw her lead that portion of the convention persuasively and 
effectively.

3. Mark Rutherford/IN
Mr. Rutherford has attended every convention since 2000 and serves on 
multiple non-profit boards, and his law practice includes work on 
governance document best practices.

4. Kenneth Brent Olsen/CA (LNC)
Dr. Olsen is chair of his state's bylaws committee, producing a very 
impressive PowerPoint presentation on the topic and effectively 
shepherding the proposals through.

5. Alicia Mattson/CA (LNC) (alum)
Ms. Mattson and I have been on opposite sides many times this year, and 
were often on opposite sides on the Bylaws Committee last term as well. 
But her points were always precisely reasoned, with every I dotted and T 
crossed. She rolled up her sleeves on ideas she opposed to make them 
better. I would not support Ms. Mattson if she was still Secretary, as 
both jobs unfortunately meant she was wearing multiple hats when we 
needed to present the report. Luckily for this purpose, she is not!

6. Chuck Moulton/PA (alum)
Dr. Moulton was honest broker on many of our proposals last term. He 
genuinely looks at stuff as to whether it's good for the party, and has 
a strong parliamentarian and historical experience background. Whenever 
I disagreed with him, it usually bore out that he was correct in the 
end.

7. Andy Craig/MD-WI-AR (alum)
Mr. Craig ended up being a swing vote with me on many of the proposals 
last term, and can be counted on to think through the strengths and 
weaknesses of every idea the committee would consider.

8. Cris Crawford/MA
Ms. Crawford has been a Party member since 1980, has chaired her state 
party's convention, and is an extraordinarily effective activist at 
petition gathering, finance, leadership, organization, and public 
relations.

9. myself/DC (LNC) (alum)
I'd be honored for the opportunity to serve on the committee again.


I am still figuring out my tenth vote, but was impressed by the 
applications of Thomas Rowlette of Missouri, though I don't know much 
about him, Spencer Dias of New Hampshire, and Elishiva Levin of New 
Mexico.



JBH

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

On 2019-10-25 15:21, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
> FYI the page numbers in the Bylaws packet do not match up with the
> table of contents.
> 
> I'm reaching out to people who applied to both Bylaws and Platform to
> inquire personally as to their preference between them. There's
> nothing wrong with being on both and many people have in the past - as
> I note in my email - but I don't intend to vote for anyone to be on
> both committees due to the time and focus commitment they both
> require. If anyone else would like to have the responses I get, I can
> send them to you off-list.
> 
> JBH
> 
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> Joe Bishop-Henchman
> LNC Member (At-Large)
> joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
> 
> On 2019-10-24 12:11, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business wrote:
>> Forwarded to public list.