[Lnc-business] LPIN member omitted from the Bylaws Committee Ballot

[Elizabeth Van Horn]

Thank you Nick,

I had told Joe Hauptmann that I would inquire with the LNC Chair, and I 
appreciate you replying.  I'll convey your reply to him.

EVH

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Elizabeth Van Horn
LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
Chair-Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
http://www.lpcaucus.org/


On 2019-10-28 09:49, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business wrote:
> Dear Ms. Van Horn,
> 
> Unfortunately, there is little that can be done to correct a missing
> candidate after the election has occurred. If a member of the committee 
> had
> noted the absence of Mr. Hauptmann's application in the packet that we 
> were
> given, really at any point prior to the conclusion of the electronic
> meeting, we could have done a new ballot including his name.
> 
> As the balloting was completed and the meeting adjourned, the committee
> would need to vote to rescind the prior election and have an entirely 
> new
> election. As was noted on the list, that would put our selection of the
> bylaws committee after the deadline that was set for that selection.
> 
> I would like to express my apologies to Mr. Hauptmann for the error on
> behalf of the committee and wish him success in his application for the
> Platform Committee.
> 
> Yours truly,
> Nick
> 
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 2:35 AM Elizabeth Van Horn 
> <elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Also, the Credentials application batch has applications which aren't 
>> on
>> the Credential application list.  Some look to be Platform 
>> applications.
>> 
>> I'll go through the Credentials and Platform committee batches and
>> contact any of the Region 3 applicants to make sure they're in the
>> correct remaining committee batches.
>> 
>> Meanwhile, I hope to hear from the Chair on the issue of the omitted
>> applicant on the Bylaws ballot.
>> 
>> EVH
>> 
>> ---
>> Elizabeth Van Horn
>> LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
>> 
>> 
>> On 2019-10-27 01:55, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business wrote:
>> > I've received a message from an LPIN member.  Joe Hauptmann.
>> >
>> > Joe says that he applied for the Bylaws and Rules Committee, but
>> > noticed
>> > that his name wasn't on the ballot.  I checked and his application
>> > wasn't in the Bylaws batch, nor was he listed.  His application is in
>> > the Platform batch.
>> >
>> > He also says that he had an email exchange with the LNC Secretary, and
>> > he said that he was applying for the Bylaws committee.  He said he has
>> > the email to verify.
>> >
>> > What if anything can be done at this point?  This Lifetime member(Joe
>> > Hauptmann) of the LP isn't happy with how the Bylaws Committee
>> > applications were handled.
>> >
>> > Also, I think Joe Hauptmann plans to send emails to several people on
>> > the LNC regarding this matter.
>> >
>> > I'll add, that as the Region 3 Rep, I thought all the applicants from
>> > Region 3, for Bylaws were accounted for.  I thought since Joe
>> > Hauptmann's application was in the Platform Committee batch, that was
>> > the committee he decided to go for.  That was not the case.
>> >
>> > EVH
>>