[Lnc-business] Recent concerns and issues

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Mr. Longstreth there is a third letter clarifying for Mr. Sarwark that
there were specific questions.

I think I can speak for nearly all the signers that in a do-over we would
only include the ethical issues rather than the management frustrations.

Honestly we felt we had one chance to have our chair’s full attention and
asked everything that was building up.  Mr. Sarwark notes some were style
complaints.  That doesn’t mean they were not important but he has no
ethical obligation to answer those.

The third letter focused on the ethical issues.  We do not believe that
ignoring the questions is at all proper.

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:06 PM Richard Longstreth via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> For reference, Erin and several others on the LNC have been trying to get
> answers to some questions from the Chair and the Executive Director for
> nearly a month without much progress. I am providing a link to a letter
> that was sent to the Chair on October 8th and his response so that the
> public may have full context of everything Erin has brought forth in her
> email. No signers of the letter objected to it's becoming public as these
> are serious issues concerning our Party and it's future. Even if there is
> no wrong doing, the LNC and membership deserve to understand the
> motivations of certain activities and full transparency.
>
> Letter to Chair Sarwark, October 8:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2iKd8j9elY0V3BYeldhME41c1NZZ2NtNTlNS0xCWWFLenp3/view?usp=drivesdk
>
> Response from Chair Sarwark, October 9:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2iKd8j9elY0SDFjRlhSaDJpSWFpVU55ZC1FajRDVnVrZ04w/view?usp=drivesdk
>
> 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 Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 12:58 Erin Adams via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
> > All,
> > Recently many questions and concerns have been raised by LNC members to
> > this list. The questions have, in my opinion, mostly gone unanswered and
> > the concerns have not, also in my opinion, been addressed in any
> productive
> > manner.
> >
> > The issues are not going to simply go away and I very much look forward
> to
> > having the opportunity to discuss them in person in Miami and will
> > certainly be asking these same questions at that meeting. There were
> > serious ethical concerns and questions brought up in a series of
> > communications that have not even been addressed that need to be, Mainly
> > our ED's involvement in political events connected to other political
> > party's, and Lack of disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by our
> > ED and our Chair   , That may be better addressed in person.
> >
> > For me, the question becomes, what next? How do we as an LNC address
> these
> > issues and move forward in a way that is conducive to progress?
> >
> > I have a few suggestions.
> >
> > One: I think it behooves us to put aside personal differences and
> > Personality conflicts and focus on the issues.
> >
> > Two: I think that there absolutely have been failures to follow policy
> > that need to be addressed so that they can be prevented moving forward
> >
> > Three: I think one issue we all seem to agree on is that our policy
> manual
> > is problematic and I would volunteer to work with others on this LNC to
> > correct that.
> >
> > Four: In reading the contract of the new DD I feel that we have limited
> > risk in at very least giving Our new DD an opportunity to do this job as
> > she has been placed in a horrible situation not of her design.
> >
> > Five: Absolutely this LNC needs and should expect better and more
> frequent
> > communication from our ED and each other. I feel like we ALL can improve
> on
> > our communication, Myself included
> >
> > I truly hope and believe that as a group, we CAN come together and
> achieve
> > success in dealing with concerns and issues and I feel that even tho we,
> > from time to time, seem to not be a conducive team, I have seen the
> amazing
> > work this LNC can and has done when we simply decide to put aside our
> > differences and do so.
> >
> > Erin Adams Region 7 alt.
> >
>
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