[Lnc-business] Recent concerns and issues

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I was able to find a copy - here is a link.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zGZVOP8KhiTEVm3cbD2iekMl3f425a61/view?usp=sharing

*In Liberty,*

* Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
(part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal
communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
pas), please contact me privately and let me know. *



On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:14 PM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
wrote:

> 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.
>> >
>>
> --
>
> *In Liberty,*
>
> * Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
> (part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal
> communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
> found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
> pas), please contact me privately and let me know. *
>
>