[Lnc-business] urgent error correction - Platform and Credentials appointments

[Alicia Mattson]

A few hours ago we received the Secretary's report for the upcoming LNC
meeting.  Though there are other errors (and outright falsehoods about me)
which I will address separately, there is one error in need of particularly
urgent correction.

The Secretary's report lists states entitled to make appointments to the
2020 Platform Committee and to the Credentials Committee.  What first
caught my eye was that the report says that the 2020 seats are determined
by the delegate allocations for the 2016 convention.  That's not correct.
Bylaw Article 11.3 says they are based on the sustaining memberships "as
determined for Convention delegate allocations at the most recent Regular
Convention."  That would be the 2018 convention, not the 2016 convention.

The lists of states in the Secretary's report have been simply copied from
my 2018 delegation chair's manual, which contained a listing of states
entitled to appoint for 2018 (based on 2016 membership levels).  There is a
lot of overlap with the states entitled to appoint for 2020, but a few
states will be different this time, and those states need to know of their
right to appoint before the approaching deadlines.

The delegate allocations I sent out for 2018 (not 2016) contain the
sustaining membership counts which should now be used for the 2020 rankings
for purposes of committee appointments.

About the Credentials Committee, the Secretary's report states,
"California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Ohio have each earned one seat
and must name their appointments by January 31, 2020."

According to the sustaining membership counts for 2018 delegate allocation,
the top 5 sustaining membership states were instead:  California, Texas,
Florida, VIRGINIA, and New York.  Ohio was not in the top 5, but Virginia
was.  Has Virginia been notified that they're entitled to an appointment to
the Credentials Committee?

Bylaw Article 11.4.b says of the state appointments to Credentials
Committee, "These shall be selected by each of the affiliate parties no
later than
three months prior to the Regular Convention."  With the convention calling
to order on May 22, 2020, the appointment deadline of three months prior
would be February 22, rather than the stated January 31.

About the Platform Committee, this report lists:  NH, AK, CO, NV, VA as the
top-5-per-capita for 2020 appointments.

However, taking the sustaining membership counts for 2018 delegate
allocation and dividing by 2010 census populations, that list should
instead be:  AK, NH, CO, MT, VA.  Nevada was not in the top-5-per-capita,
but Montana was.  Has Montana been notified that they're entitled to an
appointment?

Also about the Platform Committee, this report lists the other
top-10-sustaining (excluding VA and CO who were in the the
top-5-per-capita) as:
CA, TX, FL, NY, OH, PA, IL, MI, IN, WA.

However, the sustaining membership counts for 2018 delegate allocation show
the top 10 sustaining membership (excluding VA and CO who were in the
top-5-per-capita) as:
CA, TX, FL, NY, PA, OH, IL, MI, WA, GA
Much overlap, but IN is not in the top-ten, and GA is.  Has Georgia been
notified that they're entitled to an appointment?

Bylaw Article 11.3.d says of the Platform Committee appointment deadline
that they shall be selected, "no later than the last day of the fifth month
prior to the
Regular Convention."  With the convention calling to order on May 22, 2020,
that appointment deadline would be the last day of December, so December 31
rather than the stated November 31 (I presume you meant November 30).

At least the three affected states have a little more time to recover and
make their appointments than was stated in the Secretary's report.

Region reps for Virginia, Montana, and Georgia please make sure that those
state chairs know of their appointment entitlements.

When Mr. Bishop-Henchman inquired about the Platform Committee states on
this email list on October 2, this is the list I gave him based on the
sustaining membership info that was published in 2018.  This is the first
time I have seen the Secretary's listing of the states entitled to appoint,
so it wasn't possible for me to notice the discrepancy sooner.

-Alicia