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

[Richard Longstreth]

I believe MT is aware, but I will reach to confirm.

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

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 01:55 Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> 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
>