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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Ms. Mattson, I look forward to the rest of your comments.  I only discussed
you in one portion, and if there is anything false in that section, I will
obviously correct, but I am not going to guess at what you might think that
is.  I have re-read it and it is as I recalled.  I would be delighted to
hear that a bunch of 2018 convention documents were coming my way.  If that
is the case, please send them sooner rather than later.

I am going to set forth the bottom line first on the issues in this email.
In the report text, I say this for Platform:

"*Results:* Alaska, *California*, *Colorado*, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Michigan, *Montana*, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, *Pennsylvania*, Texas,
Virginia, and Washington."

The correct states have been notified of their appointments.

I have not spoken with any states regarding credentials, that was next on
my contact list.

*So no states have to make any corrections.*

Now for the details:

1.  2016 BSM numbers versus 2018 BSM numbers.
I had multiple charts as I was working this out - and mentioned to you in
that October 2 email when you gave your figures that this was exactly the
information that should have been passed on and was not.  I double-checked
my list to yours and it matched.  In preparing this report, I copied the
older chart that used the 2016 calculations rather than the 2018 one.  This
is a perfect example again how how a handbook and data needs to be passed
along.  In retrieving all of this information, there was jumping between
2010 census data (which is in both the 2016 and 2018 delegate allocation
manuals); 2016 Presidential vote data (which is in the 2018 Delegation
allocation manuals), and 2017 membership data.  I was double checking my
census data from 2016 and because the BSM data is right next to that, in
this version of the chart, used those figures.  Later I discovered that and
created a different chart, but failed to discard my prior work due to the
scrambling that took place after Mr. Dixon's death in which I was working
on this data, which inadvertantly got copied here but the states notified
were from the correct one.  Since I had not contacted states about
Credentials with that deadline being farther out, I quickly jotted down the
top five from the chart here - but that is not the top five I have in my
final data.  In version 2, I will include the updated chart.  And while
doing these, I was providing the states with prospective "if the deadline
for delegate allocations were today, these would be your numbers"....   In
a future handbook a great big caveat will be listed about the date-jumping
and the potential for confusion.

2.  Nevada v. Montana Platform seats
Montana had been notified not Nevada - that was an old chart which I did
not mean to copy here.  Montana had been notified months before and were in
fact the first to give me their appointment.

3. Indiana v. Georgia Platform seats
Ditto to above.

4. Ohio v. Virginia Credentials
I have not made any contact and that was list jotted quickly for this
report from the old chart.

5. Nov v Dec deadline.
That is what I get for calculating appointment deadlines for both the
Colorado state convention and the national convention at the same time.
The Nov deadline is for the LPCO and they wanted to be sure to take care of
all of their appointments at the same time.  I will make sure everyone
knows they have an additional month.  This is where the auto-calculate
spreadsheet I am preparing for future secretaries will take care of all of
these calculations for them after which I am going to propose a policy
manual change similar to colorado that critical dates be listed in each
secretary's report.

*Thus as far as the states are concerned, no harm no foul.  The correct
states received notification for platform and will for credentials.  I
simply copied an older chart in this report which I had already corrected.
I thank you profusely for your timely review for *

Please let me know your other concerns as I would like to address them all
in one revision but regardless, by Tues morning I will issue draft 2 with
the proper chart.


*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 Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 1:55 AM 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
>