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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

While I am awaiting the rest of Ms. Mattson's comments, attached please
find my email to the state chairs on October 6 2019 identifying the correct
states and data.  No states were misinformed about their platform
appointments and I identified the correct states in my report in the
conclusion.  I have updated the tables using my final calculations that I
had used and confirmed with Ms. Mattson's list last month.  I have let them
know they have an additional month to notify but that the earlier
appointed, the earlier they can start work.



*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 5:20 AM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
wrote:

> As I was quite alarmed and concerned that Ms. Mattson claimed falsehoods
> against her (which I would hope that everyone would give everyone else the
> benefit of the doubt that incorrect statements, if any, are
> miscommunications or inadvertence) - I went and reviewed the convention
> documents sent to me and only one item in my report may be something
> provided - and that is a motion template - if that is the only one used,
> then I have that.  The only other documents provided to me were word
> versions of the region formation agreement, presidential ticket nomination
> certification, and sample election tally sheet.  That is not the entirety
> of forms and spreadsheets used.  For instance, there are spreadsheets shown
> on screen for state by state election results and individual state ballot
> sheets given to the delegation chairs to name a few.
>
> *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 4:48 AM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Mr. Longstreth, Montana is aware.  Please read above.
>>
>> I made sure my list of states matched Ms. Mattson's list on October 2 and
>> said at that time, that such data should have been passed along rather than
>> each secretary re-creating the wheel.  I hope that all of that data will
>> now be making its way to me.
>>
>> Our preservation on an entity-wide level of records and documents is
>> abjecting appalling.  There should be little to nothing only in the
>> possession of one individual.  I have been saying this until I was blue in
>> the face this term, and now we have a great object lesson on why I
>> requested all of the past data and am still requesting it.  Mr. Fishman and
>> I have discussed a central repository so that nothing is dependent upon
>> whoever the secretary is at the moment.  Our goal should be to make
>> ourselves replaceable with little harm to the organization.
>>
>> *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 4:43 AM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>
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