[Lnc-business] Secretary''s Report

Tue Nov 12 07:09:57 EST 2019

Thank you for providing these comments early.  I will respond prior to
issuing V2.  Here you have made some incorrect statements.  I will not
however uncharitably insinuate that it was with ill intent or an attempt to
smear.  It is unfortunate that you did not choose the same route, but that
is your prerogative.

I want to make one thing abundantly clear here, and will again.

*==Ms. Harlos seems determined to give people the false impression that I
havesomehow crippled her ability to prepare for convention, and if I don’t
callthat out, some people might be fooled into believing it.  I do not
enjoythese arguments, but I will not agree to be her silent scape goat.===*

*If my husband doesn't understand what I am thinking Ms. Mattson, you
certainly do not have the requisite knowledge or familiarity to make such a
diagnosis. So hear me clearly- I am not in any crippled to prepare.  If
that were so, I would be asking for a motion.  I will be fully prepared no
matter what information is given or not.  However, there is an easier way
to prepare and a harder one.  It would be fair to say that I am stating you
have made it more difficult and time-consuming and I blame that on our
institutional failure to have central records repositories and requirements
for continuity binders not you.  I do not need you or any else to be a
"scapegoat" - in the spirit of charity I will ignore what  I could read
into that statement.  As I changed up multiple things in the way
secretarial things are done in between conventions (numbering ballots,
having master vote tallies and live vote tallies, and the one note system
to name a few), I have already planned what I believe to be several
improvements to convention processes (which is what each successor in any
position should do or we stagnate).  I am not dependent on you providing
anything.   Frankly none of us are that important.  Not me, not you, and
not anyone.  It would be helpful - and it is a demonstration of our deficit
in the area of succession.*

*That point is important enough to state here and repeat.  This isn't about
you.  This is about not having systems in place to make sure that
transitions are smooth and in the best interest of the organization - not
subject to the vagaries of individual preference and debate. *

*I do wish you hadn't indulged the temptation to make an attack on me about
events during the audit.  I chose to be there and cancel other
obligations.  I certainly was not paying attention to social media and not
the process.  And if any time I had to take a text or email, you do not
know what it was about.  My work contacts me regularly and I am attentive
to that, and with multiple pets being left with others, I was regularly
checking to be sure there was no message about them.  One of my pets was 21
years old at the time, and I worried whenever I was away.  That was indeed
a smear Ms. Mattson, and it was unworthy of you.*

*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 Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 4:30 AM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
wrote:

> Ms. Mattson, please see below.  I had intended upon posting V2 this
> morning, but I would like your thoughts on the below first (and any
> additional commentary you may have).
>
> On one item, I do disagree, and that is Mr. Phillips vote on ballot
> 190906-1.  In the last sentence of his commentary, he stated "
> As a pragmatist, I know the importance of not letting the perfect get in
> the way of the good. But in my opinion, the status quo is preferable to this bill passing.
> "
>
> I interpreted that as a no (and that could be coloured by my private
> discussions with Mr. Phillips in which he told me he was voting no), and
> Mr. Phillips did not challenge that when the results were posted.  If Mr.
> Phillips wishes to challenge, I can issue amended results.
>
> I took a look at what the government has committed to as far as
> publication dates, and March 31, 2021 is when the population data is to be
> released for redistricting purposes.
>
> However, I disagree with your interpretation of our bylaws on that point,
> and would like to hear your thoughts.  Specifically:
>
> 3. The Platform Committee shall consist of 20 members selected as follows:
>
> *a. One member by each of the five affiliate parties having the greatest
> per capita sustaining membership as determined for Convention delegate
> allocations at the most recent Regular Convention. *
>
> The numbers used are specified to be related to the time frame for the
> 2020 convention allocation which is this month - thus, the 2010 Census
> numbers would be used.  It would not make sense to use BSM numbers from one
> time period and census data from another.
>
> *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 7:01 PM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you very much.  I’ll take a look when I get home.
>>
>> Your close readings of everyone’s reports is most appreciated.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 4:58 PM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Below are some additional corrections needed for the Secretary’s report:
>>>
>>> In the section titled, “Status of Minutes Since Last Report”, the date of
>>> the July minutes was July 27-28, rather than July 28-29.
>>>
>>> In that same section, the July 27-28 minutes were approved by email
>>> ballot
>>> number 190922-01, rather than 190922-11.
>>>
>>> There is a section titled, “LNC Membership Changes Since August Meeting”
>>> but the meeting was in July rather than August.  That section lists that
>>> Pat Ford was elected as the new Region 8 alternate, but it should also
>>> mention that the vacancy existed because Jeff Lyons resigned by email to
>>> the LNC on 08/06/19.  This resignation was also after the July meeting,
>>> thus hasn’t been documented in other minutes.
>>>
>>> The census-related URL at the bottom of page 2 is not a valid webpage.
>>> It
>>> leads to an error message landing page.
>>>
>>> In the section titled “Delegate Allocations” it indicates your intent to
>>> calculate and notify the states that will have earned committee seats for
>>> the 2022 convention.  Please note that there will be a new census before
>>> the 2022 convention, leading to new denominators for the per-capita
>>> calculations and we don’t know those numbers yet.  I don’t recall how
>>> long
>>> it typically takes the U.S. Census Bureau to publish the results of a new
>>> census, but presuming that data is available well before committee
>>> appointment deadlines, the new data should be used for the 2022
>>> calculations, rather than the 2010 data.
>>>
>>> Under the heading “Email Ballots” the first sentence also needs the dates
>>> corrected for the July meeting.
>>>
>>> Email ballot number 190804-01 is missing from the listing of email
>>> ballots
>>> since the last regular meeting.
>>>
>>> Email ballot number 190830-1 ended on 09/06/19, rather than 09/07/19.
>>>
>>> On email ballot number 190906-01 a “no” vote is reported for John
>>> Phillips,
>>> but I did not find that he voted.  The closest I saw was a comment from
>>> him
>>> that if something is true, then he would not support the motion, but
>>> that’s
>>> not a clear vote.
>>>
>>> On email ballot number 190922-01, it lists the co-sponsors as “Harlos,
>>> Longstreth, Merced, Phillips” but I saw no co-sponsorship from Mr.
>>> Merced.
>>> I saw that you inquired whether Mr. Merced would, but I saw no response
>>> from him.  I did instead see co-sponsorship from Hagan and Smith who are
>>> not listed there.
>>>
>>> On email ballot 190922-01, the vote total reports 11 “aye” votes, but the
>>> roll call listing only shows 10 names in the list.  It is missing an
>>> affirmative vote from Tim Hagan, which can be seen on the email list
>>> here:
>>> http://hq.lp.org/pipermail/lnc-business/2019/055042.html
>>>
>>> -Alicia
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 7:10 PM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
>>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Attached
>>> >
>>> > *  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) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know.
>>> *
>>> >
>>>
>> --
>>
>> *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. *
>>
>>