[Lnc-business] Fwd: Re: seeking guidance

[Elizabeth Van Horn]

Forwarded for transparency 

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 		SUBJECT:
 		Re: seeking guidance

 		DATE:
 		2019-12-18 17:48

 		FROM:
 		joshua.smith at lp.org

 		TO:
 		Joe Bishop-Henchman <joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org>

 		CC:
 		Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org>, LNC Gsuite Migration
<lnctest at lphq.org>, Daniel Fishman <dan.fishman at lphq.org>

Doesn't change my mind at all. Rip it up or send it back and say no
thanks. This should easily be at the discretion of the board to protect
the brand.  

We certainly cannot force our membership to be in a party with convicted
(proven) child predators. Doesn't matter if there is a provision. It
should be common sense. Simple stuff here.  

-Joshua  

On Dec 18, 2019 2:32 PM, Joe Bishop-Henchman
<joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org> wrote:

> In the absence of direct bylaw or policy manual guidance, wouldn't that 
> mean it's the discretion of the executive director and/or the chair? 
> Lack of a policy wouldn't necessarily compel one result or the other. 
> 
> JBH 
> 
> ------------ 
> Joe Bishop-Henchman 
> LNC Member (At-Large) 
> joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org 
> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837 
> 
> On 2019-12-18 17:19, Nicholas Sarwark wrote: 
>> Dear Dan, 
>> 
>> In reviewing the bylaws and the policy manual, I don't see any 
>> provision that would support refusing membership from someone who has 
>> made a legal donation to the party and signed the pledge, as it 
>> appears Mr. Corley did. 
>> 
>> While we may not approve of Mr. Corley's crime, we do not have a 
>> general policy of refusing to allow people with criminal convictions 
>> to support the Libertarian Party. In fact, as a party that is 
>> strongest on criminal justice reform and explicitly calls for the 
>> repeal of laws against consensual sex work, members who have run afoul 
>> of the criminal justices system may have an even greater reason to 
>> support our party. 
>> 
>> I understand that the mail coming from a Federal Correctional 
>> Institution probably inspired further research into Mr. Corley's case, 
>> it is not our normal practice to look into the backgrounds of people 
>> prior to processing their membership in the Libertarian Party. There 
>> has been some heated discussion lately about whether party leadership 
>> or staff should prevent people from joining our party due to repugnant 
>> views they may hold or questionable associations they may have. We 
>> have declined to engage in that kind of gatekeeping, recognizing that 
>> going down that path leads to fights over who should be excluded or 
>> expelled that distract from the work of our party and are 
>> counterproductive. 
>> 
>> Our party stands up for the rights of all people, all of the time. 
>> That includes people who have been convicted of crimes, even serious 
>> ones. We support criminal justice reform and restoration of voting 
>> rights for convicted felons. There is no provision for expulsion from 
>> the national Libertarian Party, nor for exclusion of someone who meets 
>> the requirements in the bylaws. 
>> 
>> Yours truly, 
>> Nick 
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 3:01 PM Daniel Fishman <dan.fishman at lphq.org> 
>> wrote: 
>> 
>>> We received a check for $25 and signed version of the NAP from Royce 
>>> Corley, who is currently incarcerated for trafficking minors and 
>>> child pornography. 
>>> 
>>> Details here: 
>>> 
>>> 
>> https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-man-found-guilty-federal-court-sex-trafficking-three-minors-and-possessing 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am inclined to return the check, but I gratefully defer to the 
>>> LNC. 
>>> 
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>>> Executive Director 
>>> The Libertarian Party 
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