[Lnc-business] Requirements for Sustaining Membership in the Libertarian Party

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I believe Mr Sarwarkis right on all points.

However the discussion omitting any individual names should be public.

-Caryn Ann

On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 7:27 AM john.phillips--- via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> Mr. Sarwark,
>
> I have a lot of respect for you.  However, you are completely mis-stating
> the actions of this board, and that I cannot and will not accept.
>
> No one thought "they had the individual authority".  We were ALL asked for
> opinions, and several, including yourself and myself, gave those OPINIONS
> on how it should be handled,  NOT directives.
>
> As for the rest;
>
> 1. It is the responsibility of this board to respond to concerns brought
> to them by staff and members.
> 2.  As responded privately it absence of a policy/by-law we CAN make a
> decision.  That is one of the main purposes of a board.  Should we is up
> for debate, but we absolutely can.
>
> If you wish to debate the "should" by all means continue, that is well
> within your purview, as it is all of ours.
>
> If you are making an official ruling in your capacity as chair, you are
> incorrect/mistaken. Not just in your reasoning, but your thought that we
> will let you dictate in such a manner.  So if this IS a ruling, I challenge
> the ruling of the chair.
>
> John Phillips
> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
> Cell 217-412-5973
>
> On Dec 21, 2019 7:18 AM, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Apparently some members of the LNC think it's appropriate to discuss in a
> public forum an individual who sent in a contribution to the Libertarian
> Party with a signed pledge, is not a public figure, and is not able to
> advocate on his own behalf. It is not.
>
> Apparently some members of this committee think that they have the
> individual authority to tell the Executive Director how to handle a
> membership contribution from someone with a criminal conviction in absence
> of any bylaws or policy manual justification for the action. They do not.
>
> The requirements for sustaining membership in the Libertarian Party are
> defined by the delegates at convention in the bylaws. The Libertarian
> National Committee has no power to add requirements for sustaining
> membership that are beyond the bylaws, only the delegates at the next
> convention have that power. If they want to add further requirements to be
> a sustaining member that would disqualify people from joining the party,
> they may do so by a 2/3 vote of the national convention.
>
> Sending back a legal contribution from a person who has signed the pledge
> has the effect of creating an additional requirement for sustaining
> membership that could be described as, "the Executive Director approves of
> the member." There may be good reasons for this requirement, there may be
> good reasons not to adopt this requirement, but those would need to be
> considered by the convention delegates, it's not a requirement that can be
> created without authority from the bylaws.
>
> Yours in liberty,
> Nick
>
>
> --

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