[Lnc-business] Ruling of the chair

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Mr. Phillips while I generally love getting lathered you, I don’t think
your interpretation is fair.  There can be no ruling of the chair when
there is no live motion.  No one co-sponsored Mr. Smith’s motion.  I had
indicated that I would object and ask for a ruling of the chair but I could
not do so until it was a live motion.  There was plenty of time for it to
be co-sponsored yet it wasn’t.  So Mr Sarwark was fully within his rights
and he did wait to see if the motion would go live.  If he didn’t wait a
bit of time, I would be pretty steamed but he did.

-Caryn Ann

On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 9:19 PM john.phillips--- via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> So I asked if something was a ruling of the chair, and expressed my desire
> to challenge it if so.
>
> A question that was never answered, yet apparently it was a ruling of the
> chair and our chair issued direction to the Executive Director based on it.
>
> "As per the instruction of the chair, I have processed the membership
> application.
> ---
> Daniel Fishman
> Executive Director
> The Libertarian Party"
>
> While it is the chair's prerogative to make direction, is it appropriate
> to do so during discussion on the topic, particularly after a board member
> has expressed a desire to challenge such a ruling?
>
> A ruling based on a bylaw open to interpretation, that some board members
> were interpreting in a different manner?
>
> I am beyond disgusted that such an action was taken.  I am particularly
> disgusted that it was taken in what I consider at best an underhanded
> manner, and possibly a procedural violation.
>
> I find it even more disturbing that such action was taken in a dictatorial
> fashion in an organization designed to oppose exactly that sort of behavior.
>
> John Phillips
> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
> Cell 217-412-5973
>
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