[Lnc-business] EMAIL BALLOT 191229-1: Appeal from Ruling of the Chair

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

I vote no. I am not convinced Mr. Phillips's motion is unambiguously 
against the Bylaws, precluding us from considering it. Both Mr. Phillips 
and the Chair acknowledge that the LNC can direct the refund of a 
contribution in at least some circumstances. The Chair's ruling that the 
second portion is moot is not reason enough to me to prevent 
consideration.

I am mindful of Dr. Lark's observation that the ultimate outcome of the 
motion may violate the spirit of the Bylaws, and I'm very mindful of not 
wanting this body to become consumed by a purge-of-the-month, one case 
at a time. I appreciate the desire to let the delegates at convention 
decide this one, and I'll only add that my mail is running about 70-30 
in favor of us considering this matter.

JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
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On 2019-12-29 03:30, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> EMAIL BALLOT 191229-1: Appeal from Ruling of the Chair
> 
> We have an electronic mail ballot.
> 
> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by January 5, 2020 at 11:59:59 
> pm
> Pacific time.
> 
> Co-Sponsors:  Merced, Nekhaila, Phillips, Smith
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> 
> Motion: Appeal from the ruling of the chair that the motion stated by 
> Mr.
> Phillips (located here:
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lncvotes/rpDQqjc2J5k/F9RokJMpAwAJ  and 
> the
> ruling of the chair is here:
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lncvotes/rpDQqjc2J5k/Meak1YRCAwAJ) was 
> out
> of order.
> 
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> THRESHOLD REQUIRED: Simple majority
> 
> 
> PROCEDURAL NOTE:  A YES vote sustains the ruling the chair.  A NO vote
> over-rules the ruling of the chair.  It takes a majority of NO votes to
> overturn the ruling of the Chair.
> 
> 
> 
> You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of votes here:
> https://tinyurl.com/ballot191229-1.  Votes are noted with a link to the
> actual ballot cast for verification. You can find the time that the 
> manual
> tally was last updated at the bottom of the sheet.
> 
> Please notify me of any discrepancies.
> 
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