[Lnc-business] Fwd: National Platform Committee starting

[Alicia Mattson]

CAH> I had no idea who wrote these meeting tips.

I distributed it before each of our electronic meetings calling it
something like "my usual lecture" for participants.

-Alicia


On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 2:46 AM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
wrote:

> I had no idea who wrote these meeting tips.  I will gladly credit you.
> Revision coming soon.  Thank you for your input.
>
> I didn’t say institutional knowledge was absent but lacking.  And those
> instructions were never placed in a central archive - these things need to
> be out of my, your, or anyone else’s control and become Party property.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 3:03 AM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
>> Caryn Ann,
>>
>> It's interesting that on page 2 of this document you do say that if
>> someone
>> re-uses your work, credit would be appreciated.  I see a sizable section
>> that was substantially copy/pasted verbatim from materials that I wrote
>> from scratch as instructions for electronic meeting participants, but the
>> courtesy of credit was not given to me.  For additional irony, the final
>> sentence of the email again attempts to drive the narrative that such
>> contributions to institutional knowledge didn't exist before, all while
>> partially copying materials written by your predecessor.  :-)  Just
>> sayin'...
>>
>> Even though I have changed the Delegation Chair's Manual quite a bit from
>> when I took up the task, I still give Bob Sullentrup front-page credit,
>> and
>> some of his original work is still there intertwined with mine.  Attached
>> is the 2020 version, where you can see his name on the front page.
>>
>> -Alicia
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 5:23 AM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>
>> > FYI - in case you are interested in the welcome package I have developed
>> > for the platform committee.
>> >
>> > *  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.  *
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> > From: Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
>> > Date: Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 4:55 AM
>> > Subject: National Platform Committee starting
>> > To: LP State Chairs <statechairs at hq.lp.org>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello everyone, and specifically the chairs of the states that have made
>> > appointments.  I have reached out to your appointees so please let me
>> know
>> > if any say they have not received my email.  I have sent over this
>> Welcome
>> > Package which is something I prepared for this term drawing upon my
>> > experience as Platform Committee Chair at the 2018 convention.  You may
>> > find parts of it useful for your own purposes.  This will be deposited
>> in
>> > the Party records for use and improvement in the future and to build our
>> > institutional knowledge and education which has been a source of
>> > frustration for me.
>> >
>> > *  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. *
>
>