[Lnc-business] Call for an Electronic Meeting

[Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair)]

Count me in

Alex Merced
Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee/LP

> On Apr 9, 2020, at 4:07 AM, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
> CAH> I am going to be a little tart here for just one moment.  I was
> criticized for a defective call to meeting last time.  Yet this call for
> sponsors
> suffers from the exact same defect.
> 
> This one does not suffer from the exact same defect.  The criticism for the
> prior one was because it did not even specify a date for the meeting, and
> late in the process it was said the meeting would be called for 10 days
> following the yet-to-be-determined-date that the final sponsor joined, and
> then when the final person joined the notice of the meeting was instead for
> a date 12 days following.
> 
> The email from Sam for this meeting specified all the details that it was
> possible to specify, including the date.  When the electronic meeting rules
> were originally written, Adobe Connect was the only meeting software
> approved, and we used the same fixed URL every time so that it was possible
> for those requesting a meeting to include the link to the proposed
> meeting.  When you requested rule amendments to also allow Zoom, the rule
> about including the link apparently should have also been updated since
> Zoom does not give meeting sponsors the ability to know the link until the
> secretary schedules it.
> 
> -Alicia
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 3:54 PM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I will get this set up.
>> 
>> I am going to be a little tart here for just one moment.  I was criticized
>> for a defective call to meeting last time.  Yet this call for sponsors
>> suffers from the exact same defect.
>> 
>> Obviously our rules are ridiculous on that point, and I will be putting
>> together a policy manual change.  Because when both the current and former
>> secretaries are part of technically defective calls, the problem is with
>> the rules, not with the calls.
>> 
>> -Caryn Ann
>> 
>> 
>> *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. *
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 4:23 PM joshua.smith--- via Lnc-business <
>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I will certainly be on.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Joshua
>>> 
>>> On Apr 8, 2020 3:44 PM, Victoria Paige Lee via Lnc-business <
>>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’ll be there
>>> 
>>> V. Paige Sexton BSN,RN
>>> Region 2 Alternate
>>> Libertarian National Committee
>>> 901-390-0578
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 8, 2020, at 15:14, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business <
>>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'll join the the requested May 2nd call.
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> Elizabeth Van Horn
>>>> LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2020-04-08 15:00, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business wrote:
>>>>> The Convention Oversight Committee has requested a LNC Electronic
>>>>> Meeting to be held on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at Noon EDT via Zoom, for
>>>>> the purpose of reviewing contingencies for the 2020 Libertarian Party
>>>>> National Convention, and for considering motions for changes to the
>>>>> current convention plans.
>>>>> On April 7, 2020 the COC received an actual response from the Austin
>> JW
>>>>> Marriott for the first time in over three weeks, and we will continue
>>>>> discussions with the venue about the feasibility of the convention
>>> being
>>>>> held there per the current contract.  However, the current Texas and
>>>>> Austin restrictions on social distancing and "stay at home" orders
>>>>> expire on or about May 1, 2020 and could very well be extended beyond
>>>>> that time.  Texas also has severe travel restrictions, and 14-day
>>>>> quarantine requirements on persons arriving from certain cities and
>>>>> states, and those restrictions have no expiration date. Many states
>>> also
>>>>> have travel restrictions and/or stay at home orders that currently
>> have
>>>>> expiration dates in late May or early June.
>>>>> For the above reasons the COC has been working on several
>> contingencies
>>>>> for resolving the status of the convention which is required by our
>>>>> Bylaws to be held no later than August of 2020.  The Committee plans
>> to
>>>>> provide the LNC a confidential contingency document no later than 5
>>> days
>>>>> prior to May 2nd which will outline the Committee's recommendations to
>>>>> the LNC.  Since this document will contain legal and contractual
>>>>> information it will be marked Confidential and will be provided only
>> to
>>>>> LNC members with a NDA on file.
>>>>> The following LNC members of the COC join in the call for this meeting
>>>>> and we seek additional members to join in the call:
>>>>> Sam Goldstein
>>>>> Whitney Bilyeu
>>>>> Alicia Mattson
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>