[Lnc-business] General thoughts on this whole convention issue

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

We have NO authority to call a "rump convention" either.  If a convention
goes forward in Austin, it must follow the convention agenda.  The LNC
scheming to get that changed is completely inappropriate.  And I ask
everyone to please not read anything into my colorful language - I am not
imputing any ill intent.  I am just saying how it easily appears.  The
bylaws is to us like the constitution is to our government.  We give the
stank eye when the government tries to find a way around the constitution.
We must be better.

*  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.  *


On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 4:30 PM <john.phillips at lp.org> wrote:

> Yep, which is why my second choice plan has been and continues to be -
> postpone, with the option to poll the delegates and use that result to pick
> the candidates.
>
> John Phillips
> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
> Cell 217-412-5973
>
> On Apr 30, 2020 5:20 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
> I am coming to the conclusion that we are going about this entirely wrong,
> and that any "online convention" should not even be on our radar.  Our
> bylaws ALREADY provide a solution if there is no nomination at a
> convention.  Why are we trying to find an end-run around that?  If the
> delegates in the past wanted to change that they could, and they did not.
> No convention, the LNC votes on the nomination.  It leaves us free to vow
> to follow the will of some poll of the delegates (which I would highly say
> we must) but we are creating a problem that does not exist - at least not
> for that issue.  I am very uncomfortable with that.
>
> Second, I believe there is a conflict of interest issue here. Some of us,
> myself included, have a vested interest in this proceeding as we are
> running for internal office and may have personal reasons for preferring
> one to another that is about our best interest and not that of the party.
> RONR does not require recusal for anything but that doesn't lessen the
> fact
> that there is a conflict of interest here.
>
> I will not go against our bylaws which provide the solution already.  We
> either have an in-person convention or the LNC picks the nominees (using
> whatever criteria we decide upon).
>
> Would I personally prefer something else?  Yes.  But that is not what my
> duty here is.
>
> *  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.  *
>
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