[Lnc-business] Regional Agreements and Request for Opinion of Chair

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Our bylaws state this:


2. The National Committee shall be composed of the following members:

a. the officers of the Party;

b. five members elected at large by the delegates at a Regular Convention;
and

c. any additional members as specified below:

Any affiliate party with 10% or more of the total national party sustaining
membership

within affiliate parties (as determined for delegate allocation) shall be
entitled to one

National Committee representative and one alternate for each 10% of national

sustaining membership. Affiliate parties may, by mutual consent, band
together to

form "representative regions," and each such "region" with an aggregate
national

party sustaining membership of 10% or more shall be entitled to one National

Committee representative and one alternate for each 10% of national party

sustaining membership. "Representative regions" may be formed or dissolved
once

every two years during a period beginning 90 days before the beginning of
and

ending on the second day of the National Convention, and notice of new
formations

or dissolutions must be given in writing to the national Secretary prior to
the close of

the Convention at which they take place.


And the convention rules say this:


4. In the event a region has not otherwise provided for the election of its
National

Committee representation then the delegates from the region shall elect its
regional

representative and alternate, provided there are at least five delegates
present. Each

Region's delegates may elect their representative and alternate in whatever
manner they

choose, provided all delegates present from that region are given equal
voice in the

selection.



Mr. Goldstein has let regionals know that they need to take care of this by
this online convention.  I do not believe however that is the only
interpretation here and I lean towards the other one since the convention
referred to is the physical convention and election of the LNC is at the
physical convention.  Though I could argue both ways.  But since LNC
elections are put off until then as there is not yet impracticability for
those, I think the regionals fall there too.  I think requiring the
regionals this month is not the fairest to the regional elections and could
result in some of our regional reps being off the LNC during this critical
time between sessions.  An exception was carved out ONLY for the top of the
ticket, thus I do not think it is the best interpretation to put the time
clock for regionals in that time frame.


Mr. Chair can you please advise on this ASAP?  I need to resend the
regional formation manual to the state chairs and I would like to clarify
this situation with them.

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