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

[Nicholas Sarwark]

Dear Ms. Harlos,

The convention begins on May 22, 2020, so regions would need to be formed
no later than May 23, 2020. The fact that there is a second sitting planned
in the motion passed by the LNC does not change that the initial gavel is
of a convention and May 23 is the second day.

I would also note that regional agreements can be formed now and the
national staff would be happy to facilitate any regions that would like to
have a regional meeting in the virtual convention space in the time prior
to the convention, as long as it doesn't conflict with testing, planning,
or debate events that are using the space.

Yours truly,
Nick

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:14 AM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> 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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