[Lnc-business] Oklahoma Resolution (and I concur entirely)

[Nicholas Sarwark]

To be clear, neither the Chair, nor members of the LNC who would direct the
Chair, have received a contract to review and potentially sign.

-Nick

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 9:02 AM Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> No, Mr. Wendt, the Chair is destroying the party with his refusal to
> sign a contract for an in person convention which was the will of the
> LNC.
>
> ---
> Sam Goldstein, At Large Member
> Libertarian National Committee
> 317-850-0726 Cell
>
> On 2020-05-14 02:06, Francis Wendt via Lnc-business wrote:
> > you are destroying the party. Stop!
> >
> > ---
> > FRANCIS WENDT
> > LNC Region 1 Alternate
> >  406.595.5111
> >
> > On 2020-05-13 23:40, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> >> Resolution 20-1
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a situation interrupting the
> >> ability of organizations and individuals to conduct business as usual;
> >>
> >> Whereas many states have laws requiring political parties to submit
> >> the
> >> names of their candidates for office and/or Electors for the offices
> >> of
> >> President and Vice-President of the United States at a date before
> >> which it
> >> would be practical to hold an in-person nominating convention;
> >>
> >> Whereas it is a fundamental right of a body to deliberate on matters
> >> that
> >> affect the body as a whole;
> >>
> >> Whereas The Libertarian Party Bylaws require a Regular Convention
> >> every two
> >> years, at a time and place selected by the National Committee, to be
> >> held
> >> sometime during the period of July of an odd-numbered year through
> >> August
> >> of an even-numbered year, and all business is required to be conducted
> >> at
> >> Regular Conventions and shall be conducted at Regular Conventions
> >> only;
> >>
> >> Whereas the Chair of the Libertarian Party ruled that “place” in the
> >> Bylaws
> >> can mean a virtual convention in a situation where it is impossible
> >> for the
> >> vast majority of the selected delegates in the party to travel to a
> >> physical location, and was subsequently overruled by the members of
> >> the
> >> Libertarian National Committee convened in a meeting on May 9, 2020;
> >>
> >> Whereas the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party do not specifically allow
> >> a
> >> Regular Convention to be held online;
> >>
> >> Whereas an online forum to be used for the purposes of conducting a
> >> Regular
> >> Convention should allow each participant, accessed through his or her
> >> own
> >> computer or other device, the ability to view the current list of all
> >> participants—with an indication of which member has the floor or which
> >> members are seeking recognition by the chair—and can seek recognition,
> >> submit motions in writing, view the text of pending motions, vote, and
> >> view
> >> the results of a vote;
> >>
> >> Whereas previous attempts to hold online meetings which would simulate
> >> an
> >> online convention have not adequately allowed participants the ability
> >> to
> >> view the current list of all participants, have not adequately
> >> indicated
> >> which member has the floor or which members are seeking recognition by
> >> the
> >> chair, have not adequately shown how motions may be submitted in
> >> writing
> >> nor how current or pending motions are to be viewed;
> >>
> >> Whereas the sanctity of the secret ballot must be preserved as well as
> >> the
> >> transparency of the results upheld;
> >>
> >> Whereas Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, being the governing
> >> document
> >> in the absence of specific Bylaws or Special Rules of Order state that
> >> action taken by officers, committees, delegates, or subordinate bodies
> >> in
> >> excess of their instructions or authority must be ratified by the body
> >> during a subsequent in-person meeting to carry out decisions made at
> >> an
> >> electronic meeting of a body for which such meetings are not
> >> authorized;
> >>
> >> Whereas the Libertarian National Committee decided to hold a
> >> bifurcated
> >> Regular Convention to nominate candidates for President and
> >> Vice-President
> >> of the United States in an online “first sitting” on Friday, May 22,
> >> 2020,
> >> with an in-person “second sitting” to be held July 8 – 12, 2020, in
> >> Orlando, Florida, for all other remaining convention business;
> >>
> >> Whereas the Chair has shown a lack of impartiality as well as intent
> >> to
> >> carry out all of the business of the Libertarian Party in the form of
> >> a
> >> Regular Convention online; and
> >>
> >> Whereas a Bylaws-mandated standing Judicial Committee was not properly
> >> elected at the previous Regular Convention and therefore cannot be
> >> called
> >> for review; now, therefore, be it
> >>
> >> Resolved, that the Oklahoma Libertarian Party:
> >>
> >>    1. recognizes the extraordinary circumstances in which we find
> >> ourselves
> >>    during this COVID-19 pandemic;
> >>    2. acknowledges a potential need to conduct business remotely in
> >>    extraordinary times;
> >>    3. rejects the authority asserted by the Libertarian National
> >> Committee
> >>    to hold a bifurcated convention in which a “sitting” is held
> >> online, and
> >>    calls this event by its true function: a caucus;
> >>    4. acquiesces to a limited online caucus for the specific purpose
> >> of
> >>    nominating candidates for the offices of President and
> >> Vice-President of
> >>    the United States, respectively;
> >>    5. recognizes that, while the intent is that the result of this
> >> vote
> >>    will be ratified at a later in-person convention, this vote will be
> >>    non-binding, per our party’s rules and historical precedent;
> >>    6. retains the Libertarian National Committee’s decision to
> >> overrule the
> >>    Chair, declaring that a “place” as defined by the Bylaws of the
> >> Libertarian
> >>    Party cannot mean a virtual convention;
> >>    7. censures the Chair of the Libertarian Party, and urges the
> >>    Libertarian National Committee to join us in so doing, for failing
> >> to
> >>    maintain the impartiality required of his office, acting outside
> >> his scope
> >>    of duties by circumventing the decision of the Libertarian National
> >>    Committee to hold an in-person convention, attempting to influence
> >> outcomes
> >>    and opinions, and subverting the will of the members of the
> >> Libertarian
> >>    Party;
> >>    8. affirms that the rights of members to debate and make motions
> >> cannot
> >>    be suppressed and are paramount to order and transparency;
> >>    9. remains obstinate in adhering to the Bylaws of the Libertarian
> >> Party;
> >>    10. declares any business conducted during the online caucus to be
> >> out
> >>    of order;
> >>    11. holds that any attempt to make impossible or unnecessary an
> >>    in-person convention of the delegates of the Libertarian Party at a
> >> Regular
> >>    Convention, as required by the Bylaws, to be subversive and the
> >> meeting in
> >>    which such attempt is made to be in violation of the Bylaws and
> >> therefore
> >>    illegal;
> >>    12. deems any decisions made in an illegal meeting to be null and
> >> void,
> >>    unless subsequently ratified by the delegates at an in-person
> >> convention;
> >>    13. plans to convene its State Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on
> >> June
> >>    27-28, 2020; and
> >>    14. pledges to nominate its own candidates for the offices of
> >> President
> >>    and Vice President of the United States, and for those names to be
> >>    submitted to the Oklahoma Secretary of the Election Board as
> >> required by
> >>    Oklahoma state law, if the online caucus moves to conduct any
> >> business
> >>    outside of the limited purpose as specified herein.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> This resolution shall be ratified by at least a two-thirds (⅔) vote of
> >> the
> >> State Executive Committee.
> >>
> >> We, the undersigned, being officers and delegates of the Oklahoma
> >> Libertarian Party consent and agree that the following resolution was
> >> made
> >> on May 13, 2020, at 10:38pm during a Special Meeting hosted on Zoom.
> >>
> >> Chad Williams, Chair
> >>
> >> Kevin Hobbie, Vice Chair
> >>
> >> Cherise Norton, Secretary
> >>
> >> David Greer, Interim Treasurer
> >>
> >> Erin Adams, North Central Regional Chair
> >>
> >> Victoria Whitfield, Southeast Regional Chair
> >>
> >> Todd Hagopian, Northeast Regional Chair
> >>
> >> Richard Prawdzienski, Central Regional Chair
> >>
> >> Rex Lawhorn, Delegate
> >>
> >> Drew Cook, Delegate
> >>
> >> Kalon Wiggins, Delegate
> >>
> >> Kaleb England, Delegate
> >>
> >> Frank Robinson, Delegate
> >>
> >> Jay Norton, Delegate
> >>
> >>
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