[Lnc-business] Oklahoma Resolution (and I concur entirely)
Caryn Ann Harlos
caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org
Thu May 14 10:43:54 EDT 2020
When can we expect a contract Mr Goldstein?
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 7:54 AM Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 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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> >
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