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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Bumping this.

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 8:43 AM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
wrote:

> 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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