[Lnc-business] Thoughts.

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I am not going to be able to add much to that.  I also call upon Mr.
Sarwark to resign and if not, call upon this board to remove him.

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On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:43 AM john.phillips--- via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> (I always like that intro by Mr Lark so I am appropriating it).
>
> The LNC is currently experiencing another influx of emails regarding the
> removal of Mr Hayes removal as chair of the Convention Oversight Committee,
> both in favor and opposed.
>
> I believe all sending those emails believe they are acting in good faith
> and have their valid reasons for doing so.
>
> However, there is a problem with every single one from each side.
>
> I point out that you whether you are criticizing Mr Hayes or Mr Sarwark,
> both sides are calling out one of them for bullying tactics and ramrodding
> their own agendas through, while praising the other for utilizing exactly
> the same tactics.
>
> Criticizing methods when results do not fit your desires while ignoring
> those same methods in pursuit of what you support is a widespread growing
> trend in our party that I find very disturbing and disheartening.  A trend
> which has been led by the members of this board.
>
> I sympathize with your feelings toward Mr Hayes and/or Mr Sarwark - I have
> butted heads with both of them several times myself, but I cannot stand by
> and watch one be praised and the other condemned for using the very same
> deplorable tactics, tactics both plainly attempted to employ in front of
> nearly 1000 delegates as well as in more personal settings.
>
> This is not ok.  Nor has it been ok when the board members, including
> myself have employed the same praise/criticize dichotomy.
>
> I would like to think I have done less of it, but I have done it, and I
> may be wrong about less.
>
> We as a board have been negligent in allowing these actions and others to
> occur under our watch.  While some of us have sometimes spoken up and
> attempted to draw attention to these failures in word and deed, we have
> stopped short of taking action on them.
>
> Every single one of us is guilty of this to one degree or another, with no
> exceptions. We have ignored bullying and underhanded tactics, we have
> ignored dereliction of duty, we have glossed over lies, we have been, and
> still are, guilty of inaction when action was demanded.
>
> For those reasons I have some conclusions:
>
> I accept the removal of Mr Hayes, honestly he has done many good things,
> but he has also done many of the things he has been criticized for, and we
> should likely have taken action sooner for that.
>
> I ask for the immediate resignation of Mr Sarwark for all the same reasons
> with recognition of his past service, and in addition his public refusal to
> fulfill his elected position.  If he does not resign I call upon this
> entire board to affect his removal for cause.
>
> Furthermore I encourage every member, and especially delegates, to
> consider very carefully whether they wish to re-elect any of us, or move
> those seeking them to higher positions.  Some have failed less than others
> and you may find it worthwhile to grant them another term, sadly the best
> among us are not running again.  I do ask you to look deeply and with
> intellectual honesty at not just whether you agreed with our votes, but
> whether we really and truly represented you as we should have.  I think we
> as a body have failed our members in many ways - particularly over the last
> few months and surrounding the convention, but your opinion is your own.
>
> As such, I am also looking hard at my own failures in this regard, and
> weighing heavily whether I should even continue seek a second term.
>
> Regardless, I will continue to proudly support our candidates for public
> office, and for at least the remainder of this term strive to serve better,
> while not allowing the poor actions to go unchallenged.
>
> John Phillips
> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
> Cell 217-412-5973
>