[Lnc-business] Clearing the air

[Tim Hagan]

I'll point out that we have only five weeks left before the convention. 
We need to put our efforts into putting on a convention and assisting 
our Presidential and other candidates.

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Tim Hagan
Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee

On 2020-06-02 12:56, Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair) via Lnc-business 
wrote:
> This is my final opinion on this matter, I abstain from anything else
> regarding this matter. I’m absolutely done, livid and frustrated with
> the continued deterioration of a group I felt very optimistic and
> hopeful about not long ago.
> 
> I think with the dual contract fiasco the statement has been
> sufficiently made of the concerns at least re: the contract. The good
> news, is people can book their rooms and people can plan on a
> convention, I don’t see what good can come of any further fight in
> that issue other than blowing the whole thing up with such limited
> time. If the Operations Director signed the contract, I’m satisfied
> with that as I do trust our staff.
> 
> Now if there is any kind of surprise regarding cancellation in the
> next few weeks the gambit thus far will have been vindicated and the
> next LNC can put in the proper controls being aware of our failure.
> (Although I doubt some would want that gambit to be vindicated and
> many of us would just prefer to have a convention, so win win if we
> make it to Orlando successfully)
> 
> Further escalation will only result in undermining the true
> fundamental goal here, have a convention and transfer power to the
> next LNC. All other fights will not be resolved between now and then
> and the record is clear where you all stood and stand.
> 
> Now regarding the shifting deck chairs on the CoC I have less to say
> on and I’ll leave it to you all to discuss. (Although I do think
> Turney is a spectacular choice and the simplest thing would be for the
> CoC meet with him and if satisfied then reaffirm his appointment with
> a formal recommendation to keep the policy manual precedences in
> check)
> 
> My recommendation:
> 
> - Plan a convention
> - Start putting together a compendium to give the next LNC of
> governance issues THEY should undertake, I’m sure they’d appreciate
> such a document
> - plan for Orlando, as I plan to be there and preside over what I hope
> will be a much better and hopeful climax to my time on the LNC that
> this last chapter has been.
> 
> Reach out if you want to talk about the planning and execution of the
> convention, as I am deck to help and make this great. As far these
> pending disputes, I’m done, just leave me out of it.
> 
> 
> Alex Merced
> Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee/LP
> 
>> On Jun 2, 2020, at 3:06 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business 
>> <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>> And I find out Oliver Hall was in on this plan.  Oliver represents 
>> the
>> LNC.  Not the chair.  This explicitly goes against the LNC.
>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 12:18 PM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
>>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Also, why did staunch Sarwark supporters on Facebook seem to know 
>>> which
>>> version had been countersigned 2 hours before even the COC had 
>>> received a
>>> copy?  We were being told that nobody had it yet.  But someone did 
>>> have it
>>> and had time to share it with social media warriors.
>>> 
>>> -Alicia
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 10:54 AM Alicia Mattson 
>>> <alicia.mattson at lp.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hmmm..  As I was sending that message, I received a countersigned 
>>>> copy of
>>>> the contract.  It was executed by our Operations Director, who is 
>>>> not
>>>> authorized to sign the contract, and it is not the version approved 
>>>> for
>>>> signing by the COC.  I presume the chair directed him to sign in 
>>>> order to
>>>> protect himself?  What a weasel move.
>>>> 
>>>> -Alicia
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 10:46 AM Alicia Mattson 
>>>> <alicia.mattson at lp.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Mr. Sarwark, did you have a staff member to sign the unauthorized
>>>>> contract, so that what you wrote would be technically correct, that 
>>>>> YOU
>>>>> would not sign a contract in bad faith?  I ask because I've seen an
>>> email
>>>>> from a staff member who seems to say that he signed it, which of 
>>>>> course
>>> is
>>>>> also not authorized.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Alicia
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:05 AM Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
>>>>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have never in my life executed a contract in bad faith and will 
>>>>>> not
>>> be
>>>>>> starting today with the contract that will be executed with the 
>>>>>> Rosen
>>>>>> Hotel
>>>>>> Group for the second sitting of the convention in Orlando.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I appreciate the openness and candor with which certain members of 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> LNC
>>>>>> have publicly shared their beliefs and opinions about myself, 
>>>>>> special
>>>>>> counsel, and Libertarian Party staff. If nothing else, it's been
>>>>>> illuminating.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> See you in Orlando,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>> --
>> 
>> *In Liberty,*
>> 
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