[Lnc-business] How email motions/votes are handled (was Re: hot mess)
Caryn Ann Harlos
caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org
Fri Jun 12 21:03:19 EDT 2020
In this case, it was two days fully sponsored before a ballot started.
More than enough time. Which is why I agree with Mr Goldstein that the
late in the game ruling was not legitimate.
I’m appealing as it’s quicker than arguing about the legitimacy of waiting
four days after becoming aware of the the motion to rule on it.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 5:59 PM Susan Hogarth via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
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> THIS, the issue that Mr Hagan identifies, has also long bothered me. We’ve
> faced this same issue at the state level. There’s no way in a ftf meeting
> that a motion can just *appear* and be voted on without any guidance from
> the Chair. That’s what the Chair is *for* imo. Perhaps our procedure should
> be tweaked to require that the Chair promote a motion to ‘voting’ status
> within a certain time of it gaining the correct sponsorship. This will give
> the Chair an opportunity to rule it out of order if he feels it to be so.
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> > On Jun 12, 2020 at 12:11 PM, <Tim Hagan via Lnc-business (mailto:
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> > With our e-mail ballot procedure, the Secretary, not the Chair, states
> and puts the question before the body. We've had instances where
> co-sponsors send their sponsorships privately to the Secretary, or
> co-sponsors and the Secretary react quickly, making it very possible for
> voting to start before the Chair has a chance to read the motion. --- Tim
> Hagan Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee On 2020-06-12 04:47, Sam
> Goldstein via Lnc-business wrote: > How is it possible for the Chair to
> rule a motion out of order after > voting on it has begun? > > ---
> > Sam Goldstein, At Large Member > Libertarian National Committee
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> Susan Jane Hogarth
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> Region 5 Alternate
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> 919-906-2106 (tel:919-906-2106)
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