[Lnc-business] Providing the recording of the June 15 Convention Oversight Committee meeting to the Executive Director

[Nicholas Sarwark]

Dear All,

The Convention Oversight Committee met one week ago, on June 15 via Zoom.
Mr. Moellman arranged the Zoom meeting room and recorded the proceedings.
All LNC members were invited to attend the meeting, along with Libertarian
Party staff.

Following the meeting, the Executive Director, Dan Fishman, made a request
to the Chair of the Convention Oversight Committee, BetteRose Ryan, for a
copy of the recording for his review, as he was not in attendance on June
15. Ms. Ryan requested that Mr. Moellman provide the recording to Mr.
Fishman. Mr. Moellman did not provide the recording as directed by the
Chair of the Convention Oversight Committee, but instead asked other
members of the Convention Oversight Committee whether he should provide the
recording. Members of that committee objected to providing the recording
and it was not provided.

There are concerns that there was a Policy Manual violation during that
meeting, something the Executive Director is required to inform the Chair
of the LNC about and investigate in as confidential a manner as possible.
If Mr. Fishman had received the recording, it would allow for that
investigation to proceed appropriately. Without the recording,
investigating is much more difficult.

Earlier today, I sent an email as Chair of the Libertarian National
Committee directing Mr. Moellman to send the recording to Mr. Fishman. Mr.
Moellman has not done so, nor responded to my email. My understanding is
that members of the Convention Oversight Committee would rather nobody be
able to review the recording and are claiming some right of confidentiality
over its contents, though there is no legal, bylaws, or policy manual
authority that has been put forward that has been offered to support this
claim.  Even if confidential contract information was discussed, the
Executive Director is privy to those details by virtue of his role.

Since members of this LNC seem determined to prevent the investigation from
going forward without action from the entire Libertarian National
Committee, I am asking the Secretary to distribute the following email
ballot:

The Libertarian National Committee directs the Convention Oversight
Committee to provide the recording of the June 15, 2020 Convention
Oversight Committee meeting to the Executive Director for his review.

Yours in liberty,
Nick