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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I will start that ballot after I get off work.

For the record, you had not weighed in before.  Now that you have, I
believe Mr. Moellman should release the tape.  Agree or not with  your
decision, you do have the authority to request release of the recording
IMHO.

*In Liberty,*

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:00 AM Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> 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
>