[Lnc-business] Tonight’s Meeting and the convention

[Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair)]

If Orlando is happening I am definitely in support of a resolution affirming our support for online participation and even open to a motion enabling it under impossibility (with state action growing in states making it impossible for us to serve our responsibility of delivering a national convention to delegates of all affiliates with a solely physical event). I don’t know what the right wording would be or if it’s possible but if someone figured that out I’d be open to it.

If Orlando isn’t happening then I’d be fine with using the current dates to execute the convention online with the full agenda (if we run out of time on Sunday delegates can decide to adjourn to another time and place if they care to before August ends to finish the agenda).

If on that Sunday there is adjournment to a third sitting and there is a Vice-Chair elect I will be resigning and letting them start their term early. (I understand technically my term wouldn’t officially end till the full convention adjourns so resigning would create a vacancy which the LNC can vote to fill with the Vice-Chair elect)

That’s where I’m at

Alex Merced
Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee/LP

> On Jul 3, 2020, at 5:01 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
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> I believe the LNC should pass an official resolution of support for remote
> participation.  It has more teeth than mere promises.
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> I do not support a streamlined agenda.  The platform and bylaws committees
> have busted their ass and deserve to have their work heard.  If the bylaws
> committee feels otherwise, I respect that, but as chair of the platform
> committee, I know what we have done, and I will not flush other people's
> time down the drain.
> 
> *In Liberty,*
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>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 2:41 PM Susan Hogarth via Lnc-business <
>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
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>> Tonight’s meeting will be key in setting the tone for the next week. We
>> really need to show the membership that we have a plan and some sense of
>> unity going forward.
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>> Assuming we go ahead with Orlando, we should resolve to support either the
>> Bylaws proposal or some other mechanism for remote participation
>> (Credentials may be of assistance there, or not). If Orlando doesn’t
>> happen, of course we will need to have a plan for that contingency as
>> well.
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>> Some members are very distressed at the prospect that they may not be
>> allowed to participate remotely. I’ve seen zero sentiment for that here,
>> and little in general, but a statement from the LNC formally supporting
>> remote participation will go a long way in alleviating fears and the anger
>> those fears produce.
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>> We should also discuss whether we should advocate for a streamlined
>> agenda, and discuss how it might be proposed.
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>> I understand that the delegates have the final say on these matters, but
>> that doesn’t mean that we should not act like leaders and   come together
>> as a body and advocate for the best solutions for what is really a
>> challenging environment. We’ve all spent a lot of time talking and thinking
>> about these things, but the membership at large generally doesn’t have that
>> sort of focus, and when they do take interest, there’s a lot of conflicting
>> information and dissent that they see. Let’s work together to have a strong
>> LNC statement on our vision for a successful convention.
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>> And then let’s join the CoC in helping to make it happen.
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>>  Susan Jane Hogarth
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>>  Region 5 Representative
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>>  Libertarian National Committee
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>>  susan.hogarth at lp.org
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>>  919-906-2106 (tel:919-906-2106)
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