Dear LNC members,<br><br>In thinking about filling this position and
seeing the names of the folks self-nominating, I realized that there is
no logical reason to ask anyone interested to spend the time and money
to fly to D.C. to make their case to us. I would much rather that we
make our selection and then urge the others to make a donation of the money they've saved to the NLP or the Johnson campaign.<br><br>Realistically,
most of us have probably made our decisions or at least narrowed it
down from the list. I am just proposing that we make the decision now,
let the new member get all the necessary reports and get up to speed.<br><br>Please,
also remember, that we have such a limited amount of time together and
it seems like a mis-allocation of those limited hours to make a decision
that most - likely all - of us have already made. Let's say that we
have just these 8 candidates. If each is allowed just five minutes to make her/his
case, that is 40 minutes at best. Plus wrangling over a voting system
and voting and counting ballots. We will have spent a minimum of an
hour and a half out of our total of 12-14 hours together - about 10% of our meeting! It just does
not seem like a good use of our time - when we can have a decision in
the next couple of weeks.<br><br>Currently I have these names - and more are likely coming: (in no particular order)<br><br>Carl Perrson Paulie Frankel Am I missing anyone?<br>David Blau Mark Hinkle<br>
Bill Still Gary Johnson (TX)<br>Gigi Bowman Guy McLendon<br><br>So please vote AYE on this motions as quickly as possible and we can proceed to a vote on our new At-Large member.<br><br>
Thank you for your consideration.<br><br>Ruth<br><br>