Norm, there unfortunately was some confusion from the Secretary's emails, but the motion which garnered four sponsors for an email ballot is shown below in red bold italics. This is the correct and final version, and it is the only motion which has been properly sponsored. The Bylaws require that a motion which is sponsored by at least 1/5 of the members of the committee (i.e., at least four members) be sent out for an electronic mail ballot.<br>
<br>Dan Wiener<br><br><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>Moved, that the LNC
approve the purchase of an office in the greater Washington, D.C. area, to be
named in honor of David Nolan, contingent on the following conditions:</b></i></span></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b><br></b></i></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-left:40px" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>A minimum of $400,000 shall be raised
from dedicated contributions.<span> </span>If a
portion of that is in the form of pledges, the pledges must be converted
to cash before a purchase contract and mortgage agreement are finalized.</b></i></span></li><div><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>Any loan must be based on a minimum of
a 30% down payment and a loan with options extending for a minimum of 10
years before a final balloon payment becomes due.</b></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>The most recent financial statement
reported unrestricted general fund balance must exceed $167,000 before a
purchase contract and loan agreement are finalized.</b></i></span></li></div><div><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>Additional payments towards the
principal loan balance of at least $60,000 per year above the minimum loan
requirement must be made, with this requirement structured in such a way
that future LNC bodies cannot easily circumvent it.<span> </span>These payments shall be in the form of
an additional $5,000 per month paid out of the general fund, but
reimbursable from dedicated building fund contributions.</b></i></span></li></div></ul>
<p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"></span></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>This motion will
constitute authority to incur a mortgage if the above conditions are met and if
this motion passes by the necessary two-thirds vote as specified in the
Libertarian Party’s Bylaws.</b></i></span></p><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Norm Olsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:region1rep@donedad.com" target="_blank">region1rep@donedad.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I must suggest that the motion upon which many people seem to be voting on is not an official motion. There are several versions of “this motion” which are floating around with this added here, and/or that and something else deleted there. I have no idea as to which of the several versions of this motion is that which garnered the appropriate 4 co-sponsors. I suspect that the co-sponsors probably don’t know either.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">This mayhem is precisely the type of confusion which reigned in December of 2011 when the LNC refused to buy a building (in fact a simple majority could not be achieved when 2/3’rds was required). Of course, this failure to buy a building was blamed on some adverse “factional conspiracy” acting against the true best interests of the party.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">For God’s sake: If you’re dead set on buying an incredibly expensive building, in the most expensive real estate market in the nation, using a mail ballot procedure, using a motion which attempts to bind future LNC’s to the whims and wishes of this LNC: at least get your homework done before you go to school.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Norm<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">--<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#1f497d">Norman T Olsen<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regional Representative, Region I<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Libertarian National Committee<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">7931 S Broadway, PMB 102<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Littleton, Colorado 80122-2710<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="tel:303-277-9967" value="+13032779967" target="_blank">303-277-9967</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:Norman.Olsen@lp.org" target="_blank">Norman.Olsen@lp.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David E. Blau, Esq.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 24, 2012 2:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Revised motion<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On behalf of Region 5N, I am proud to vote YES on this motion.<u></u><u></u></p><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<hr align="center" size="3" width="100%"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b>David E. Blau, Esq.</b> <br>Chairman, Libertarian Association of Massachusetts. <a href="mailto:chair@lpmass.org" target="_blank">chair@lpmass.org</a> <br>
Region 5N Alternate, Libertarian National Committee. <a href="mailto:David.Blau@lp.org" target="_blank">David.Blau@lp.org</a> <br><a>www.lpmass.org</a> | <a>www.lp.org</a> <br><a href="tel:617.396.4253" value="+16173964253" target="_blank">617.396.4253</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal">On 11/23/2012 11:21 PM, Daniel Wiener wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The motion shown below is still missing the final paragraph, which reads:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div style="margin-left:24.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>This motion will constitute authority to incur a mortgage if the above conditions are met and if this motion passes by the necessary two-thirds vote as specified in the Libertarian Party’s Bylaws.</b><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>Therefore, the entire motion is as follows:<br><br><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><b><i><span style="color:red">Moved, that the LNC approve the purchase of an office in the greater Washington, D.C. area, to be named in honor of David Nolan, contingent on the following conditions:</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><b><i><span style="color:red">A minimum of $400,000 shall be raised from dedicated contributions. If a portion of that is in the form of pledges, the pledges must be converted to cash before a purchase contract and mortgage agreement are finalized.</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><b><i><span style="color:red">Any loan must be based on a minimum of a 30% down payment and a loan with options extending for a minimum of 10 years before a final balloon payment becomes due.</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><b><i><span style="color:red">The most recent financial statement reported unrestricted general fund balance must exceed $167,000 before a purchase contract and loan agreement are finalized.</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><b><i><span style="color:red">Additional payments towards the principal loan balance of at least $60,000 per year above the minimum loan requirement must be made, with this requirement structured in such a way that future LNC bodies cannot easily circumvent it. These payments shall be in the form of an additional $5,000 per month paid out of the general fund, but reimbursable from dedicated building fund contributions.</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><b><i><span style="color:red">This motion will constitute authority to incur a mortgage if the above conditions are met and if this motion passes by the necessary two-thirds vote as specified in the Libertarian Party’s Bylaws.</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br><br>Daniel Wiener<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Ruth Bennett <<a href="mailto:bennettruthaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">bennettruthaz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Mr. Wiener informs me that I previously sent out an early draft and the motion should read as follows:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><b>Moved, that the LNC approve the purchase of an office in the greater Washington, D.C. area, to be named in honor of David Nolan, contingent on the following conditions:</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><b>A minimum of $400,000 shall be raised from dedicated contributions. If a portion of that is in the form of pledges, the pledges must be converted to cash before a purchase contract and mortgage agreement are finalized.</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><b>Any loan must be based on a minimum of a 30% down payment and a loan with options extending for a minimum of 10 years before a final balloon payment becomes due.</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><b>The most recent financial statement reported unrestricted general fund balance must exceed $167,000 before a purchase contract and loan agreement are finalized.</b><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><b>Additional payments towards the principal loan balance of at least $60,000 per year above the minimum loan requirement must be made, with this requirement structured in such a way that future LNC bodies cannot easily circumvent it. These payments shall be in the form of an additional $5,000 per month paid out of the general fund, but reimbursable from dedicated building fund contributions.</b><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> As before, co-sponsors are Vicki Kirkland, Michael Cloud and Ruth Bennett<span style="color:#888888"><br><br><span> Ruth</span><br></span><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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