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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you Dr. Lark.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I rule that Mr. Frankel’s vote will count, and Mr. Meyers will not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Therefore, I accept your tabulation and roll call as final, and declare Mr. Blau to be our new Secretary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for serving as temporary Secretary, and I trust you will continue your role as assistant to the Secretary, and hope you can assist Mr. Blau as he transitions into his new role.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Geoffrey Neale<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></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'> James Lark [mailto:jwl3s@virginia.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Geoffrey Neale'<br><b>Cc:</b> jwlark@virginia.edu; lnc-business@hq.lp.org; Chuck Moulton<br><b>Subject:</b> Results: E-MAIL BALLOT: Selection of LNC Secretary (round 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Chairman Neale:<br><br> I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as Secretary Pro Tem to provide you and our LNC colleagues with the results of the vote to select the secretary of the LNC. <br><br> Text of Motion:<br><br><b>The vote to select the secretary of the Libertarian National Committee will proceed as follows:<br><br>On each ballot, a member of the Committee will cast a vote for at most one person on the list of candidates, or cast a vote for "None of the Above." The candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast on a given ballot is selected to serve as secretary.<br><br>Should no candidate receive a majority of the votes cast on a given ballot, a subsequent ballot will be distributed. Candidates who received 0 votes on the given ballot will not be included on the subsequent ballot. In addition, of those candidates on the given ballot who received at least 1 vote, the person with the fewest votes will not be included on the subsequent ballot.<br><br>The voting process will continue until a ballot produces a candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast on that given ballot.<br><br>Candidates (listed in alphabetical order of surname):<br><br>Blau, David<br><br>Mattson, Alicia<br><br>Moulton, Chuck<br></b><br><br> As of the close of the voting period at 12:00 p.m. EST today (Wednesday, Feb. 20), the vote totals are as follows (candidates listed in decreasing order of vote totals):<br><br>Blau: 10 votes (Blau, Cloud, Hinkle, Kirkland, Lark, Mack, Neale, Pojunis, Visek, Wiener)<br><br>Moulton: 6 votes (Frankel, Hagan, Olsen, Starchild, Vohra, Wrights) [NOTE: Please see comments below.]<br><br>Abstention: 1 (Redpath)<br><br>(Since Alicia Mattson withdrew her name from consideration during the voting period, and since those who voted for her changed their votes prior to the close of the voting period, I have not listed her above as a candidate.)<br><br>Note: Mr. Goldstein (Region 3 alternate) voted for Mr. Blau; his vote is superseded by the vote (for Mr. Blau) by Ms. Mack. Ms. Capozzi (Region 4 alternate) voted for Mr. Blau; her vote is superseded by the vote (for Mr. Blau) by Mr. Pojunis. Dr. Lieberman (Region 4 alternate) voted for "None of the Above." His vote is superseded by the vote (for Mr. Blau) by Mr. Wiener. Mr. Blau (Region 5N alternate) voted for Mr. Blau; since Mr. Tomasso did not vote, Mr. Blau's vote will serve as the vote of Region 5N. Mr. Frankel (Region 7 alternate) voted for Mr. Moulton; issues regarding this vote are indicated below.<br><br> I request that you and our LNC colleagues review the list of votes and associated voters above and the list of voters and vote submission dates below to determine whether any corrections are needed. Please note that I have copied Mr. Moulton with this message. (Mr. Blau will receive a copy of this message in his capacity as an LNC member.)<br><br> There are two issues concerning the disposition of the ballot that require your attention as chair (and ultimately the attention of the LNC):<br><br>1) John Jay Myers announced his resignation as the Region 7 representative in a message to the LNC-Discuss list at 12:04 a.m. EST today. I assume from the language of his message that his resignation was effective immediately (absent specification to the contrary, I believe such messages should be so interpreted). <br><br> Thus, in my opinion his vote should not be recognized; indeed, I doubt anyone will contend otherwise. However, as a matter of proper procedure I believe it is appropriate for you in your capacity as chair to confirm whether his vote should be recognized.<br><br>2) I have listed the vote for Mr. Moulton by Region 7 alternate Paul Frankel in the vote totals given above. Mr. Frankel cast his vote for Mr. Moulton in a message to the LNC-Business list at 11:49 a.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 10. <br><br> However, the voting period did not open until 12:00 p.m. EST that day. Thus, technically speaking, Mr. Frankel's vote was not submitted during the voting period. I mention this because I believe Mr. Myers' vote should not count, and that Mr. Frankel's vote (if considered valid) should represent the vote of Region 7. <br><br> Again as a matter of proper procedure, I believe it is appropriate for you to rule whether Mr. Frankel's vote will count. (Fortunately, this issue will not have an impact upon the selection of the secretary.) If you proceed in this manner, I believe you should rule in favor of counting Mr. Frankel's vote. I suspect he assumed that voting would begin as soon as the ballot was distributed. Incidentally, the voting period was set to open at 12:00 p.m. on Feb. 10 so that the period would close at 12:00 p.m. on Feb. 20, in the hope of making it easier for members to remember the deadline. <br><br> As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance to you.<br><br> Take care,<br> Jim<br><br> James W. Lark, III<br> Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br> University of Virginia<br><br> Region 5S Representative<br> Secretary Pro Tem<br> Libertarian National Committee<br>-----<br><br>E-Mail Ballot: Election of Secretary (round 2) <br>(Voting period opened at 12:00 p.m. EST, Feb. 10; voting period closed at 12:00 p.m. EST, Feb. 20)<br><br>Cloud: Blau (received LNC-Business, 4:06 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br>Hagan: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 9:33 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)<br><br>Hinkle: Blau (received LNC-Business, 5:52 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br>Kirkland: Blau (received LNC-Business, 1:35 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br>Lark: Blau (received LNC-Business, 11:50 a.m. EST, Feb. 20)<br><br>Mack: Blau (received LNC-Business, 11:45 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br>Myers: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 1:52 a.m. EST, Feb. 19)<br><br>Neale: Blau (received LNC-Business, 12:29 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br>Olsen: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:19 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)<br><br>Pojunis: Blau (received LNC-Business, 1:45 p.m. EST, Feb. 18)<br><br>Redpath: Abstain (received LNC-Business, 11:09 a.m. EST, Feb. 20)<br><br>Starchild: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 7:04 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br>Tomasso: <br><br>Visek: Blau (received LNC-Business, 3:04 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)<br><br>Vohra: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 12:20 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br>Wiener: Blau (received LNC-Business, 10:08 a.m. EST, Feb. 18)<br><br>Wrights: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br><br><br>Alternates:<br><br>Ryan:<br><br>Schrade:<br><br>Goldstein: Blau (received LNC-Business, 10:08 p.m. EST, Feb. 18)<br><br>Capozzi: Blau (received LNC-Business, 6:58 p.m. EST, Feb. 11)<br><br>Lieberman: "None of the Above" (received LNC-Business, 2:47 p.m. EST, Feb. 18)<br><br>Blau: Blau (received LNC-Business, 5:51 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br><br>Spencer:<br><br>Knebel:<br><br>Frankel: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:49 a.m. EST, Feb. 10) (Received before voting period opened)<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>