<div dir="ltr"><div>Dr. Lark, thanks for the minutes. <br><br></div>I have a point which I think needs to be clarified - copying Ken Moellman to correct me if I am wrong:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:36 PM, James Lark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwl3s@virginia.edu" target="_blank">jwl3s@virginia.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear colleagues:<br>
<br>
I hope all is well with you. I have enclosed below the draft
minutes of the Executive Committee meeting that took place last
night (Monday, June 16). Please let me know whether you have any
proposed changes.<br>
<br>
I have also enclosed below the language of the Policy Manual
concerning approval of EC meeting minutes. Section 1.02.06 includes
the following statement: Absent objection from an Executive
Committee member who attended the meeting, the minutes shall be
deemed to be approved 14 days after their distribution. <br>
<br>
Since the 2012-2014 LNC term may be have expired as of 14 days
after the distribution of this draft, and since the LNC will meet
within ten days, I suggest that approval of the minutes of this EC
meeting be placed on the agenda for our LNC meeting on June 26.<br>
<br>
As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Please do not
hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments
regarding this matter.<br>
<br>
Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
<br>
James W. Lark, III<br>
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
University of Virginia<br>
<br>
Assistant Secretary <br>
Region 5S Representative<br>
Libertarian National Committee<br>
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<p><span>LNC
Executive Committee meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Libertarian
National Committee<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span>June
16, 2014<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Draft
Minutes (version 1)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Submitted:<span> </span>June 17, 2014 <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Mr.
Neale called the meeting to order at 10:10 p.m. (EDT).<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Executive
Committee members in attendance:<span>
</span>Geoff
Neale (chair), Lee Wrights (vice chair), Jim Lark (assistant
secretary and
Region 5S representative), Tim Hagan (treasurer), Bill Redpath
(at-large
representative), and Dan Wiener (Region 4 representative).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Mark
Hinkle (at-large representative), Vicki Kirkland (Region 2
representative), Gary
Johnson (Region 7 representative), and Paul Frankel (Region 7
alternate
representative) were present.<span> </span>Executive
Director
Wes Benedict was present; Mark Axinn (Chair, Libertarian Party
of New
York) and Ken Moellman (Chair, Libertarian Party of Kentucky)
were present as invited
guests.<span> </span><span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span>Mr.
Neale
asked Mr. Redpath to introduce the discussion concerning
requests for
ballot access funds from the Libertarian Party of New York
(LPNY) and the
Libertarian Party of Kentucky (LPKY).<span> </span>Mr.
Redpath indicated that the LPNY is requesting $25,000, and that
roughly $16,900
will remain in the ballot access fund if the requested amount is
encumbered.<span> </span>Mr. Hagan
indicated that Mr.
Redpath’s numbers are correct.<span> </span>Mr.
Neale
and Mr. Benedict provided comments regarding the LP’s financial
condition.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span>Following
a
discussion of the financial condition, Mr. Axinn provided
information about
Michael McDermott (LPNY gubernatorial candidate) and the
particulars of the
petition drive.<span> </span>He noted
that if Mr. McDermott
receives at least 50,000 votes, the LPNY will obtain ballot
access for four
years.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span>After
discussion
of the petition drive details and possible LNC financial
assistance,
Mr. Redpath moved (Mr. Wrights seconded) to encumber $25,000 for
the LPNY petition
drive.<span> </span>After discussion,
the motion was
approved by a vote of 6 – 0; the votes were as follows:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span>Ayes:<span> </span>Hagan, Lark, Neale,
Redpath, Wiener, Wrights<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span>Nays:<span> </span>None</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></i></b></p>
<p><span>Mr. Redpath asked Mr. Moellman to
discuss the
situation in Kentucky.<span> </span>Mr.
Moellman provided
information about David Patterson (LPKY candidate for U.S.
Senate) and the
petition drive to place Mr. Patterson on the ballot.<span> </span>He indicated that the
deadline for submission
of signatures is Aug. 12, that it may be a four-way race, that
the LPKY has
roughly 1,000 signatures in hand and seeks to gather at least
6,500 additional
signatures, that the race does not have ballot access
implications, and that he
is asking the LNC for $15,000.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span><u></u> </span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>p] I do not believe that Ken was ever going to ask LNC for 15k. <br><br></div><div>15k is the total cost of 7,500 signatures * 2.00 which is the rate Ken said they would be paying, if I am not mistaken. He said he believes they have enough professional petitioners who live in KY to do the job on time so there would be no motel or travel expenses involved. <br>
<br></div><div>The 15k would be minus 2.2 k (the signatures already gathered or their replacement value if LP had to pay for them) and also minus 2.5k (the matching pledge from an unidentified donor provided the rest of the money could be guaranteed). <br>
<br></div><div>That leaves 10.3k. <br><br></div><div>Bill Redpath (I think) pledged another $100 during the call. Ken indicated that he believed he could contribute another $500 himself and believes he can raise another $500 from others in Kentucky, in addition to what has been done already. <br>
<br></div><div>That would knock it down to 9.2 k. <br><br><br></div><div><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<p><span><u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Mr. Moellman indicated that the most
likely benefit
to the LPKY from the campaign is publicity, due to the fact that
it will be a
high-profile race; the Republican candidate is Mitch McConnell
(minority leader
in the U.S. Senate).<span> </span>After
discussion of
details concerning the campaign, Mr. Neale asked Mr. Benedict
about
opportunities for raising funds to assist the LPKY petition
drive.<span> </span>Mr. Moellman
indicated that Mr. Patterson will
attend the LP national convention and will seek to raise funds
at the
convention.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span>After consideration of various
ideas, there was
consensus that LPHQ should seek to raise funds to assist the
LPKY petition
drive, and that no formal action by the EC is necessary at this
time.<span> </span>Mr. Neale directed
Mr. Benedict to proceed in
this endeavor.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span>Without
objection,
the meeting adjourned at 11:32 p.m. (EDT).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span>Submitted
by:<span> </span>Jim Lark<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><span>James W. Lark, III<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Assistant Secretary<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Region 5S Representative<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span>Libertarian National Committee</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<span>
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<br>
From the LNC Policy Manual:<br>
<br>
Section 1.02 MEETINGS<br>
<br>
6) Meeting Minutes<br>
<br>
<SNIP><br>
<br>
Meeting minutes for Executive Committee meetings may be promoted
from draft status to official during the time between Executive
Committee meetings as follows:<br>
<br>
• Draft minutes for Executive Committee meetings shall be emailed to
all LNC Members not more than 7 days after each meeting. (Endnote
24)<br>
<br>
• Absent objection from an Executive Committee member who attended
the meeting, the minutes shall be deemed to be approved 14 days
after their distribution. (Endnote 25)<br>
<br>
• Executive Committee minutes shall be distributed to all LNC
Members and alternates within 7 days of such approval.<br>
<br>
• The Secretary shall send an official copy of meeting minutes to
staff within 7 days of the promotion of those minutes from draft to
official status.<br>
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