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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear colleagues:<br>
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I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as
Region 5 representative to abstain on the motion.<br>
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As always, thanks for your work for liberty.<br>
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Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
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James W. Lark, III<br>
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
University of Virginia<br>
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Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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On 7/20/2014 2:35 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote:<br>
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<div>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br>
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<div><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July
29, 2014 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.</u></b></div>
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<div><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Dan Wiener, Vicki Kirkland, Tim
Hagan, Guy McLendon<br>
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<u>Motion:</u> <br>
Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that
“delegates to a Regular Convention shall be selected by a
method adopted by each affiliate party” (Article 11, 3 (b)),
and<br>
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Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that
“each state-level affiliate party shall, in accordance with
its own Bylaws and these Bylaws, determine who shall be its
delegates to all Regular Conventions.” (Article 6, 3), and<br>
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Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that “the
autonomy of the affiliate and sub-affiliate parties shall
not be abridged by the National Committee or any other
committee of the Party…” (Article 6, 5), and<br>
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Whereas, a dispute over the Oregon delegation was placed
before the Credentials Committee, which subsequently
presented a report to the Libertarian Party National
Convention on June 27, 2014 which did not describe the
details of that dispute, and<br>
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Whereas, a motion was made to amend the Credentials
Committee report to include three individuals as delegates
within the Oregon delegation, and<br>
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Whereas, in response to a Point of Order the Chair of the
National Convention ruled that the proposed amendment was in
order, the Chair’s ruling was appealed, the Chair’s ruling
was sustained by a vote of the assembly, and the assembly
subsequently approved the amendment, and<br>
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Whereas, the 11th edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly
Revised, which is the Parliamentary Authority for the
Libertarian Party as stated in Article 16 of its Bylaws,
states (p. 483) that “In any event, no action of the board
can alter or conflict with any decision made by the assembly
of the society, and any such action of the board is null and
void (see p. 577, II. 23-33).”, and<br>
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Whereas, the Libertarian National Committee nevertheless
regrets the situation wherein some delegates believe the
above decision was incorrectly decided, therefore<br>
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Be it resolved that it is the sense of the Libertarian
National Committee that it wishes to convey those regrets to
the Libertarian Party of Oregon.<br>
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<div>Alicia Mattson<br>
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<div>LNC Secretary<br>
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