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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Please accept this message as previous notice of my intent to make the following motion at the September 2014 LNC meeting in Alexandria.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Resolved:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The following four changes are hereby made to the Policy Manual of the Libertarian National Committee: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Section 2.02-10, titled “Outreach Committee” shall be deleted.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>References to the “Outreach Committee” shall be removed from the table which appear in Section 1.03.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>The bullet item “Outreach – Initiatives to reach the general public and outside groups” listed under Program Expenses in Section 3 (page 28) shall be deleted.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Table of Contents and Index shall be modified to reflect the above changes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Informal rationale (in lieu of several Whereas’s :>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Examination of the current web page shows that the “Outreach Committee” has no members (i.e. membership is “TBD”). I suspect that there has been no significant activity in this area (as described in the Policy Manual) for the last four years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Reference to the “Outreach Committee” in Section 3 implies that funds are to be allocated for this function in the annual budget even though there have been no expenditures that I am aware of over the last four years. Availability of funding is always tight. If we are to allocate funds, let’s allocate funds to committees which will do something with the funds.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Rather than trying to do many things (all of which are well intentioned) in a half-assed manner, let’s plan to do only a couple of things but do them well. That is, lets fully fund the things that are really crucial and drop those that are not crucial.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>When the financial squeeze eases and we find individuals willing to commit resources to these worthwhile efforts, we can add this back in to the policy manual.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>But for now let’s not allocate very scarce resources to an effort in which there is very limited interest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Norm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Norman T Olsen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Regional Representative, Region I<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Libertarian National Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>7931 S Broadway, PMB 102<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Littleton, Colorado 80122-2710<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>303-263-4995<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Norman.Olsen@lp.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Sarwark<br>Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 8:11 PM<br>To: lnc-business@hq.lp.org<br>Cc: Leigh LaChine<br>Subject: [Lnc-business] Affiliate Support Committee Chair and Solicitation of Additional Members<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I have selected Guy McLendon as Chair of the Affiliate Support Committee. Per the current policy manual, Mr. McLendon will select three additional members from a pool of LNC Regional Representatives or Regional Alternates. If you are a Regional or Alternate Representative interested in serving on the Affiliate Support Committee, you are encouraged to contact Mr. McLendon at <a href="mailto:guy.mclendon@lp.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>guy.mclendon@lp.org</span></a> or by phone at 832-372-8131 for consideration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Three additional members of the committee are selected by the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance. The LSLA selected members of the committee must be members of the Libertarian Party, but do not have any other constraints I am aware of. If you know of anyone who would be a good candidate or you are an At-Large or Officer LNC member and would like to be on the committee, please contact the LSLA Chair, Leigh LaChine at <a href="mailto:leigh.lachine@lpalabama.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>leigh.lachine@lpalabama.org</span></a> for consideration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Yours in liberty,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Nick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Lnc-business mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>