<div dir="ltr"><div>It isn't a motion yet till we get to the meeting. If you have suggestions or criticisms, fire away. I'm always open to the theoretical possibility that my ideas aren't perfect, however far-fetched that may seem.<br><br></div>Dan<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 5:50 AM, Joshua Katz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:planning4liberty@gmail.com" target="_blank">planning4liberty@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Is it appropriate to offer comments on this motion at this time? </p>
<p dir="ltr">Joshua Katz </p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sep 14, 2014 2:30 AM, "Daniel Wiener" <<a href="mailto:wiener@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">wiener@alum.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">
<p>I like some but not all of Dan Karlan’s suggestions for
videoconference and teleconference procedures.<span>
</span>So here is my proposed draft of a Policy Manual amendment, to be
considered at our upcoming meeting.<span> </span>Remember,
we can always modify our procedures as we learn from experience.</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>Daniel Wiener</p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Add
a new <b><u>Section 1.02(7) Electronic
Meetings</u>:</b></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></b></p>
<p><b>Pursuant to
Article 13 of the LP Bylaws, the LNC and all committees of the national party
may conduct meetings via videoconference or teleconference (“e-conference”)
according to the following rules:</b></p><p><b><br></b></p>
<p></p><p>
</p><ul><li><b>For
videoconferences, it is the responsibility of committee member to provide their
own compatible equipment.<span> </span>In the
temporary absence of the necessary equipment, or in the case of technical
difficulties, a committee member must be allowed to participate by
teleconference.<span> </span>To the extent that it is
technically feasible, meetings shall be open to all Libertarian Party
sustaining members to listen in on, but those members must first identify
themselves and their phone numbers to the person acting as secretary, and their
status must be verified prior to the meeting.<span>
</span>By a majority vote a committee may allow a non-committee member to participate
on a limited basis.</b></li></ul><p>
</p><p><b> </b></p>
<p></p><ul><li><b>Either the
committee chair or one-third of the committee members may call for an e-conference.<span> </span>A minimum of seven (7) days notice for such a
meeting, along with the agenda, shall be provided to all committee members by
email, and shall also be reposted on the LNC-Business list. <span> </span>No item of business may be placed on or added
to the agenda unless all committee members have access to the same supporting
documentation.</b></li></ul><p>
</p><p><b> </b></p>
<p></p><ul><li><b>Participants must
try to eliminate background noise, including radio, television, traffic,
appliances, and side conversations, as well as call waiting for those who have
it. A participants shall not place a telephone on hold if the system has music
or messages playing while in that mode.<span>
</span>Failure to do any of the above, or to otherwise mute the sound when a
participant isn’t talking, shall be grounds for dropping the participant from
the e-conference.</b></li></ul><p>
</p><p><b> </b></p>
<p></p><ul><li><b>Each committee member
shall be given an opportunity to speak at least once on each agenda item, but a
member may defer until others have had an opportunity to speak.<span> </span>If the technical means are available, members
may signal to the committee chair their desire to speak.<span> </span>The committee chair may choose the order to
call on members.<span> </span>The default time limit
for each speaker shall be three minutes, but a different limit, applicable
equally to all speakers, may be specified either in the agenda material prior
to the meeting or by a majority of the committee.<span> </span>An individual speaker’s time may be extended
by unanimous consent.<span> </span>Seconding a motion
and similar parliamentary matters shall not require recognition, and shall not
deprive a member of the opportunity to speak substantively on an agenda item.<span> </span></b></li></ul><p>
</p><p><b> </b></p>
<p></p><ul><li><b>The chair may choose
a voting method which will clearly and efficiently determine the outcome.<span> </span>In cases where a roll call vote is required,
it shall be sufficient if the voting method can accurately identify how each
committee member voted and allow that information to be recorded.</b></li></ul><p>
</p><p><b> </b></p>
<p></p><ul><li><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A person (normally the Party Secretary in the
case of an LNC or Executive Committee meeting) shall be appointed to perform
the secretarial function who is not also the person chairing the meeting.</span></b></li></ul><p>
</p><p><b> </b></p>
<p></p><ul><li><b>Barring technical
difficulties and excepting Executive Sessions, e-conferences shall be recorded.<span> </span>The audio (and, if practical, the video)
shall be archived and linked to on the LP website.<span> </span>All individuals attending an e-conference must
agree to be so recorded, and also agree not to record and not to divulge the
contents of Executive Sessions unless the committee allows it by unanimous
consent.<span> </span>Individuals who do not agree to
these conditions shall be excluded from the e-conference.</b></li></ul><p><br></p><p>
</p>
<br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><i>"In general, we look for a new law by the following process. First, we guess it (audience laughter), no, don’t laugh, that’s the truth. Then we compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works.<font><b> If it disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key to science.</b></font> It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”</i> -- Richard Feynman</font><br></div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><i>"In general, we look for a new law by the following process. First, we guess it (audience laughter), no, don’t laugh, that’s the truth. Then we compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works.<font><b> If it disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key to science.</b></font> It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”</i> -- Richard Feynman</font><br></div>
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