<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I've been through this sales pitch before on a previous LNC. In 2010, Mr. Neale gave us a presentation, had a grand plan for a project, promised he would do X and Y, said we wouldn't make mistake A like other groups and instead would do Z, we'd try to minimize problem B though we couldn't eliminate it completely, said if we'd just approve the idea then he could get started and if we later didn't think it was going very well we could quit. Almost no risk. If it doesn't develop as expected, we just pull the plug. Let's just try it and see what happens.<br><br></div>So we authorized creation of the building fund, and it became a political nightmare. X, Y, and Z never happened. Instead we did nothing but A and B, precisely the things that the sales pitch said we shouldn't do. When things didn't progress as expected, pressure was applied to forge ahead, and anyone who wanted to stick to the original plan was politically attacked. The idea of pulling the plug was suddenly portrayed as the worst idea ever, even though we were originally told it wouldn't be a big deal if we needed to.<br><br></div>I'm not just being a stick in the mud about the creation of the IALP. I just want to know what it is that we are joining before we join.<br><br>I also think the question of who should be our IALP rep should be taken up separately from the idea of joining the IALP. If this motion were offered at an in-person meeting, I would move to divide the question, but email ballots don't offer that flexibility.<br><br><div>-Alicia<br><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Alicia Mattson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br> <br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by February 19, 2015 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Sponsor:</u> Nick Sarwark<br>
<br><u>Motion:</u> The Libertarian National Committee approves the (attached) charter of the International Alliance of Libertarian Parties, seeks admission to the the International Alliance of Libertarian Parties as a founding member, and designates Geoff Neale as our Representative to it.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Alicia Mattson<br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">LNC Secretary<br><br></font></span></div>
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