<div dir="ltr">I vote yes to sustain the ruling of the chair.<div><br></div><div>However, seeing the point to both sides of this issue, I will propose language to the Bylaws Committee to clarify the meaning of the </div><div>word "gift" to avoid similar future situations.</div><div><br></div><div>Live Free,</div><div><br></div><div>Sam Goldstein<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:49 AM, Daniel Wiener <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wiener@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">wiener@alum.mit.edu</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">I vote NO, to not sustain the ruling of the Chair.<div><br></div><div>Dan Wiener</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Alicia Mattson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><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"><div><div>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br> <br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by May 8, 2015 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Mattson, Olsen, Wiener, Hagan<br>
<br><u>Motion:</u> To sustain the Chair's ruling that a person's purchase of a convention package in the prior twelve months<br>meets the requirement of Bylaws Article 5.3 that a sustaining member must have "given at least $25 to the<br>Party in the prior twelve months"<br><div><div><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><u>Note about Effect</u>:<br></div><div>Because this is phrased as a motion to sustain the chair's ruling, a "yes" vote means that the purchase of a convention package should count toward sustaining membership. A "no" vote means that the purchase of a convention package should NOT count towards sustaining membership.<span><font color="#888888"><br><br>Alicia Mattson<br>LNC Secretary<br><br></font></span></div></div></div>
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