<div dir="ltr"> I vote aye to sustain the ruling of the chair.<br><br>I apologize if I missed relevant discussion, and I am no parliamentarian but:<br><br>1. I thought the ruling of the chair stands unless there is a motion to appeal and a vote to overturn it. I would think a motion to sustain would be unnecessary and to have no affect. Has a motion been made to overturn the ruling? If the motion to sustain fails, would we need another motion to overturn the ruling?<br><br>2. If the ruling is overturned, is the email ballot for election acceptable? If this really is an election, wouldn't it be required to open to nominations? Shouldn't it be required to have alternatives, rounds of voting, at least including NOTA?<br><br>3. I believe that at the time of his election, he thought he was a member, we thought he was a member. I would say that he paid for membership, but underpaid for the convention package. Could we charge him another $25 to finish paying for the convention package and move on?<br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 3:39 PM, James Lark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwl3s@virginia.edu" target="_blank">jwl3s@virginia.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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 vote "no" 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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<div>On 4/29/2015 1:04 AM, Alicia Mattson
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<div>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br>
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<b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by May 8, 2015
at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br>
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<u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Mattson, Olsen, Wiener, Hagan<br>
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<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>
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<u>Note about Effect</u>:<br>
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<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.<br>
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Alicia Mattson<br>
LNC Secretary<br>
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