<div dir="ltr"><div>Year-to-date, compensation makes up more than 40% of our expenses for 2015. The content of director-level contracts has a very large impact on a very large expense category. The LNC as a whole is tasked with asset management, and I don't think it's at all unreasonable to ask the LNC to be more engaged on these contract terms.<br><br></div>-Alicia<br><div><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:24 AM, Marc Allan Feldman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc@openivo.com" target="_blank">marc@openivo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">There are certain decisions that should be made by the Chair, and the<br>
Chair should be kept accountable and held responsible for those<br>
decisions.<br>
The EPCC should appropraiately offer wise counsel to assist the Chair.<br>
The Chair should appropriately seek wise counsel from the EPCC, and<br>
from other members of the LNC.<br>
If the individuals involved have difficulty in communication and<br>
negotiation on a voluntary basis, this is not a problem that a change<br>
in a policy manual will correct, or even improve.<br>
<br>
I vote no.<br>
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On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <<a href="mailto:chair@lp.org">chair@lp.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> This proposal will make the process of negotiating director-level<br>
> contracts longer and more difficult.<br>
><br>
> There is a static waiting period of at least ten days from the<br>
> agreement between the Chair and the prospective employee and the<br>
> ratification of that agreement by the EPCC or at least 9 LNC members.<br>
> Members of the EPCC and the LNC who do not negotiate contracts or<br>
> conduct interviews are provided substantially more power to block a<br>
> contract negotiated by the Chair and a prospective employee. Blocking<br>
> a contract based on provisions that are disapproved of is an easy way<br>
> to stop a hire without having the votes to actually say no to the<br>
> person.<br>
><br>
> A key to any negotiation is to negotiate with the decision maker. The<br>
> decision maker on the employee side of a contract negotiation is<br>
> always the employee. This proposal makes the decision maker on the<br>
> employer side the Chair, the EPCC, and any plurality of LNC members<br>
> that would prevent a 9-person vote, along with a 10-day waiting<br>
> period. There are some candidates for employment who may not be<br>
> willing to negotiate on those terms. If this is adopted, we won't<br>
> know who they are, because they won't submit themselves as candidates.<br>
><br>
> We already pay our top staff less than other organizations in the<br>
> libertarian movement as well as subject them to more criticism and<br>
> attacks than other organizations in the libertarian movement. Adding<br>
> a hiring process by multiple committees into that mix will not be<br>
> helpful to attracting and retaining the best people.<br>
><br>
> If you would like to make it easier for the LNC to block particular<br>
> director-level hires or particular contracts, and you think that that<br>
> change would make the Libertarian Party more effective, you should<br>
> vote for this proposal.<br>
><br>
> I vote no.<br>
><br>
> -Nick<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Alicia Mattson <<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com">agmattson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.<br>
>><br>
>> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by October 31, 2015 at 11:59:59pm<br>
>> Pacific time.<br>
>><br>
>> Sponsor: Mattson, Kirkland, Goldstein, Riemers<br>
>><br>
>> Motion: amend the Policy Manual by inserting and striking out text as<br>
>> specified in the attached PDF<br>
>><br>
>> Alicia Mattson<br>
>> LNC Secretary<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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