<div dir="ltr">Dr. Lark:<div><br></div><div>Thank you. Your expression of concern for one of the core issues I had with the eternal secrecy aspect of the contract are deeply appreciated.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:13 PM, James Lark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwl3s@eservices.virginia.edu" target="_blank">jwl3s@eservices.virginia.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear colleagues:<br>
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I hope all is well with you. I am writing to offer comments about various items of interest. I hope you find my comments worthy of your attention.<br>
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1) In a separate message I shall abstain on the motion regarding the allocation of $5,000 from the "legal offense" budget line. I believe the LNC should help the Libertarian Party of Arizona concerning the ballot access burden it faces; also, it is frequently appropriate to make an explicit financial commitment before the funds are needed. However, ceteris paribus I would have preferred that we wait until more information regarding the particulars of the situation (e.g., the expected cost of a legal challenge) is available to us.<br>
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2) I share many of the concerns that have expressed regarding the proposed contract between the LNC and the Johnson-Weld campaign. I would appreciate it if Mr. Sarwark would indicate whether both parties have signed it. (If the signing of the contract by both parties has been announced, I did not see the announcement.)<br>
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As of this moment, I have not seen the contract; in particular, I have not decided whether I should request the contract. While I believe that discretion and confidentiality are appropriate for certain aspects of our activities, it is not clear to me that confidentiality-in-perpetuity is appropriate for an agreement of this type. If such a confidentiality-in-perpetuity requirement is part of the agreement, such a requirement raises questions about the ability of LNC members to uphold their responsibilities to the LP membership.<br>
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Frankly, I am unsure as to the best way for the LNC to proceed in this matter. In any event, I believe there are aspects of this matter that we should address at the December meeting, if not before.<br>
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3) Allow me to offer some remarks about Mike Fellows. I had the pleasure of meeting him at a meeting of libertarians in Missoula, Montana in May 1986. The meeting was organized as part of an effort to build a local Advocates for Self-Government "Seminar 1" group. (Over the course of roughly two weeks I drove from Evanston, Illinois to Crooks, South Dakota via Omaha (NE), Casper (WY), Boise (ID), Eugene (OR), Portland (OR), Vancouver (BC), Seattle (WA), Tacoma (WA), and Missoula to help build such groups.)<br>
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Mike always impressed me as a fine gentleman: he was a man of intelligence, wit, and generous spirit who represented the Libertarian Party (and the liberty movement in general) very well. Moreover, I found him to be a tireless worker for liberty and a great team player. As far as I could tell, he always put the interests of the Libertarian team ahead of any parochial interests. Because of his team spirit and humility, I suspect many people do not know of the substantial contributions he made to the LP.<br>
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I anticipate that within the next two days, I shall prepare a resolution of appreciation for Mike. I hope my words will express appropriately our appreciation for his good works and friendship, and that you will find my resolution to be worthy of your support.<br>
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As always, thank you for your work for liberty. I look forward to speaking with you soon.<br>
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Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
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James W. Lark, III<br>
Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering<br>
Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society<br>
Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics<br>
University of Virginia<br>
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Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
University of Virginia<br>
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Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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