<div dir="ltr">As you all know, the Committee Transparency Motion was referred to the December meeting so is presently on the agenda. I am attempting to work out an amendment to propose that might cure some of the objections as I would rather have something passed. I am asking for input from those of you *who would approve it* with changes. I already know of the complete arguments against, and ask that we not re-hash them - we can do so at the meeting, but rather this is a good faith attempt to see if some things can be cured. This is how it is currently worded:<div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">The names and contact information (phone number, email
address, or both) for all committee members shall be posted on the LP.org
website. Unless otherwise specifically excepted on a committee-by-committee
basis, all committee meetings shall be open to any member of the National Party
to observe or listen with the exception of executive sessions and all
electronic committee correspondences shall be made available on a public
reflector system on the LP.org website, the location of which will be published
with the committee contact information. Notices, minutes, agendas, and call-in
information of committee meetings shall be published to said reflector list or
otherwise on the LP.org <<a href="http://lp.org/">http://lp.org/</a>> website, including a record of
all substantive committee actions and how each member voted. At least 48 hours
public notice will be given for any committee meeting, with the exception of
emergency meetings as defined within the committee's own published standing
rules.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">One objection that seemed to me to be potentially negotiable at this point in times was:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>All communications of committees being public as some were questioning if that meant PMs, texts, etc. Also some persons were objecting to phone numbers as that is not even on the site for LNC members.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">That is something I would like to see, but the important substance of my motion that is essential are the following points:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Identification and contact information for committees</p><p class="MsoNormal">Notices of official meetings</p><p class="MsoNormal">Minutes of official meetings</p><p class="MsoNormal">Open meetings with the exception of executive sessions</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">So I am putting out for feelers this potential amended Motion for amendment to the Policy Manual (the provision, not the lead-in language)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>The names and contact information for all committee members shall be posted on the LP.org website. Unless otherwise specifically excepted on a committee-by-committee basis, all committee meetings shall be open to any member of the National Party to observe or listen with the exception of executive sessions. Notices, minutes, agendas, and location and/or call-in information of committee meetings shall be published on the LP.org <<a href="http://lp.org/">http://lp.org/</a>> website. At least 48 hours public notice will be given for any committee meeting, with the exception of emergency meetings as defined within the committee's own published standing rules.</b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">While I still hold to the deleted items (including that I think phone numbers of LNC members should be published unless a committee member explicitly asks their not to - the default should be open communication), this pared down provision would be a good start and seems to cure some of the objections (and some of the logistical objections were well-founded).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div><font size="1">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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