<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>I think the scope of this committee, as proposed, is so broad that it's a problem.<br><br></div>Am I really being asked to be partially responsible for preserving <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small">ALL physical historic information (in #1), and ALL public electronic records (in #2)? And the committee is additionally tasked with publishing ALL historical documents (in #4)?<br><br></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small">"All" is an awfully large amount of information, and it means there would never be anything deemed inappropriate for inclusion because it says "all".<br><br></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small">I thought this was just going to be some top-level history like whatever is on the wiki right now, but this proposal is a massive expansion in scope.<br><br></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small">Some historical documents are useful to keep around for reference. Others just aren't, so why spend time preserving ALL of them?<br><br></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small">Are we going to spend our limited volunteer time and effort documenting the past, or are we going to instead focus on how to make our future efforts have more real-world results?<br></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small"><br></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small">-Alicia<br><br></span></span></span></span><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small"><br><br></span></span></span></span><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="font-size:small"><br></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Ken Moellman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ken.moellman@lpky.org" target="_blank">ken.moellman@lpky.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
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<p><span style="font-weight:400">The following is a motion seeking a sponsor and co-sponsors, </span><span style="font-weight:400">to create the Historic Preservation Committee, tasked with preserving and publishing all historical documents of the Party.<br><br><br></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small"><strong>Add a line item to chart in subsection 1 of section 1.03 of the Policy Manual, which reads (column name in italics):<br><br></strong></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small"><em>(Committee name)</em></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"> </span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">Historic Preservation Committee<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small"><em>(Size)</em></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"> </span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">Two (2) LNC Members or Alternates, plus up to five (5) non-LNC members. <br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small"><em>(Member Selection)</em></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"> </span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">LNC Members or Alternates selected by LNC. Non-LNC members selected by the committee, which shall be accepted unless objected to by a majority of the LNC within 14 days of notification. <br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small"><em>(Chair Selection)</em></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"> </span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">* Committee Selected<br><br><br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small"><strong>Create a new subsection under section 2.02 of the Policy Manual, which reads:<br><br></strong></span></span></span>x) Historic Preservation Committee</span><br><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The goal of the Historic Preservation Committee is to preserve historical documents of the party. To that end, the committee shall:</span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">1. With the assistance of staff and the Secretary, maintain all physical historic information in a safe and climate controlled environment. Any costs for document storage shall be presented to the LNC and shall be accepted unless objected to by the majority of the entire LNC within 14 days.<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">2. With the assistance of staff and the Secretary, collect all public electronic records.<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">3. With the assistance of the IT Committee and staff, provide and maintain a permanent public document archive in the form of a publicly-viewable website which is separate from the Party’s primary website.<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">4. Make a good faith effort to preserve and publish all historical documents, and transform physical documents into electronic format toward that end.<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">5. Vote to recommend the destruction of any original document, or document for which no other copy is available. No such document shall be destroyed without the consent of the LNC, as outlined in Section 2.07(x).<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">6. At each LNC meeting, present a summary of physical document preservation mechanisms currently being utilized, and the number of documents preserved in electronic format.<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">7. Ensure that any document that would qualify for discussion under the rules of executive session for the LNC, as outlined under Section 1.02(5), remains private until such time that the Executive Committee, or the entire LNC, meeting in executive session, votes in the affirmative to make that information public.<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">8. Within one business day, inform the LNC of any committee appointments.<br></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="font-size:small">9. Publicly announce and permit a public audience for all meetings, other than those meetings held for the explicit purpose of discussing historic items that would qualify for Executive Session. <br><br></span></span></span>Nothing listed in the responsibilities, powers, or scope of this Committee shall be construed to prevent or circumvent the normal operation of the Party’s main website or to interfere in the duties of the Secretary as mandated by the Party Bylaws or this Policy Manual.</span><br><br><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Create a new subsection under section 2.07 of the Policy Manual, which reads:<br><br></strong>(x) All agendas, public meeting minutes, and public records of the Party shall be made available to the Historic Preservation Committee. No data shall be deleted or destroyed without a vote in the affirmative by no less than two-thirds of the entire LNC.</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<p>Ken C. Moellman, Jr.<br>LNC Region 3 Alternate Representative<br>LPKY Judicial Committee</p>
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