<div dir="ltr">Whitney I prefer my wording, but am open to a discussion. And yes I agree - optional - just like all of the other items. My original position was required, and then seeing the proposed application language, I compromised to "optional" in an attempt to work things out.<div><br></div><div>What libertarianism means to someone can be different from what is relevant to the platform. That is what is wonderful about it - there is a lot of freedom in personal application.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Whitney Bilyeu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:whitneycb76@gmail.com" target="_blank">whitneycb76@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Regardless of what transpired between the members involved so far, I could support the inclusion of an OPTIONAL item regarding the applicant's basic understanding of our Party's principles.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Could it could be as simple as "Briefly describe what libertarianism means to you...."?</div><span class="m_-7782516370237820656HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Whitney </div></font></span><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656h5">On Mar 5, 2017 1:13 PM, "Caryn Ann Harlos" <<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656h5"><div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg">Fellow members</div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg"><br class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg">Last LNC meeting we decided to solicit applications for the LNC appointed members of the Bylaws and Platform Committees and some discussion arose on what should be included in the application request. The final responsibility for getting a notice out and organizing responses lies with the Party Secretary but Nick directed that as far as content that we should work it out amongst ourselves. To that end I volunteered to work with Alicia. We have communicated but I am not satisfied that the result was working it out amongst ourselves. The result was that nothing was substantially changed from years past.</div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg"><br class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg">Arvin and I (and I believe at least Starchild and David concur) believe that a request for a brief understanding of Libertarian philosophy should be included. I softened that request to be in line with the way the form is currently written to be a "suggestion" (rather than a requirement) for such along with other suggestions that the applicant could choose among. This was rejected and I just don't think that is a reasonable way to work it out amongst ourselves. The result is no different than if I didn't volunteer input. </div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg"><br class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-7782516370237820656m_-8359404054180195940m_-6317558977493615451gmail_msg">I would like other members to weigh in on this. I'm not trying to be difficult but I just don't think reasonable requests should be summarily rejected.</div></div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-7782516370237820656gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><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><span style="font-size:x-small">Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee</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></div>
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