<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>As Sam already cited (he gets a brownie point) the bylaws prescribe that the Platform Committee is comprised of:<br><br>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">One member by each of the five
affiliate parties having the greatest per capita sustaining membership as
determined for Convention delegate allocations at the most recent Regular
Convention.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">One member by each of the ten
affiliate parties having the largest sustaining memberships, excluding
those affiliates from (a), as determined for Convention delegate
allocations at the most recent Regular Convention.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Five members selected by the
National Committee.</span></li></ol></ol>
The cutoff date for determining delegate allocations for the most recent regular convention (2016) was 10/31/15, however you can't just use the data that Robert sends in the monthly membership reports. It's close, but not complete. It is a snapshot on that day. However, Bylaws Article 10.4.a says that any sustaining membership donations postmarked by that date also count towards these allocations. When that date arrives, Robert hits the proverbial pause button and processes only items postmarked by that date until we have received them all, sends me the updated data specifically for this calculation, and then resumes normal processing of the mail.<br><br></div>The population figures used for the per capita calculations come from the 2010 census.<br><br></div>The top five per capita states which get to appoint for 2018 are:<br><br></div>1 - New Hampshire<br></div>2 - Alaska<br></div>3 - Colorado<br></div>4 - Nevada<br></div>5 - Virginia<br><br></div>The top ten ranked by sustaining membership excludes those affiliates included in the top-five-per-capita ranking. Both Colorado and Virginia qualify by either ranking method this time, so that means the 11th and 12th ranked by sustaining membership get pulled into the top ten list for 2018 as follows:<br><br></div>1 - California<br></div>2 - Texas<br></div>3 - Florida<br></div>4 - New York<br></div>5 - Ohio<br></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><s>6 - Virginia</s></p>
</div>7 - Pennsylvania<br></div>8 - Illinois<br></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><s>9 - Colorado</s></p>
</div>10 - Michigan<br></div>11 - Indiana<br></div>12 - Washington<br><br></div>This year the postmarked-by adjustments did not change the top-ten ranking relative to what was published for 10/31/15, though I think there was a rank shift for the prior convention due to that factor.<br><div><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>After the LNC makes the appointment of an interim chair for the committee, I contact the chairs of the affiliates entitled to make appointments and provide them all the details such as the appointment deadline, who they should notify when the appointment is made, dates of the convention, etc.<br><br></div><div>-Alicia<br><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>