<div dir="ltr"><div>Oops, I initially replied just to Starchild when I meant to send the following to the whole list for the public education value of it.<br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br><br>Starchild wrote, "I vote to abstain."<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">From RONR (11th ed.), p. 45, lines 16-19<b>:<br></b><div style="margin-left:40px">To
"abstain" means not to vote at all, and a member who makes no response
if "abstentions" are called for abstains just as much as one who
responds to that effect (see also p. 407).</div><br></div>It's impossible to "vote" to abstain. I'll merely record you as abstaining from voting. ;-)<br><br></div>-Alicia<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Starchild <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:starchild@lp.org" target="_blank">starchild@lp.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="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div><span class="m_3204051954858476821Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><b>I vote to abstain</b>. Unfortunately I have not been able to reach Dustin by phone prior to the deadline for voting on his appointment – which is coming up in about 30 minutes! – as I'd hoped to do in order to chat with him about values and priorities for the committee. But from the voting, it looks he will be handily approved in any case. </div><div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div><br></div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> <a href="mailto:RealReform@earthlink.net" target="_blank">RealReform@earthlink.net</a></div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div><div><br></div><br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On Dec 26, 2017, at 11:11 PM, James Lark wrote:</div><br class="m_3204051954858476821Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">
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Dear colleagues:<br>
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I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as
Region 5 representative to vote "aye" on the motion.<br>
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As always, thanks for your work for liberty.<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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<b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by December 27, <span class="m_3204051954858476821gmail-m_-5972238426220016815gmail-m_8269805191392754163gmail-m_-4807224822799193958gmail-m_-1141488058345208449m_-4082796757349072613gmail-m_5215252036485821826gmail-m_-2634892697165612292gmail-m_6324776411065130667gmail-m_1398300420053645662m_3190443451192923416gmail-m_-3236448625161631958gmail-m_-8379118852138647182gmail-m_-6417268801349296248gmail-m_1986229171992062500gmail-m_1181632840545237343gmail-m_5539741857281978456gmail-m_3269739548110022274gmail-m_-7417594590945562825m_-3106942960241565296gmail-m_2797144110872258469gmail-m_7277579120155508541gmail-m_9149391285218628846gmail-il"><span class="m_3204051954858476821gmail-m_-5972238426220016815gmail-m_8269805191392754163gmail-m_-4807224822799193958gmail-m_-1141488058345208449m_-4082796757349072613gmail-m_5215252036485821826gmail-m_-2634892697165612292gmail-m_6324776411065130667gmail-m_1398300420053645662m_3190443451192923416gmail-il">2017</span></span>
at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,153,0)"></span><br>
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<u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Goldstein, Hayes, Harlos, Van Horn<br>
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<u>Motion:</u> to appoint Dustin Nana (Region 3 Alternate) to
the Ballot Access Committee<br>
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-Alicia<br>
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