<div dir='auto'>Thank you for your, as always, insightful thoughts sir. <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">John Phillips<br>Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative<br>Cell 217-412-5973</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 5, 2019 6:47 PM, James Lark via Lnc-business <lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Dear colleagues:
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I hope all is well with you, and that you enjoyed a wonderful
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Independence Day celebration. I am writing to offer comments about
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various items; I hope you find my comments worthy of your attention.
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1) In a separate message I shall vote "aye" on the motion currently
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before us. Frankly, I share the concerns regarding micromanagement and
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other potential problems that may arise from approval of the motion.
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Also, I would have preferred that the APRC be responsible for final
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approval of revised material. (The argument in favor of the LNC
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exercising that duty in this situation is reasonable.)
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However, given that the original material in question can
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reasonably be viewed as being in conflict with the LP platform, I
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believe the actions specified in the motion are appropriate.
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2) Shortly after receiving the message from Dan Fishman last Friday
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(June 28) in which he announced the resignation of Lauren Daugherty, I
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contacted her to thank her for her tremendous service to the LP and the
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liberty movement.
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I also informed her in my capacity as chair of the Employment
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Policy and Compensation Committee (EPCC) that my EPCC colleagues and I
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consider it appropriate to conduct a post-employment interview with her
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if she is so inclined. I indicated that the EPCC would respect her
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preferences concerning how she would like to proceed, such as whether to
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conduct the interview with the EPCC or/and other groups of people, the
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date of the interview, and so forth.
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As you may have seen, she indicated in a message to the LNC on
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Sunday (June 30) that she felt the EPCC is the best entity to conduct an
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exit interview, and expressed a preference that the EPCC do so. She
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also indicated that she is happy to address the LNC during the upcoming
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meeting, albeit with the understanding that there are topics upon which
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she will not comment. Given that there has been subsequent discussion
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by the LNC regarding this matter, I hope she will contact the LNC soon
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to confirm how she wishes to proceed.
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3) Thanks to Mr. Longstreth for his message on Wednesday (July 2)
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regarding requests for links on LP.org to debates among people seeking
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the LP presidential nomination. I strongly agree that we should have a
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discussion soon about this matter. However, I prefer that the
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discussion focus upon the broader issue of requests from others (by both
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individuals and organizations) for various types of promotion via our
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several media.
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Since developing policies regarding the broader issue may take a
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great deal of time, it may be appropriate for us to take action at the
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upcoming meeting on the more specific (and timely) issue regarding links
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to debates. However, we should be careful to ensure that a decision
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involving the more specific issue does not place us in an uncomfortable
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position when we consider the broader issue.
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4) Thanks also to Mr. Fishman for circulating his proposal this morning
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for putting Mr. Sarwark to work as a contractor to conduct fundraising
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activities. While benefits may accrue if the proposal is approved, for
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various reasons (some of which have already been mentioned by other
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people) I am not willing to support it.
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As always, thanks for your work for liberty. I look forward to
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seeing you again soon.
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Take care,
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Jim
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James W. Lark, III
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Professor, Dept. of Engineering Systems and Environment
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Professor, Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and
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Society
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Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics
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University of Virginia
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Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
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University of Virginia
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Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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