<div dir='auto'>I vote Nay<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If we are not able to protect the organization with common sense then I don't know what we are doing here. </div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In liberty,</div><div dir="auto">Joshua </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 29, 2019 11:21 AM, Erin Adams 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"><div dir="auto">Or for that matter, by anyone who was gifted a membership by another party? </div><div><br /><div class="elided-text">On Dec 29, 2019 1:19 PM, Erin Adams <erin.adams@lp.org> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Was such a declaration made by Bishop Hayes when his membership was granted?<br /><br /><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Erin Adams Region 7 alt.</div></div><div><br /><div class="elided-text">On Dec 29, 2019 12:51 PM, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">A sustaining membership requires a certification opposing the initiation of
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force. Such a certification from the President was not made, so there can
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be no sustaining membership from the President, even if someone else would
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like to make a donation on his behalf to the Libertarian party.
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-Nick
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On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 1:06 PM Erin Adams via Lnc-business <
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lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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> I was informed that recently a party member chose to purchase a membership
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> as a gift for the current sitting president and said membership was
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> refused. I realize some will say that that membership may have not been
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> consensual however if that is the door we're going to open, then every gift
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> membership that has been purchased for another without the express written
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> consent prior must also be refused. If that is the door we want to open I
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> am fine and comfortable to have that discussion, however in doing so please
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> understand that what we will actually be saying is that this board or our
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> chair or our staff do indeed have the power to decide to not honor a
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> membership and that in fact is the underlying question before us in my
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> opinion
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> On Dec 29, 2019 12:02 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos@gmail.com>
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> What are you referring to Ms Adams?
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> On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 11:01 AM Erin Adams <erin.adams@lp.org> wrote:
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> In my capacity as the Region 7 alternate, I vote no.
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> My Region Representative can , as always, cast a differing vote nullifying
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> mine if she so chooses, however as this vote is SOLELY to determine if the
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> chairs ruling is "correct" or not , and, I am being told that at LEAST one
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> membership in recent past has been refused by the office, (a membership
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> purchased for DJT) and it is the chairs stance that we can not refuse
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> although we have refused during our chairs tenure, I vote no.
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> Erin Adams Region 7 alt.
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> * In Liberty,*
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> * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
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> (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal
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> communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone
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> found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
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> pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *
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