<div dir='auto'>Ladies?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">New year new you?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Or at least lets not start here again please.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">John Phillips<br>Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative<br>Cell 217-412-5973</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 7, 2020 5:55 PM, Alicia Mattson 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"><CAH> I personally think it is a bad look for you to send out a 2020
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version when I have already been working on one with the state chairs being
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well aware of that fact, but that is your choice.</CAH>
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Not sure why you're portraying it this way, as though I'm stepping on a
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secretarial duty, rather than you stepping into a personal project that
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I've done for years.
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1) There is nothing which tasks an LNC secretary with doing such a
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project. The rules only task the secretary with producing and distributing
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the delegate allocations, and you have completed that.
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2) Besides the years that I was a party officer, I also produced this
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manual for the 2014 convention, when I was not even an LNC member.
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3) Last term, during (probably during the secretary's report of) an LNC
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meeting, you thought the LNC should order me to not recommend wording for a
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regional agreement. You argued that it was the LNC exerting improper
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influence over the states/regions. I noted that it was a personal project
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containing my recommendation, not an official duty directed by the LNC or
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the rules, and pointed out that I specifically say in the manual that
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regions are not required to use that agreement, or any agreement at all.
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The discussion resulted in a general understanding that it was my personal
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project, thus you didn't ultimately make a motion to ask the LNC to make
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directives about it.
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By the way, your Regional Formation document incorrectly describes that
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agreement language as something that the LNC has recommended, but that's
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not correct, as was previously discussed in the situation I noted above.
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Though you previously thought it was improper meddling for me to recommend
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agreement language, the Regional Formation document you produced not only
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includes the one I normally recommend but another sample agreement as well.
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4) When at the beginning of this term you asked to take over production of
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this document, and I reminded you (I believe in September 2018) that it was
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a personal project and that I planned to continue my habit of producing
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this manual for the 2020 convention. This is hardly news to you. If you
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produce something containing other advice, perhaps another document name
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would be a good idea to avoid confusion with the one I have already
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distributed for 2020.
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-Alicia
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On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 3:11 AM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos@lp.org>
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wrote:
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> Updated:
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> *https://tinyurl.com/2020PlatcommWelcome
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> <https://tinyurl.com/2020PlatcommWelcome>*
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> *And as you know, I am already working with several state chairs on
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> finalizing a 2020 delegation and delegation chair manual. The ones I
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> create can be used and edited freely by any successor, with the Word copies
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> in the Party archives. *
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> *Nearly every chair I spoke to believed your prior manual was "official"
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> and part of the party documents. I have not taken a look at what you
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> attached since I already have my own to be sent (pending some commentary I
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> requested from state chairs), please make it clear that this is your
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> personal project and not produced within the scope of your elected position
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> because that was not clear before.*
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> *I personally think it is a bad look for you to send out a 2020 version
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> when I have already been working on one with the state chairs being well
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> aware of that fact, but that is your choice. Personally, I think people
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> will read something into that that neither of us would want and would not
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> be good for the Party. But obviously you can do so, I just ask you to
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> consider the impression that will give.*
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> *This can be avoided if you agree to turn over this manual to the Party
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> and allow me to edit and pass on with all of the names added. I only
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> resorted to doing my own because I have information I want to impart and
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> you declined letting me build on the prior one.*
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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), please contact me privately and let me know. *
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> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 3:03 AM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
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> lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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>> Caryn Ann,
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>> It's interesting that on page 2 of this document you do say that if
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>> someone
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>> re-uses your work, credit would be appreciated. I see a sizable section
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>> that was substantially copy/pasted verbatim from materials that I wrote
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>> from scratch as instructions for electronic meeting participants, but the
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>> courtesy of credit was not given to me. For additional irony, the final
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>> sentence of the email again attempts to drive the narrative that such
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>> contributions to institutional knowledge didn't exist before, all while
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>> partially copying materials written by your predecessor. :-) Just
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>> sayin'...
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>> Even though I have changed the Delegation Chair's Manual quite a bit from
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>> when I took up the task, I still give Bob Sullentrup front-page credit,
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>> and
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>> some of his original work is still there intertwined with mine. Attached
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>> is the 2020 version, where you can see his name on the front page.
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>> -Alicia
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>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 5:23 AM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
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>> lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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>> > FYI - in case you are interested in the welcome package I have developed
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>> > for the platform committee.
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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
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>> faux
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>> > pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *
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>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
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>> > From: Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos@gmail.com>
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>> > Date: Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 4:55 AM
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>> > Subject: National Platform Committee starting
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>> > To: LP State Chairs <statechairs@hq.lp.org>
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>> > Hello everyone, and specifically the chairs of the states that have made
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>> > appointments. I have reached out to your appointees so please let me
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>> know
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>> > if any say they have not received my email. I have sent over this
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>> Welcome
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>> > Package which is something I prepared for this term drawing upon my
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>> > experience as Platform Committee Chair at the 2018 convention. You may
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>> > find parts of it useful for your own purposes. This will be deposited
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>> in
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>> > the Party records for use and improvement in the future and to build our
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>> > institutional knowledge and education which has been a source of
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>> > frustration for me.
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>> >
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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
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>> faux
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>> > pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *
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>> >
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