<div dir='auto'>Amend the Articles of Incorporation so we can go around the bylaws and have a virtual convention that most members don't want? <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm starting to wonder who these proposals are even for, because they have certainly left the realm of "for the good of our members" and are now moving on to a more "because leadership said so" tone. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">-Joshua </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 30, 2020 5:04 PM, Whitney Bilyeu 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">No thanks.
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 3:24 PM Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business <
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lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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> Colleagues,
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> I would like to put forward a mechanism that I don't believe has come up
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> yet, that can be used in tandem with several of the options under
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> consideration. That's amending our "other" governing document, the
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> Articles of Incorporation.
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> Articles of Incorporation are usually general documents that are usually
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> rarely amended except in "break the glass" situations. The LNC is
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> incorporated in the District of Columbia, and the Articles of
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> Incorporation establish that we will have Bylaws, among other things. DC
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> law authorizes electronic meetings if they are authorized by the
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> organization's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. DC Code §
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> 29–405.01(e).
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> Under DC law (DC Code § 29–408.03), amending the Articles of
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> Incorporation is a two-step process. First, the Board (the LNC) must
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> approve the amendment. Second, it must be transmitted to and approved by
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> the members by majority vote, so long as at least 10% of all members
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> participate in the vote. (This is usually done at other orgs by mail or
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> email.)
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> So if we wanted to move straight to online ballots, or postpone with the
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> subsequent fallback option of online ballots, we could move to amend the
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> AofI to state that "Remote participation and online balloting is
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> authorized for conventions where (insert appropriate caveats),
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> notwithstanding the Bylaws or RONR." If the LNC approves, it would then
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> go to the membership and they decide, up or down.
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> This approach would remove the worry that states will remove us from the
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> ballot for not complying with our internal rules, or of RONR not
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> allowing us to proceed electronically unless authorized by our internal
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> rules. Page 11 of RONR acknowledges that Articles of Incorporation
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> supersede Bylaws and RONR.
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> I have spoken to Mr. Hall, who identified no issues with it and agrees
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> it's an option we can consider.
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> JBH
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> Joe Bishop-Henchman
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> LNC Member (At-Large)
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> joe.bishop-henchman@lp.org
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> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
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*Whitney Bilyeu*
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Libertarian National Committee
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Region 7 Representative
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281.433.4966
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LP.ORG
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