<div dir='auto'>Richard,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please forward me a copy<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Justin O'Donnell<br>LNC Region 8 Representative</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On May 29, 2020 7:13 PM, Richard Longstreth 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">I've got the contract and BetteRose has asked that I share with any LNC
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member on request. Please email me if you still need a copy. I also believe
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all COC members now have a copy and you can request from them.
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Richard Longstreth
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Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)
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Libertarian National Committee
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richard.longstreth@lp.org
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931.538.9300
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On Fri, May 29, 2020, 16:01 BetteRose <betterose@aol.com> wrote:
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> I would be happy to answer any questions you have individually. Set up a
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> time with me when we can both talk. This weekend I will be tied up on CoC
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> business most of the time but we can try to set something up if one of you
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> need to talk to me.
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> BetteRose Ryan
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> Publisher
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> Bent Briar Publishing <http://www.bentbriarbooks.com/>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Richard Longstreth <richard.longstreth@lp.org>
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> To: LNC Business <lnc-business@hq.lp.org>
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> Cc: Elizabeth Van Horn <elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org>; Caryn Ann Harlos <
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> caryn.ann.harlos@lp.org>; BetteRose Ryan <betterose@aol.com>
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> Sent: Fri, May 29, 2020 12:21 pm
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> Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Appointment of Convention Oversight Committee
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> Chair
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> Would Ms Ryan be interested in a proactive Q&A perhaps, rather than us
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> waiting a week on the ballot? I'd like to cut some of the tension and move
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> forward if possible. While the LNC currently has no say, I think that any
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> questions should be held if they exist pending a ballot.
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> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 9:00 AM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
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> lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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> We are of one mind I believe on this.
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> I’m saddened that people are being used as political pawns here.
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> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 9:57 AM Elizabeth Van Horn <
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> elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org>
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> wrote:
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> > I agree with interviewing a new COC chair. (Which goes along with what
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> > the LNC should've been able to do prior.)
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> > ---
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> > Elizabeth Van Horn
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> > LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
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> >
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> > On 2020-05-29 11:54, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
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> > I believe the LNC has a right to interview her about her positions. As a
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> > fellow Coloradan there have been things said here which concern me, but I
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> > might have misunderstood Ms. Ryan and since the context was grossly
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> > different than now, the LNC and she have a right to have an interview
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> > process which can take place in seven days.
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> > I find it grievous that our chair would embroil Ms. Ryan in this shitshow
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> > of his own making.
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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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> >
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> > On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 9:49 AM Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business <
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> > lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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> >
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> >> I met BetteRose Ryan in Reno at the Not-Super-Bowel party. We talked
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> >> and she told me about the history of how she began planning LP
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> >> conventions. How she was able to grow convention participation with her
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> >> local/state affiliate, and she'd been instrumental in doing so for the
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> >> national LP conventions too.
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> >>
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> >> BetteRose Ryan is a good choice.
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> >> ---
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> >> Elizabeth Van Horn
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> >> LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
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> >>
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> >> On 2020-05-29 11:33, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business wrote:
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> >> > Dear All,
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> >> >
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> >> > I'm happy to report that BetteRose Ryan, who serves on the Convention
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> >> > Oversight Committee and has previously been Chair or primary organizer
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> >> > of
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> >> > multiple successful national conventions is willing to serve as Chair
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> >> > of
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> >> > the Convention Oversight Committee. I am appointing her to that
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> >> > position.
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> >> > I trust that staff will make sure she has what access and permissions
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> >> > are
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> >> > necessary to fulfill her new role and I will ensure that she is
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> >> > included in
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> >> > negotiations with the Rosen Group moving forward.
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> >> >
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> >> > I anticipate that Ms. Ryan will convene a meeting of the Convention
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> >> > Oversight Committee shortly to make a recommendation regarding the
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> >> > filling
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> >> > of the vacancy on the committee.
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> >> >
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> >> > Yours in liberty,
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> >> > Nick
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> >
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> > --
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>
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> *In Liberty,*
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>
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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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>
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>
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>
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> --
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> Richard Longstreth
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> Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)
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> Libertarian National Committee
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> richard.longstreth@lp.org
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> 931.538.9300
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>
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