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LNC MINUTES AURORA, CO APRIL 21-22, 2018 CURRENT STATUS: AUTO-APPROVED MAY 22, 2018 REVISION #: 2 VERSION LAST UPDATED: APRIL 26, 2018 CALL TO ORDER Nick Sarwark called the meeting to order at approximately 9:00 a.m. (all times Mountain) ATTENDANCE Attending the meeting were: Officers: Nick Sarwark (Chair), Arvin Vohra (Vice-Chair), Alicia Mattson (Secretary), Tim Hagan (Treasurer) At-Large Representatives: Sam Goldstein, Daniel Hayes, Bill Redpath, Starchild Regional Representatives: Caryn Ann Harlos (Region 1), Ed Marsh (Region 2), Elizabeth Van Horn (Region 3), Jeff Hewitt (Region 4), Jim Lark (Region 5), David Demarest (Region 6), Whitney Bilyeu (Region 7), Justin O’Donnell (Region 8) Regional Alternates: Steve Scheetz (Region 5) Staff included Executive Director Wes Benedict, Operations Director Robert Kraus, and Head of Development Lauren Daugherty. Not attending the meeting were: Joshua Katz (At-Large), Craig Bowden (Region 1 Alternate), Steven Nekhaila (Region 2 Alternate), Dustin Nanna (Region 3 Alternate), Aaron Starr (Region 4 Alternate), Sean O’Toole (Region 6 Alternate), Erin Adams (Region 7 Alternate), Alex Merced (Region 8 Alternate) The gallery contained numerous other attendees in addition to those listed above. CREDENTIALS AND PAPERWORK CHECK As detailed in the Secretary’s Report (see appendix B), the Secretary noted a number of changes in LNC membership since the previous LNC session. Joshua Katz was unable to attend the December 2017 LNC session due to a flight cancellation. He indicated he would not be in attendance at this session due to a conflict with his law school schedule. This being the second consecutive regular LNC session which Mr. Katz did not attend, per Bylaw Article 7.6, his At-Large position will be automatically vacated as of the adjournment of this LNC session. LNC – Aurora, CO – April 2018 Page 1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Starting from a motion to approve the Chair’s proposed agenda: The time allocation for the Awards Committee was increased to 15 minutes without objection. Ms. Mattson moved to add a new 10-minute item under New Business Without Previous Notice to discuss the At-Large vacancy. There was no objection. Starchild moved to establish an opportunity for public comment for each agenda item. The motion failed by a show of hands with a vote of 5-9. Ms. Mattson moved to add a new 10-minute item under New Business Without Previous Notice for discussion of our process for joining lawsuits. There was no objection. Mr. Demarest moved to add a new 15-minute item under New Business Without Previous Notice for discussion of adding a new paid staff member. There was no objection. Mr. Hayes moved to increase the time allocation for the Affiliate Support Committee to 30 minutes. There was no objection. There was no objection to adopting the agenda, as amended, resulting in the following: Report of Potential Conflicts of Interest (Mattson) 3 minutes Officer Reports Chair's Report (Sarwark) 15 minutes Treasurer's Report (Hagan) 15 minutes Secretary's Report (Mattson) 15 minutes Staff Reports 45 minutes Counsel's Report 30 minutes Reports of Standing Committees Audit Committee (Fox) 15 minutes Affiliate Support Committee (Hayes) 30 minutes Awards Committee (Lark) 15 minutes Convention Oversight Committee (Hayes) 30 minutes Candidate Support Committee (Goldstein) 30 minutes Employment Policy & Compensation Committee (Lark) 5 minutes IT Committee 15 minutes Platform Committee (Harlos) 5 minutes Bylaws Committee 5 minutes Credentials Committee 5 minutes Ballot Access Committee (Redpath) 30 minutes Reports of Special Committees Historical Preservation Committee (Harlos) 15 minutes Social Media Process Review Committee 15 minutes New Business with Previous Notice Creation of a Blockchain Committee (Vohra) 15 minutes Contribution to Laura Ebke Campaign (Hayes) 15 minutes Membership Structure Changes (Bilyeu) 20 minutes LNC – Aurora, CO – April 2018 Page 2 New Business without Previous Notice At-Large Vacancy 10 minutes Policy for Joining Lawsuits (Mattson) 10 minutes New Staff Member (Demarest) 15 minutes Regional Reports 5 minutes each Announcements 10 minutes REPORT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The Secretary reported that since the previous meeting, the following potential conflicts of interest were submitted: Whitney Bilyeu: Husband is a candidate for Texas House District 135 David Demarest: Is no longer Vice-Chair of the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance Is now the Treasurer of the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance Tim Hagan: Candidate for US Senate for Nevada Caryn Ann Harlos: Is no longer Communications Director for the Libertarian Party of Colorado Husband has filed to be a candidate for Town Council, Castle Rock, CO Jim Lark: Secretary of the Libertarian Party of Virginia Aaron Starr Candidate for Mayor of Oxnard, CA The following were submitted by email just prior to the session being called to order: Whitney Bilyeu: Her husband is Vice-Chair of the Harris County Libertarian Party Is a member of the executive team of Mark Tippetts for Texas Governor. Is no longer serving as Policy Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Texas Is no longer serving as Credentials Committee Member, Libertarian Party of Texas The following additional changes were requested during the meeting: Caryn Ann Harlos: Is no longer a member of the Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Is no longer an admin of LNC-Votes Discuss Has started a liberty activist YouTube channel Daniel Hayes: Is no longer Treasurer of the Libertarian Party of Jefferson Parish Is now the Chair of the Libertarian Party of Jefferson Parish Jeff Hewitt: Is no longer Chair of the Riverside County Libertarian Party Is a candidate for Riverside County Supervisor LNC – Aurora, CO – April 2018 Page 3 Starchild: Is no longer an At-Large alternate of the Libertarian Party of California Executive Committee Is no longer Vice-Chair for the Libertarian Party of San Francisco Is a member of the Grassroots Libertarians Caucus Is a media spokesperson for the Nicholas Wildstar for Governor campaign Is a paid consultant for No on the Prop E campaign in San Francisco David Demarest: Has retired from employment with First Data Justin O’Donnell: nd Is a candidate for Congress in New Hampshire’s 2 District Nick Sarwark: Is a candidate for Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona OFFICER REPORTS CHAIR’S REPORT Mr. Sarwark had submitted a written report in advance (see Appendix A). He supplemented with a brief oral report and fielded questions. The LNC took no action. TREASURER’S REPORT The LNC had received March financials in advance. Mr. Hagan provided a brief oral update and fielded questions. The LNC took no action. SECRETARY’S REPORT Ms. Mattson had submitted a written report in advance (see Appendix B). She supplemented with an oral update. She intends to distribute a Delegation Chair’s Manual to the affiliates in early May. Upon inquiry from Ms. Mattson, there was no objection to her updating the language of Endnote 47 in the Policy Manual to correct a bylaw article cross-reference by striking “5.2” and instead inserting “4.2”. Ms. Mattson noted that on email ballot 2018-03, Starchild had attempted to cast a “no” vote. The LNC’s email list time-stamped the vote in the archive at 6 minutes past the established voting deadline. Examination of the headers on Starchild’s email message suggested he had transmitted the vote prior to the deadline. She requested that the LNC provide guidance regarding whether to count his vote in the results, though it did not change the outcome of the vote. Mr. Vohra moved that Starchild’s vote be counted in the vote tally. Dr. Lark suggested that the record include a note about the timing of the vote, and this was added to the motion without objection. There was no objection to the motion, as amended. Ms. Mattson noted the minutes from the December 2017 LNC session in New Orleans had not been approved yet. Mr. Katz had objected to their auto-approval, as a number of selected points of debate had been included, and it could be mistakenly thought to reflect some part of an action taken by the LNC. He had referenced RONR, 11th ed., p. 468, ll. 14-21, "In an ordinary society, the minutes should contain mainly a record of what was done at the meeting, not what was said by the members." Mr. Hewitt moved to approve the draft minutes from the December 2017 LNC session in New Orleans. LNC – Aurora, CO – April 2018 Page 4 In the absence of Mr. Katz, Ms. Mattson moved to amend by striking content as specified in Appendix C. Ms. Harlos moved to divide the motion into six questions. Following debate, the motion to divide failed by a show of hands with a vote total of 5-6. Following debate, the amendment to strike the specified content was: Voting “aye”: Goldstein, Hagan, Hayes, Lark, Mattson, Redpath, Van Horn Voting “no”: Bilyeu, Demarest, Harlos, Hewitt, Marsh, O’Donnell, Starchild, Vohra Abstaining: Sarwark The motion failed with a vote tally of 7-8, leaving the draft minutes unamended. There being no further proposals for amendments, the minutes for the December 2017 LNC session were approved without objection. STAFF REPORTS Andy Burns had submitted an Affiliate Development report (see Appendix D), and Lauren Daugherty had submitted a Development report (see Appendix E). Mr. Benedict supplemented with an oral presentation regarding various ballot access efforts and Nebraska State Senator Ebke’s campaign. Ms. Daugherty supplemented with an oral presentation on fundraising efforts, membership renewals, donor recognition, and expansion of the LP Store. Both fielded questions. The LNC took no action. COUNSEL’S REPORT Oliver Hall, LNC Special Counsel, joined the meeting by speakerphone. He had submitted a written report in advance (see Appendix F). He supplemented with an oral report on his work involving the LNC’s interests.
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