Libertarian Party of California Executive Committee Minutes December 8, 2018 Crowne Plaza Hotel Concorde, CA Table of Contents Call to Order ............................................................................................................................. 1 Roll Call .................................................................................................................................... 1 Adoption of Agenda ................................................................................................................. 2 Public Comment ....................................................................................................................... 2 Officer’s Report ........................................................................................................................ 2 Chair’s Report: ................................................................................................................... 2 Northern Vice-Chair’s Report: ........................................................................................... 3 Southern Vice-Chair’s Report: .......................................................................................... 3 Secretary’s Report: ............................................................................................................ 3 Operating Procedures Manual: ......................................................................................... 3 Treasurer’s Report: ............................................................................................................ 3 Tour of Convention Hall (Time Certain 12:00 p.m.) ................................................................ 3 Budget Committee Report ....................................................................................................... 3 Recognition of the California Mises Caucus .......................................................................... 4 Recognition of Honorary Lifetime Members .......................................................................... 4 LNC Report ............................................................................................................................... 5 Volunteer Committee ............................................................................................................... 6 Candidate Support Committee Report ................................................................................... 6 2019 Convention Committee Report ....................................................................................... 6 Financial Standards Committee Report ................................................................................. 6 Website Committee Report ..................................................................................................... 6 IT Committee Report ................................................................................................................ 6 Newsletter Report .................................................................................................................... 6 Northern Office Report ............................................................................................................ 7 New Business........................................................................................................................... 7 Old Business ............................................................................................................................ 8 Action Items ............................................................................................................................. 8 Set Next Meeting ...................................................................................................................... 8 Adjournment............................................................................................................................. 8 Appendix A – Chairs’s Report ............................................................................................................ 9 Appendix B – Northern Vice-Chair’s Report ................................................................................... 13 Appendix C – Southern Vice-Chair’s Report .................................................................................. 16 Appendix D – Secretary’s Report .................................................................................................... 17 Appendix E – Treasurer’s Report .................................................................................................... 21 Appendix F – Budget Committee Report ....................................................................................... 34 Appendix G – LNC Report ................................................................................................................ 40 Appendix H – Volunteer Committee Report .................................................................................. 42 Appendix I – Candidate Support Committee Report ..................................................................... 50 Appendix J – Convention Committee Report ................................................................................. 54 Appendix K – Financial Standards Report ...................................................................................... 56 Appendix L – Website Committee Report ....................................................................................... 58 Appendix M – IT Committee Report ................................................................................................. 61 Appendix N – Northern Office Report .............................................................................................. 62 i Executive Committee Minutes December 8, 2018 Crowne Plaza Hotel Concorde, CA Call to Order Chair, Mimi Robson, called the meeting to order at 10:16 a.m. Roll Call A quorum of the Executive Committee was present with the following voting members: Officers: At-Large Members: Mimi Robson, Chair Alex Appleby, At-Large (arrived at 11:55 a.m.) Kenneth Brent Olsen, Northern Vice Eduardo Flores, At-Large Chair Jonathan Jaech, Southern Vice Chair (left Tyler Kuskie, At-Large at 11:27 a.m.) Mark Hinkl,e, At-Large Angela McArdle, Secretary Justin Quigley, At-Large Steven Haug, Treasurer Kevin Shaw, At-Large At-Large Alternates Gail Lightfoot (arrived at 11:21 a.m.) Mark Herd (arrived at 10:21 a.m.) Not Present Chuck Hamm, At-Large Wendy Hewitt, At-Large Rebecca Lau, At-Large Boomer Shannon, At-Large 1 The following guests were in attendance: Tim Ferreira, Jose Castaneda, Brandon Nelson, Jennifer Imhoff, Robert Imhoff, John Ferrero, Kevin Moore, Jason Quintero, Bill Haijdu, Sandra Kallender, Jose Castaneda, Elizabeth Brierly, Matyas Homer Adoption of Agenda Motion: Kevin Shaw moved to move the Financial Standards Report to just before the Website Committee Report. Vote: Hearing no objections, the agenda was adopted as amended. Public Comment Robert Imhoff and Jennifer Imhoff provided public comment. The full public comment can be seen at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/LPCalifornia/videos/1911775199129409/ Officer’s Report Chair’s Report: Chair Mimi Robson submitted a written report in advance (see Appendix A) presented an oral report and fielded questions at the meeting. Motion: Kenneth Brent Olsen moved with second to congratulate Jeff Hewitt and his team and commend them for their hard work. Vote: The motion passed unanimously, by roll call vote. Voting Yes: Mark Hinkle Justin Quigley Eduardo Flores Tyler Kuskie Kevin Shaw Gail Lightfoot Alex Appleby Mark Herd Angela McArdle Steven Haug Kenneth Brent Olsen Chair Mimi Robson 2 December 8, 2018 Northern Vice-Chair’s Report: Kenneth Brent Olsen, Northern Vice-Chair, submitted a written report in advance (see Appendix B), presented an oral report and fielded questions at the meeting. Southern Vice-Chair’s Report: Jonathan Jaech, Southern Vice-Chair, submitted a written report in advance (see Appendix C), and presented an oral report. Secretary’s Report: Angela McArdle, Secretary, submitted a report in advance (see Appendix D), presented an oral report and fielded questions at the meeting. Operating Procedures Manual: Motion: Kenneth Brent Olsen moved with second to amend the Operating Procedures manual regarding the recognition of caucuses as follows: 2) Each Caucus with its address and telephone number, shall be listed at least twice a year in the state Party newsletter. on the Party’s official website. Motion: Mark Hinkle moved with second to amend the motion to remove item no. 4. Vote on Amendment Motion: Hearing no objections, the motion passed. Vote on Main Motion: Hearing no objections, the motion passed. Treasurer’s Report: Steven Haug, Treasurer, submitted a financial report in advance (see Appendix E) and presented an oral report and fielded questions at the meeting. Tour of Convention Hall (Time Certain 12:00 p.m.) Reconvened from lunch at 1:29 p.m. Budget Committee Report Steven Haug submitted a written report in advance (see Appendix F), provided an oral report, and fielded questions at the meeting. Motion: Kevin Shaw moved with second to adopt the budget. Motion: Mark Hinkle moved with second to amend the main motion to revise the budget to increase the amount for the state fair from $3,200 to $4,000, with an additional $800 coming out of surplus. Kenneth Brent Olsen called the question. 3 December 8, 2018 Vote: The motion to amend passed by voice vote. Motion: Eduardo Flores moves