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The draft Libertarian National Convention minutes have been released and can be viewed here. If there are any corrections to be had, please note in comments and such will be forwarded to Secretary Mattson.
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Caryn Ann Harlos is a paralegal residing in Castle Rock, Colorado and presently serving as the Region 1 Representative on the Libertarian National Committee and is a candidate for LNC Secretary at the 2018 Libertarian Party Convention. Articles posted should NOT be considered the opinions of the LNC nor always those of Caryn Ann Harlos personally. Caryn Ann's goal is to provide information on items of interest and (sometimes) controversy about the Libertarian Party and minor parties in general not to necessarily endorse the contents.
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Krzysztof Lesiak ” . . . . I’ve been waiting for this specifically to see the state-by state vote breakdown for president and VP. . . . ”
This info was on-screen during the televised convention on C-Span, so it shouldn’t be hard to find.
George, that is my position – that this is improper. I will pursue the LNC not approving as is.
The Secretary has inserted into the convention minutes things that did not, to the best of my recollection, happen at the convention, in the form of references to Roberts rules of order that were not points raised at the convention. This action is improper. As a delegate whose actions are being minuted, if the minutes are approved with those references, I will appeal the action of the LNC in approving the Minutes to the Judicial Committee.
I’ve been waiting for this specifically to see the state-by state vote breakdown for president and VP.
Updated minutes: https://independentpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-Convention-Minutes-v2.pdf
Posted by Alicia earlier today:
Attached is a very slightly updated draft of the national convention minutes. There have been no significant changes since the first version I circulated. I corrected a typo that indicated Darryl Perry was a delegate from NY rather than from NH. I changed one instance of “Mr. Feldman” to “Dr. Feldman”. I corrected on p. 39 the listing of who spoke to the nomination of Steve Sheetz.
Staff, please go ahead and post this version to the website so that it will become eligible for approval by the LNC.
At some point Ms. Harlos had asked about the inclusion of some RONR references. I do some extra work to concisely add RONR references to our convention minutes in the hopes that the knowledge will help our future conventions run more smoothly. For the past two conventions I’ve taken the time to write appendices about election anomalies, including highlighting a mistake of my own, so that we can aim to avoid repeating those problems in the future, lest they change an outcome. In 2014 I specifically asked the LNC if they wanted that information in the official record, and they did, so I went ahead and included that appendix in this year’s draft.
My response: Alicia, I still believe the inclusion of RONR references is improper. It is interpretive and not properly part of the record particularly when they imply the ruling of the Chair might have been incorrect. I believe appendices that are presented as interpretative are entirely different.
I don’t know what the 2014 decided and if my specific type of objection was addressed. Was there an official resolution of the LNC that this type of commentary would parenthetically inserted into the body of the Concention Minties?
Alicia, I still believe the inclusion of RONR references is improper. It is interpretive and not properly part of the record particularly when they imply the ruling of the Chair might have been incorrect. I believe appendices that are presented as interpretative are entirely different.
I don’t know what the 2014 decided and if my specific type of objection was addressed. Was there an official resolution of the LNC that this type of commentary would parenthetically inserted into the body of the Concention Minties?
In case I didn’t say the precise words needed under the policy manual, I challenge these based on the parenthetical inclusions of RONR in the body of the minutes.
And this:
Bumping this, and a member noted these:
Page 27 of the convention minutes indicate a point of order by Darryl Perry
(NY) that should be listed as by Darryl Perry (NH)
On Page 36 there is a reference to Marc Feldman as Mr. Feldman, the correct
title would be Dr. Feldman
On Page 39 it indicates that Jim Fulner and Steve Sheetz spoke in favor of
Steve Sheetz, but actuality only Jim Fulner spoke.
I made several comments on the LNC list regarding these:
On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos
wrote:
> This is a question of an inexperienced convention person so I please ask
> indulgence for this question.
>
> I note in several places a ruling of the Chair is mentioned yet there is
> a parenthetical comment that says (However, see RONR ****). This seems to
> me to be an insertion in the minutes of opinion that the Chair’s ruling may
> not be correct. And that contradiction was not part of the record.
>
> Can someone please point me to custom or rules or other resources that
> such an insertion is proper?
>
> (and yes I note that other times helpful references to RONR are placed in
> comments, and I do not understand how that is part of the minutes if it was
> not specifically part of the proceedings).