They came to order at 7:05. Readers can watch on YouTube as well as Zoom. Roll is being called.
Public comment: LPCO chair states LPCO is not endorsing Republicans. Last election, Colorado Republicans endorsed three Libertarians. They have a Congressional candidate running against Congressman Lauren Boebert. State Chair emphasizes that it is not true that LPCO is endorsing Republicans. National Secretary Harlos emphasizes the correctness of this statement.
LP Maine is suing the state of Maine again, because Maine did not comply with the results of the last lawsuit, which they lost.
National Chair congratulates all Libertarians candidates who won and thanks everyone who ran or helped on campaigns. She also says the reported salary of Mr. Padgett (GP: which was lifted from the FEC reports) is greatly exaggerated. She thanks people who sent out a mailer singing her praises.
Convention Oversight Committee chair is very hard at work doing the expected things. Their contact at the hotel has been changed. Prices for suites will be announced after the CoC Chair visits the site again. People are asked to volunteer to perform tasks at the next national convention.
Ballot Access Committee: Maine up to 3400 registrations. 5000 registered voters by December 29 needed. North Dakota at 4800 signatures; Andy Jacobs is doing petitioning there. They need 7000 sigs. It is slow. Ohio petitioning is advancing. KY and OH each need 5000 sigs.
Mike Seebeck nominated for interim Platform Committee Chair. No one else was interested in the position. State Chairs supported the choice. Interim Chair serves until January. There is then a choice of the permanent chair, who is often the interim chair. Without objection Mr Seebeck is appointed.
There is a proposed fundraiser in Florida involving sports fishing. Event is on Isla Morada, the northernmost Florida Key, is expected in late March. Recommended ticket cost is about a thousand dollars.
Nekhaila: These is concern that some states are changing their bylaws. National Secretary emphasizes that national bylaws forbid affiliates to endorse candidates of other parties. There is an argument as to whether or not Montana is in violation of the national bylaws. National Secretary says that affiliate bylaws that violate national requirements are invalid. Montanan Liam offers back story. Montana LP has no plans to endorse an Democrat or a Republican, but notes if a D or R wins an L primary and steals our nomination, the LP threatens to endorse the R or the D, respectively.
There is a motion to allow committees to adopt rules to call the question and end debate, which Roberts does not permit. Harlos moves to give committees the authority to end debate. Motion passes without objection.
Chair: We brought in $180,200 income last month. We are working hard to do this well in November, too. Chair asks LNC to help raise money, and offers supportive tools. Chair: We are not hiring another executive director. Chair is doing the job instead. Fundraising is running on a very tight timeline. With a new CRM, which will be proposed soon, chair hopes that we will stay at $180,000/month. Malagon asks if $175000 is convention income. (Ed: This is a bizarre rumor, since the actual number was circulated by the chair some time ago.) The needed membership numbers for the delegate allocations will be out by the end of the month.
Secretary reports rumor that the change in the CRM is blameshifting, when the CRM is not the problem. She emphasizes that the rumor is false. National Chair blasts the current CRM as failing technology and says it must be fixed. (Ed: The rumor is news to me.) LNC is being kept informed of progress. Hagopian emphasizes that the reported fundraising numbers are not yet final. The final numbers will be out with the financials, later this month.
Financials will not recognize convention income until the convention.
Budget amendment proposals and review: Hagopian pulls up a word document. some delay. Secretary points out meeting cannot vote on these motions because they were not sent out in advance. Hagopian: Proposed budget will have a $118,000 shortfall for lack of income. Amendments are needed. Revenue will be brought down to 1.109 million for the year. Various expenses are changed. Legal and General is at $85,000 and may be brought up further. Expenses with be $1.228 million for the year.
Issues on parliamentary procedure for providing notice for budget items for a special meeting. Discussion: Revenue shortfall for the year is about $600,000. Expected shortfall of $118,000 assumes ca. $100,000/month in income per month. Tuniewicz and Harlos indicate that the actual amendment motions should say the before and after budget numbers, not just the change.
Moved to go into Executive session to discuss staff and legal budget issues. Passed without objection.
There will then be closing ceremonies, but probably no other major business.
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