LNC Meeting 1-2 February 2020

The Libertarian National Committee met November 16-17, 2020 in Reno, Nevada with Chair Nicholas Sarwark presiding and Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos taking minutes.

Highlights

Policy Manual style overhaul to include making conforming changes to reflect gender neutrality.

Agenda

• Opening Ceremony

Call to Order 9:00 a.m. Opportunity for Public Comment 10 minutes

• Housekeeping

Attendance, Credentials, and Paperwork Check 2 minutes Adoption of Agenda 10 minutes Report of Potential Conflicts of Interest (Harlos) 3 minutes

• Officer Reports

Chair’s Report (Sarwark) 15 minutes Treasurer’s Report (Hagan) 15 minutes Secretary’s Report (Harlos) 15 minutes

• Recess 10 minutes

• Staff Reports 85 minutes

• Presentation from Chris Rufer (during lunch) 12:00 p.m.-

1:15 p.m.

• Special Counsel’s Report (portions may be in Executive Session) - 30 minutes

• Reports of Standing Committees
• * Audit Committee - 10 minutes
• * Affiliate Support Committee - 15 minutes
• * Convention Oversight Committee - 30 minutes
• * Candidate Support Committee - 5 minutes

• Recess - 10 minutes

• Reports of Standing Committees (cont’d)
• * Employment Policy & Compensation Committee 5 minutes
• * Historical Preservation Committee 15 minutes
• * IT Committee 15 minutes
• * Ballot Access Committee 15 minutes

• Reports of Special Committees
• * Blockchain Committee - 5 minutes
• * Youth Engagement Committee - 5 minutes
• * Convention Voting Process Committee - 15 minutes
• * Membership Support Committee - 15 minutes

• New Business with Previous Notice
• * Policy Manual Amendments (Mattson/Harlos) - 30 minutes
• * Data Sharing Request – Jo Jorgensen Campaigns (Phillips) - 20 minutes
• * Policy Manual Amendment – Electronic Mail Ballots (Hagan) - 10 minutes

• Evening Adjournment

• Sunday Morning Session (9:00am)
• * Opportunity for Public Comment - 10 minutes

• New Business without Previous Notice
• * Pet and young child membership (Hagan) - 10 minutes
• * Debate participation - 10 minutes

• Regional Reports (supplements to printed reports)
• * Region 1 - 5 minutes
• * Region 2 - 5 minutes
• * Region 3 - 5 minutes
• * Region 4 - 5 minutes
• * Region 5 - 5 minutes
• * Region 6 - 5 minutes
• * Region 7 - 5 minutes
• * Region 8 - 5 minutes

• Announcements 10 minutes
• * TOTAL: 495 minutes

Guest Speaker

Chris Rufer spoke on messaging.

OneNote

LNC Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos prepares an electronic notebook for reference- linked here.

Voting Records

LNC Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos maintains a spreadsheet tally of the voting records for the year which can be found here.

Reports presented at this meeting

(Unless otherwise noted, copies of these reports may be found attached to the meeting minutes.)

• Chair's Report
• Treasurer's Report
• Secretary's Report
• Staff Reports
• Special Counsel's Report
• Affiliate Support Committee Report
• Awards Committee Report
• Ballot Access Committee Report
• Campus Organizing Report
• International Representative Report
• Convention Oversight Committee Report
• Employment Policy and Compensation Committee Report
• Region 1 Report
• Region 2 Reports
• Region 3 Report
• Region 4 Report
• Region 5 Report
• Region 6 Report
• Region 7 Report
• January 2020 Membership Report
• Marked-up copy of Policy Manual with proposed style changes

Liveblogging

None.