LNC Meeting 6 January 2019

This was a specially called electronic meeting heard through the Zoom software.

Attendance

• Officers: Nicholas Sarwark (Chair), Alex Merced (Vice-Chair), Caryn Ann Harlos (Secretary), Tim Hagan (Treasurer)
• At-Large Representatives: Joseph Bishop-Henchman, Sam Goldstein, Alicia Mattson, Bill Redpath, Joshua Smith
• Regional Representatives: Richard T. Longstreth (Region 1), Elizabeth Van Horn (Region 3), Jeff Hewitt (Region 4), Jim Lark (Region 5), John Phillips (Region 6), Whitney Bilyeu (Region 7), Justin O’Donnell (Region 8)
• Regional Alternates: Erin Adams (Region 7), Brent Olsen (Region 4), Jeff Lyons (Region 8)
• Absent: Craig Bowden (Region 1 Alternate), Paige Lee (Region 2 Alternate), Dustin Nanna (Region 3 Alternate), Steven Nekhaila (Region 2), Susan Jane Hogarth (Region 5 Alternate), Phillip Anderson (Region 6 Alternate)
• Staff: Lauren Daugherty (Acting Executive Director), Cara Schulz (Candidate Recruitment Specialist)

Minutes and Agenda

Agenda

Opening Ceremony

• Call to Order | 5 minutes
• Opportunity for Public Comment || 5 minutes

Housekeeping

• Attendance, Credentials Report, and Paperwork Check | 5 minutes
• Adoption of Agenda | 5 minutes

New Business with Previous Notice

• 2019 Goals (Harlos) | 30 minutes
• FASB Functional Reporting Requirements (Bishop-Henchman) | 10 minutes
• Proposed Voting Resolution (Redpath) | 10 minutes
• Policy Manual Amendments - Alternates (Harlos) | 15 minutes
• Policy Manual Amendments - Executive Director Selection (O'Donnell) | 15 minutes

Announcements

TOTAL | 100 minutes

Minutes

• LNC Minutes, January 6, 2019, Draft Version 2

Appendices to Minutes

• Appendix A - Submissions for Goals Discussion
• Appendix B - Summary of FASB Functional Reporting Requirements

Motions Heard

• 190109-1 Adoption of goals for the 2018-2020 term
• 190109-2 Alternative Voting Resolution
• 190109-3 Amend Policy Manual 1.03 regarding alternates
• 190109-4 Appeal from Ruling of the Chair regarding Motion 190106-5
• 190109-5 Amend Policy Manual 2.09.4 regarding selection of Executive Director

Goals Adopted for 2018-2020 Term

• G1: The LP will have at least 20,000 sustaining members as of May 1, 2020.
• G2: The LNC will take action to see that each state has an operational affiliate party by July 1, 2019.
• G3: The LNC will raise at least $3.5 million from July 1, 2018 until December 31, 2020.
• G4: The LNC will develop and approve new and revised outreach literature, to be available no later than September 1, 2019.
• G5: The LNC will sponsor a series of seminars/workshops in 2019 at various locations around the country.

Reports Submitted

None.

Recordings

• Chat Transcript from meeting

Other References

• Secretary's Main Motion/Ballot Tally

• Secretary's OneNote Reference Notebook for Meeting

• Liveblogging by Independent Political Report