Document:Libertarian Party of Florida 2015 Annual Convention Minutes
UNOFFICIAL DRAFT
Minutes of the 2015 Annual Convention Business Meeting of the Libertarian Party of Florida
CALL TO ORDER
- 10:30 AM EST, June 6, 2015 by Dana Cummings LPF Chair
ROLL CALL
- Delegates Registered: 117
- Delegates Present: 99 (See addendum A)
DETERMINATION OF QUORUM
- Quorum was established
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
- Approve the agenda by unanimous consent
- Objection by Bill Wohlsifer - Withdrawn
- Motion carried without objection
FIRST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
(Listed in last name order)
- Chair
- Joseph Wendt
- Adrian Wyllie
- Joseph Wendt
- Vice Chair
- Lynn House
- At Large 1
- Jared Jones
- Tom Reich
- At Large 1
- At Large 3
- Michael Hamlin
- Omar Recuero
- At Large 3
OLD BUSINESS
- None
NEW BUSINESS
- Note: Dana Cummings turns gavel to Adrian Wyllie for the Rules Committees motions
APPEAL RULING OF THE RULES COMMITTEE
- Author: Bill Wohlsifer
- Motion: Reverse decision of the rules committee that proper notice was given regarding motions to amend the Constitution of the LPF
- Disposition: Failed
RULES COMMITTEES MOTIONS
Title: Motion to Amend Constitution Article II, section 1
Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee
Current Wording: Section 1. LPF membership is open to whoever signs the pledge: “I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals” and asks to be a member of the LPF.
Change To: Section 1. LPF membership is open to whoever signs the pledge: “I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals” and asks to be a member of the LPF registers as a Libertarian Party of Florida (LPF) voter with the county Supervisor of Elections office where that person resides and in accordance with the statutes of the state of Florida.
A. Any member who is elected or appointed to a representative or leadership position within the LPF, including convention or electoral college delegate, committee member, or party officer, shall sign the pledge: “I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals” prior to nomination to such position.
Vote: (see addendum B)
Yes: 51
No: 35
Abstain: 1
Disposition: Failed
Title: Motion to amend Constitution Article II, section 5
Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee
Disposition: Withdrawn
Title: Motion to amend By-Laws Article IV, section 5, part A
Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee
Current Wording: The Executive Committee shall appoint the committees and host affiliate at least one hundred eighty (180) days before the date of the annual convention. The Executive Committee shall also notify the state party members at least ninety (90) days before the Annual Business Meeting. If within 90 days prior to the Annual Business Meeting, the host affiliate is unable or unwilling to fulfill the assigned duties, the Executive Committee shall assume all responsibility for the Annual Business Meeting. If the Executive Committee exercises its authority to take control of the Annual Business Meeting under this section, then the Executive Committee shall notify the county affiliates of any such changes within 10 days.
Change To: The Executive Committee shall appoint members to the Convention Committee the committees and host affiliate at least one hundred eighty (180) days before the date of the annual convention. The Executive Committee shall also notify the state party members at least ninety (90) days before the Annual Business Meeting. If within 90 days prior to the Annual Business Meeting, the host affiliate is unable or unwilling to fulfill the assigned duties, the Executive Committee shall assume all responsibility for the Annual Business Meeting. If the Executive Committee exercises its authority to take control of the Annual Business Meeting under this section, then the Executive Committee shall notify the county affiliates of any such changes within 10 days. The Executive Committee shall assume all responsibility for the Annual Business Meeting, including but not limited to: the annual business of the Libertarian Party of Florida, hosting events, the rental of accommodations to hold the annual business meeting and all other events surrounding said meeting. The LPF will split in a 50/40/10 manner all net profits from annual business meeting with the following breakdown: 50% to the state party, 10% to the host county affiliate if in good standing, at the time of selection, and 40% to be split equally amongst the remaining county affiliated in good standing at the time of the conclusion of the convention. Otherwise the split shall be 50/50 with half to the state party and half split equally amongst all county affiliates in good standing at time of conclusion of the convention.
Disposition: Carried
Title: Motion to amend the By-Laws Article IV, section 1
Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee
Current wording: A. The Executive Committee shall set the date(s) of the Convention and Annual Business Meeting of the Libertarian Party of Florida with proper notice while coordinating with the host county affiliate. The date(s) shall be within six (6) months prior to due date of Libertarian National Convention delegate list submission.
Change To: A. The Executive Committee shall set the date(s) of the Convention and Annual Business Meeting of the Libertarian Party of Florida with proper notice while coordinating with the host county affiliate. The date(s) shall be within six (6) months prior to due date of Libertarian National Convention delegate list submission.
Disposition: Carried
Title: Motion to amend the By-Laws Article IV, section 6, part D
Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee
Current wording: The party checking account must be established to require two signatures per check on all checks in excess of $500. The Treasurer shall be responsible for signing checks in the normal course of business. There must be, at least, three (3) authorized signatures on the checking account. When a check is issued to a signer, other authorized signer(s) must sign and/or co-sign this check.
Change To: The party checking account must be established to require two signatures per check on all checks in excess of $500 $2500. The Treasurer shall be responsible for signing checks in the normal course of business. There must be, at least, three (3) authorized signatures on the checking account. The signers will include the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and the Treasurer. The signers shall be the Treasurer, Chair and other delegate elected director of the LPF-EC. When a check is issued to a signer, other authorized signer(s) must sign and/or co-sign this check.
Disposition: Carried
Title: Motion to amend the By-Laws Article II, section 6
Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee
Disposition: Withdrawn
RECESS FOR LUNCH
Motion to recess for lunch until 3:30
Without objection
CALL TO ORDER
3:30 PM EST, June 6, 2015 by Dana Cummings LPF Chair
ROLL CALL
Delegates Registered: 118
Delegates Present: 91 (See addendum C)
DETERMINATION OF QUORUM
Quorum was established
SECOND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Chair: None
Vice Chair: None
At Large 1: None
At Large 3:
Michael Hamlin - Declines nomination
THIRD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Chair: None
Vice Chair: None
At Large 1: None
At Large 3: None
DELEGATE COUNT
Motion: To seat the delegates, Denise Smith & Kevin O’Neill that entered late
Author: Char-Lez Braden
Disposition: Carried
UPDATED ROLL CALL
Delegates Registered: 120
Delegates Present: 93
PREFERENCE VOTES FOR OFFICERS
Chair: (See Addendum D)
Adrian Wyllie 70
Joseph Wendt 8
NOTA 2
Abstain 4
Not Present 9
Vice Chair:
Lynn House 83
NOTA 1 (Alexander Snitker)
Abstain 0
Not Present 9
At Large 1:
Tom Reich 27
Jared Jones 46
At Large 3:
Omar Recuero
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONS
Region
Name
1
Peter Blome
2
[vacant]
3
Bill Wohlsifer
4
Crystal Turner
5
Ken Willey
6
Michael Hamlin
7
Vicki Kirkland
8
John Pierce
9
George Liebovitz
10
Denise Smith
11
[vacant]
12
Dawn Drellos-Thompson
13
Karl Dickey
14
Steven Nekhaila
LPF EC MEETING TO ELECT OFFICERS PER PREFERENCE
Motion: Chair seeks unanimous consent of executive committee members to elect the nominees for office presented en toto per the preference vote of the delegation.
Disposition: Carried without objection
ADJOURN
Motion: Motion to adjourn until 10:00 AM EST, June 7, 2015
Disposition: Carried
CALL TO ORDER
10:00 AM EST, June 7, 2015 by Alexander Snitker LPF Vice-Chair
ROLL CALL
Delegates Registered: 94
Delegates Present: 65 (See addendum C)
DETERMINATION OF QUORUM
Quorum was established
MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Motion: Request to allow Dr. Alan Feldman to address the delegation
Author: Vicki kirkland
Disposition: Withdrawn
Motion: A minute of silence for John Wayne Smith
Author: Joseph Wendt
Second: Adrian Wyllie
Disposition: Carried
TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE
MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Motion: To amend Platform Article I, section 4
Author: Charles McBrearty
Current Wording: We support equality under the law, and condemn any law that either rewards or punishes any individual based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or any other group identification. Each person has the same inalienable rights. It is the state’s duty to protect those rights for each individual equally.
Change To: We support equality under the law, and condemn any law that either rewards or punishes any individual based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other group identification. Each person has the same inalienable rights. It is the state’s duty to protect those rights for each individual equally.
Disposition: Carried
Motion: To amend By-Laws Article IV, section 3
Author: Jared Grifoni
Current Wording: Delegates shall be members as prescribed in ARTICLE II of the Constitution on the day of commencement of the annual business meeting and a delegate must have been a registered Libertarian voter in the state of Florida for the immediate 60 days prior to the start of the annual business meeting. Delegate status may be denied by a 2/3 majority vote of the Executive Committee if a potential delegate has been found to have violated the non-aggression principle.
Change To: Delegates shall be members as prescribed in ARTICLE II of the Constitution on the day of commencement of the annual business meeting and a delegate must have been a registered Libertarian voter in the state of Florida for the immediate 60 days prior to the start of the annual business meeting be a registered Libertarian Party of Florida voter in the state of Florida or have signed a new voter registration or party change form to become a valid registered LPF voter to the LPF secretary prior to the start of the annual business meeting. Delegate status may be denied by a 2/3 majority vote of the Executive Committee if a potential delegate has been found to have violated the non-aggression principle.
Disposition: Carried
ADJOURN
Motion: Motion to adjourn
Disposition: Carried
Addendum A
Delegates present at roll call 10:30 AM EST, June 6, 2015
Count
Last Name
First Name
1
Allen
Scott
2
Blackman
Adelle
3
Bowen
Gregory
4
Braden
Char-Lez
5
Burk
James
6
Cadorette
Philippe
7
Caso
Tony
8
Christenson
Justin
9
Cole
Brian
10
Copps
William
11
Costa
Robert
12
Craft
Bryan
13
Creamer
Richard
14
Cummings
Dana
15
Cummings
James
16
Drellos
Dawn
17
Edmonds
Steven
18
Enright
Robert
19
Faubion
Stephanie
20
Fernandez
Robert
21
Foxall
Alison
22
George
Shane
23
George
Susan
24
Ghiglieri
Ed
25
Gilmore
Suzanne
26
Gluck
Amanda
27
Gorgolione
George
28
Grifoni
Jared
29
Hamlin
Michael
30
Hanna
Vincent
31
Hayes
Sally
32
House
Chuck
33
House
Lynn
34
Invictus
Augustus
35
Jacobs
Joseph
36
Jensen
James
37
Jensen
Pamela
38
Jones
Jared
39
Kerr
Patrick
40
Kirkland
Vicki
41
Knezinek
Joshua
42
Leavitt
David
43
Lebovitz
George
44
Legget
James
45
Legget
Silvia
46
Linthicum
Burt
47
Locke
Robert
48
MacNaughton
George
49
Marrero
Marcos
50
Martinez
Elsa
51
McBrearty
Charles
52
Meek
Amy
53
Menzel
Donald
54
Minton
Ken
55
Miralles
Marcos
56
Molek
Rick
57
Morris
Anna
58
Morris
James
59
Nekhaila
Steven
60
Oeseburg
Carolina
61
O’Neill
Kevin
62
Ray
James
63
Roe
Gregory
64
Rollins
Ronald
65
Recuero
Omar
66
Paulus
Richard
67
Peterick
Elaine
68
Powers
Bethany
69
Salem
Sami
70
Saviola
Robert
71
Schnackenberg
Matthew
72
Segarra
Ramonita
73
Selleck
Stacey
74
Sellers
Anthony
75
Smith
Sharon
76
Snitker
Alexander
77
Snitker
Patricia
78
Stephen
Beverly
79
Sullivan
Martin
80
Svoboda
Deana
81
Tancer
Marc
82
Tesky
Jon-luc
83
Thompson
Jote'
84
Thompson
Kevin
85
Turner
Crystal
86
Vazquez
Christopher
87
Vaccarino
Jo Ann
88
Vaccarino
Mike
89
Wagner
Edward
90
Wall
Larry
91
Watson
Dean
92
Wells
Traci
93
Wendt
Joseph
94
Willey
Ken
95
Wohlsifer
Bill
96
Wood
Beatrix
97
Wood
Russ
98
Worley
Matthew
99
Wyllie
Adrian
Not present:
Count
Last Name
First Name
1
Aiken
Stephen
2
Dickey
Karl
3
Dillard
Christopher
4
Garris
Phillip
5
Gough
Lawrence
6
Hanlon
Christine
7
Higgins
Gabe
8
Higgs
Michael
9
Hindmarsh
Geoffrey
10
Jasuwan
Gongkiet
11
Meadowcroft
James
12
Mountain
Joel
13
Reich
Thomas
14
Rizzo
Nick
15
Schoen
Karen
16
Taylor
Alicia
17
Taylor
David
18
Wright
Matthew
Addendum B
Vote on Motion to Amend Constitution Article II, section 1
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JGA4WkObh877Cdrujd-q0cb0Z646Ta8DiFxhML7916c/edit?usp=sharing
Addendum C
Delegates present at roll call 3:30 PM EST, June 6, 2015
Count
Last Name
First Name
1
Allen
Scott
2
Blackman
Adelle
3
Bowen
Gregory
4
Braden
Char-Lez
5
Burk
James
6
Cadorette
Philippe
7
Caso
Tony
8
Christenson
Justin
9
Cole
Brian
10
Copps
William
11
Costa
Robert
12
Craft
Bryan
13
Creamer
Richard
14
Cummings
Dana
15
Drellos
Dawn
16
Edmonds
Steven
17
Enright
Robert
18
Faubion
Stephanie
19
Fernandez
Robert
20
George
Shane
21
George
Susan
22
Gilmore
Suzanne
23
Gluck
Amanda
24
Gorgolione
George
25
Grifoni
Jared
26
Hamlin
Michael
27
House
Chuck
28
House
Lynn
29
Invictus
Augustus
30
Jacobs
Joseph
31
Jensen
James
32
Jensen
Pamela
33
Jones
Jared
34
Kerr
Patrick
35
Kirkland
Vicki
36
Knezinek
Joshua
37
Leavitt
David
38
Lebovitz
George
39
Legget
James
40
Legget
Silvia
41
Linthicum
Burt
42
Locke
Robert
43
MacNaughton
George
44
Marrero
Marcos
45
Martinez
Elsa
46
McBrearty
Charles
47
Meek
Amy
48
Menzel
Donald
49
Minton
Ken
50
Miralles
Marcos
51
Molek
Rick
52
Morris
Anna
53
Morris
James
54
Mountain
Joel
55
Nekhaila
Steven
56
Oeseburg
Carolina
57
O’Neill
Kevin
58
Ray
James
59
Rollins
Ronald
60
Recuero
Omar
61
Paulus
Richard
62
Powers
Bethany
63
Salem
Sami
64
Saviola
Robert
65
Schnackenberg
Matthew
66
Selleck
Stacey
67
Sellers
Anthony
68
Smith
Denise
69
Smith
Sharon
70
Snitker
Alexander
71
Stephen
Beverly
72
Sullivan
Martin
73
Svoboda
Deana
74
Tancer
Marc
75
Tesky
Jon-luc
76
Thompson
Jote'
77
Thompson
Kevin
78
Turner
Crystal
79
Vazquez
Christopher
80
Vaccarino
Jo Ann
81
Vaccarino
Mike
82
Wagner
Edward
83
Wall
Larry
84
Watson
Dean
85
Wendt
Joseph
86
Willey
Ken
87
Wohlsifer
Bill
88
Wood
Beatrix
89
Wood
Russ
90
Worley
Matthew
91
Wright
Matthew
92
Wyllie
Adrian
93 *
Smith
Denise
94 *
O’Neill
Kevin
- Arrived late. See motion.
Not present
Count
Last Name
First Name
1
Aiken
Stephen
2
Cummings
James
3
Dickey
Karl
4
Dillard
Christopher
5
Foxall
Alison
6
Garris
Phillip
7
Ghiglieri
Ed
8
Gough
Lawrence
9
Hanlon
Christine
10
Hanna
Vincent
11
Hayes
Sally
12
Higgins
Gabe
13
Higgs
Michael
14
Hindmarsh
Geoffrey
15
Jasuwan
Gongkiet
16
Meadowcroft
James
17
Ray
James
18
Reich
Thomas
19
Rizzo
Nick
20
Roe
Gregory
21
Peterick
Elaine
22
Schoen
Karen
23
Segarra
Ramonita
24
Snitker
Patricia
25
Sullivan
Martin
26
Taylor
Alicia
27
Taylor
David
28
Wells
Traci
29
Willey
Ken
Addendum D
Preference vote for Chair
Count
Last Name
First Name
Vote
Adrian
Joe
NOTA
Abstain
Not Present
1
Allen
Scott
x
0
0
0
0
1
2
Blackman
Adelle
a
1
0
0
0
0
3
Bowen
Gregory
a
1
0
0
0
0
4
Braden
Char-Lez
ab
0
0
0
1
0
5
Burk
James
a
1
0
0
0
0
6
Cadorette
Philippe
a
1
0
0
0
0
7
Caso
Tony
a
1
0
0
0
0
8
Christenson
Justin
a
1
0
0
0
0
9
Cole
Brian
a
1
0
0
0
0
10
Copps
William
a
1
0
0
0
0
11
Costa
Robert
a
1
0
0
0
0
12
Craft
Bryan
a
1
0
0
0
0
13
Creamer
Richard
a
1
0
0
0
0
14
Cummings
Dana
x
0
0
0
0
1
15
Drellos
Dawn
a
1
0
0
0
0
16
Edmonds
Steven
ab
0
0
0
1
0
17
Enright
Robert
a
1
0
0
0
0
18
Faubion
Stephanie
a
1
0
0
0
0
19
Fernandez
Robert
a
1
0
0
0
0
20
George
Shane
a
1
0
0
0
0
21
George
Susan
a
1
0
0
0
0
22
Gilmore
Suzanne
j
0
1
0
0
0
23
Gluck
Amanda
x
0
0
0
0
1
24
Gorgolione
George
a
1
0
0
0
0
25
Grifoni
Jared
a
1
0
0
0
0
26
Hamlin
Michael
j
0
1
0
0
0
27
House
Chuck
a
1
0
0
0
0
28
House
Lynn
ab
0
0
0
1
0
29
Invictus
Augustus
j
0
1
0
0
0
30
Jacobs
Joseph
a
1
0
0
0
0
31
Jensen
James
x
0
0
0
0
0
32
Jensen
Pamela
a
1
0
0
0
0
33
Jones
Jared
a
1
0
0
0
0
34
Kerr
Patrick
a
1
0
0
0
0
35
Kirkland
Vicki
j
0
1
0
0
0
36
Knezinek
Joshua
a
1
0
0
0
0
37
Leavitt
David
a
1
0
0
0
0
38
Lebovitz
George
a
1
0
0
0
0
39
Legget
James
a
1
0
0
0
0
40
Legget
Silvia
a
1
0
0
0
0
41
Linthicum
Burt
a
1
0
0
0
0
42
Locke
Robert
a
1
0
0
0
0
43
MacNaughton
George
a
1
0
0
0
0
44
Marrero
Marcos
a
1
0
0
0
0
45
Martinez
Elsa
a
1
0
0
0
0
46
McBrearty
Charles
n
0
0
1
0
0
47
Meek
Amy
x
0
0
0
0
1
48
Menzel
Donald
a
1
0
0
0
0
49
Minton
Ken
j
0
1
0
0
0
50
Miralles
Marcos
a
1
0
0
0
0
51
Molek
Rick
a
1
0
0
0
0
52
Morris
Anna
a
1
0
0
0
0
53
Morris
James
ab
0
0
0
1
0
54
Mountain
Joel
x
0
0
0
0
1
55
Nekhaila
Steven
a
1
0
0
0
0
56
Oeseburg
Carolina
a
1
0
0
0
0
57
O’Neill
Kevin
a
1
0
0
0
0
58
Ray
James
a
1
0
0
0
0
59
Rollins
Ronald
a
1
0
0
0
0
60
Recuero
Omar
a
1
0
0
0
0
61
Paulus
Richard
a
1
0
0
0
0
62
Powers
Bethany
j
0
1
0
0
0
63
Salem
Sami
a
1
0
0
0
0
64
Saviola
Robert
a
1
0
0
0
0
65
Schnackenberg
Matthew
a
1
0
0
0
0
66
Selleck
Stacey
a
1
0
0
0
0
67
Sellers
Anthony
j
0
1
0
0
0
68
Smith
Denise
a
1
0
0
0
0
69
Smith
Sharon
a
1
0
0
0
0
70
Snitker
Alexander
a
1
0
0
0
0
71
Stephen
Beverly
a
1
0
0
0
0
72
Sullivan
Martin
a
1
0
0
0
0
73
Svoboda
Deana
a
1
0
0
0
0
74
Tancer
Marc
a
1
0
0
0
0
75
Tesky
Jon-luc
a
1
0
0
0
0
76
Thompson
Jote'
a
1
0
0
0
0
77
Thompson
Kevin
a
1
0
0
0
0
78
Turner
Crystal
x
0
0
0
0
1
79
Vazquez
Christopher
a
1
0
0
0
0
80
Vaccarino
Jo Ann
a
1
0
0
0
0
81
Vaccarino
Mike
a
1
0
0
0
0
82
Wall
Larry
a
1
0
0
0
0
83
Watson
Dean
a
1
0
0
0
0
84
Wendt
Joseph
j
0
1
0
0
0
85
Willey
Ken
a
1
0
0
0
0
86
Wohlsifer
Bill
a
1
0
0
0
0
87
Wood
Beatrix
a
1
0
0
0
0
88
Wood
Russ
a
1
0
0
0
0
89
Worley
Matthew
a
1
0
0
0
0
90
Wright
Matthew
x
0
0
0
0
1
91
Wyllie
Adrian
n
0
0
1
0
0
92 *
Smith
Denise
x
0
0
0
0
1
93 *
O’Neill
Kevin
x
0
0
0
0
1
COUNT
93
70
8
2
4
9
- Late arrival (See motion)
Addendum E
Video recordings of the convention for reference.
Session 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1USa2OasQg
Session 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6VrEGufvHU
Session 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI0v6A65jNg
Session 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzY05mSrD00