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The duties of the Committee are to respond to motions to propose bylaws using the bylaw proposal procedure; to receive reports of bylaws violations from the Secretary, report to the Caucus a plan of action to be taken to remediate any bylaw violations, and act accordance with this reported plan of action; and other duties to be determined | The duties of the Committee are to respond to motions to propose bylaws using the bylaw proposal procedure; to receive reports of bylaws violations from the Secretary, report to the Caucus a plan of action to be taken to remediate any bylaw violations, and act accordance with this reported plan of action; and other duties to be determined | ||
===Formed Committees=== | |||
'''Vetting Committee''' | '''Vetting Committee''' | ||
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'''Blue Lodge Committee''' | '''Blue Lodge Committee''' | ||
The eighth Committee created under the Caucus was the Blue Lodge Committee | The eighth Committee created under the Caucus was the Blue Lodge Committee | ||
==Bylaws== | |||
'''Membership Requirements''' | |||
1. Members are required to be dues-paying members of a regular Grand Lodge in the United States in mutual amity recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England, including regular Prince Hall Grand Lodges. | |||
2. Members must pay annual dues of $25 until dues are modified through the existing bylaws process | |||
3. Dues-waived (aka honorary) membership into the Caucus is granted to all members of the Free & Accepted Libertarians Facebook group who fulfill the requirements for membership as of the date of the Inaugural Caucus Teleconference which took place on August 4th, 2019. All memberships will expire on the day of the LPGWC Convention in May. All members must pay their dues of $25 on or before the day of the LPGWC Convention to participate in the Convention and to remain a member for the following year. | |||
4. Members are required to sign the Statement of Principles/Non-Disclosure Agreement. | |||
5. Effective immediately, a membership tier called “Convention Member (2020-2021)” is available to all Brothers who meet the membership criteria and pay $30 by March 1st, 2020. The membership will take effect from the date of payment through to May 21st, 2021. The $5 per Member in excess of annual dues will fund all National Convention expenses approved by the Executive Committee. | |||
'''Membership Privileges''' | |||
1. Only members of the Caucus may be present and participate during official business. This includes, but is not limited to, all regular scheduled teleconferences of the Caucus, and during in-person National Conventions, or otherwise stated. | |||
2. Membership may be suspended at any time to a Member who no longer satisfies the criteria for membership. Membership may also be suspended or revoked for actions deemed un-Masonic, coercive, treasonous, or which threaten the reputation of the Caucus. | |||
3. Membership suspension requires a Motion for suspension made by another Member, followed by a hearing of the Executive Committee, and written charges stating the reason or reasons for suspension. Upon a 3/5ths vote of the Executive Committee, the Member so charged shall be immediately suspended from the Caucus. The suspended Member may not be reinstated in any way until he meets the criteria for membership. | |||
4. If a suspended Member meets the criteria for membership, he shall have 30 days to appeal to the Executive Committee of the Caucus. If a notice of appeal is not received by the Secretary within 30 days, the suspended Brother shall be immediately and automatically removed from membership indefinitely. | |||
5. If a suspended Brother appeals his suspension, the Chairman must call a special meeting of the Executive Committee with the suspended Brother or a proxy designated by the suspended Brother present to be held within 30 days after the receipt by the Secretary of the notice of appeal for the purpose of hearing arguments and presenting evidence. | |||
6. If a suspension is sustained by a 3/5ths vote of the Executive Committee to be taken before the close of the special meeting with the suspended Brother, the arguments and evidence must be collected and presented to the body of the Caucus during a hearing no less than 30 days after the special meeting for the purpose of overruling or sustaining the decision of the Executive Committee. | |||
7. The body of the Caucus must be notified via the traditional means of communication of the date, time, and means to participate in a suspension hearing no less than 30 days prior. | |||
8. A confidential ballot of 3/5ths of those present at a suspension hearing voting to “overrule” instead of “sustain” shall be necessary to overrule the decision of the Executive Committee. | |||
9. If the body of the Caucus votes to overrule the suspension by the Executive Committee, the suspension will be sustained until the first vote by an Officer to honor the overruling of the Caucus is cast. | |||
10. If the Executive Committee does not unanimously reject the overruling by the Caucus, the Brother shall immediately and automatically be fully reinstated as a Member of the Caucus. | |||
11. If such decision is not overruled then it shall be deemed sustained, and the Brother shall immediately and automatically be removed from membership indefinitely. | |||
'''Committees''' | |||
1. In order to create a Committee, a motion must be made, seconded, and approved by a vote of 3/5ths of the Caucus at a regular scheduled conference. | |||
2. Committee Conference calls which last 1.5 hours require a motion to be made and approved by a 3/5ths vote in order to continue. | |||
3. Committees reserve the right to create subcommittees and to populate those subcommittees with Members as necessary. | |||
'''Executive Committee''' | |||
1. Candidates for an officer position within the Caucus must be a current member of the National Libertarian Party, and meet any one or more of the following criteria: Libertarian voter registration status, membership in a state, county, city, or town Libertarian Party. | |||
2. The 1st Vice Chairman is responsible for carrying out the duties of the Chairman in his absence, the responsibilities of the 1st Vice Chairman falling on the 2nd Vice Chairman. In the event of the absence of the Chairman and the 1st Vice Chairman, the 2nd Vice Chairman becomes responsible for carrying out the duties of the Chairman. | |||
3. The Secretary is responsible for carrying out the duties of Secretary as well as those of the Treasurer, and will serve as the Acting Treasurer. If unable to do so, the Secretary/Acting Treasurer may appoint a temporary replacement, whom can be rejected only by a motion by the Chairman, seconded by either the 1st or 2nd Vice Chairman. | |||
4. Any Officer of the Executive Committee may be removed from office on the same grounds and by the same procedure set forth, however that procedure shall be known as an impeachment proceeding, and an impeachment proceeding and a proceeding for removal of the Officer as a Member of the Caucus may be combined in one proceeding. | |||
5. All officer positions serve for a term of 2 years beginning with the second election of officers, which will take place in May of 2020 in Austin, TX. | |||
'''Bylaws Committee''' | |||
1. Bylaw proposals must receive 3/5th vote within the Bylaws Committee in order to be brought to a vote to the Caucus. | |||
2. Any bylaw proposal having earned at least 3/5th of the vote within the Bylaws Committee must be brought to a vote before the Caucus at the next regular Caucus meeting and earn at least 3/5th of the vote from the body of the Caucus to be become a bylaw of the Caucus. | |||
3. The Bylaws Committee may discuss Bylaw Proposals and collect electronic votes on Bylaw Proposals during the 12-hours prior to a scheduled Bylaws Committee Meeting and during that meeting until they are counted prior to the close of that Meeting. | |||
4. Following a Bylaws Committee Meeting, any vote totals must be communicated via the medium through which the Bylaw Proposals were discussed and on which they were voted. The purpose of this is to inform any Committee Members who were unable to participate in the Bylaws Committee Meeting of the results of the votes and for recordkeeping. | |||
5. All votes cast in favor of a Bylaw Proposal since amended need to be recast to be counted unless the amendment is rescinded. | |||
6. The Bylaws Committee is made up of the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, 1st Vice Chairman, and 2nd Vice Chairman. | |||
'''Finance Committee''' | |||
1. The Chairman, 1st Vice Chairman, and 2nd Vice Chairman are ex officio members of the Finance Committee | |||
'''Vetting Committee''' | |||
1. Prospective members must submit a photocopy of their dues card to the Vetting Committee including a portrait photo. | |||
2. The Vetting Committee will carry out their duties by collecting voluntarily submitted photocopies of members’ authentic dues cards on an annual basis into the archive of the Caucus, including a portrait photo of the member. | |||
3. The Secretary is an ex officio member of the Vetting Committee. | |||
'''Blue Lodge Committee''' | |||
1. The Chairman and 1st Vice Chairman are ex officio members of the Blue Lodge Committee. | |||
'''Scorecard Committee''' | |||
2. The Secretary is an ex officio member of the Scorecard Committee | |||
'''Convention Committee''' | |||
1. The Holy Bible must be present and open on the 3rd Degree, or Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 during all National Conventions and during official in-person Caucus business meetings. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||