Judicial Committee (2020-2022): Difference between revisions

At the [[LNC Meeting 4-5 September 2021|September 4-5, 2021 meeting]] of the Libertarian National Committee, [[Caryn Ann Harlos]] was suspended from her position as Secretary of the national Libertarian Party by a vote of 11-2 with one abstention. Voting "Yes": [[Erin Adams]], [[Whitney Bilyeu]], [[Laura Ebke]], [[Tim Ferreira|TJ Ferreira]], [[Tim Hagan]], [[Susan Hogarth]], [[Chris Luchini]], [[John Phillips]], [[Richard Longstreth]], [[Valerie Sarwark]], and [[David Sexton]]. Voting "No": [[Rich Bowen]] and [[Dustin Nanna]]. [[Ken Moellman]] abstained. Absent: [[Erik Raudsep]] and [[Joshua Smith]] who were both confirmed "no" or "abstain" votes. A controversy arose when alternate [[David Sexton]] showed up after the departure of [[Steven Nekhaila]] who was a confirmed "no" or "abstain" vote without notifying Mr. Nekhaila that he intended to do same.  If Mr. Sexton had not appeared, the motion would have failed.  Supporters of the motion state that this was perfectly acceptable.  Caryn Ann states that it was certainly legal but characterized it as "trickery." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HApE36cvexk Meeting video is located here].  Caryn Ann appealed her suspension on the following grounds:

Judicial Committee Chair [[Mary Ruwart]] with great feeling asked the parties to resolve this between themselves prior to the JC releasing a decision.  To that end, [[Caryn Ann Harlos]] wrote to Party chair [[Whitney Bilyeu]] right as the hearing ended and did not receive a response.  She then reached out to [[Steven Nekhaila]], [[Rich Bowen]], [[Erik Raudsep]], [[Joshua Smith]], [[Dustin Nannan]], and [[Ken Moellman]] and hammered out a compromise motion which was presented to the LNC.  It was ruled out of order multiple times for procedural reasons with people disagreeing on whether or not the reasons were sound or designed to kill the motions.  [[Susan Hogarth]] raised a point of order the first time the motions were presented but did not re-submit the point of order on subsequent introductions.  [[Caryn Ann Harlos]] and the LNC sponsors have made it clear that the compromise motions were made due to the Ruwart request and for the good of the Party.  [[Chris Luchini]] indicated that he would only accept a compromise that involved Harlos resigning and going away, and he would "let" her keep her committee seats.  Virtually no one responded positively to that suggestion though those discussions were in private and not on the business discussion list.