The Libertarian Transparency Caucus VEHEMENTLY objects to Amendment 1.02 Clause 10.
The LNC is obligated in all moral and ethical sense to be transparent to the membership in its activities and meetings to the maximum extent possible, not to mention fiduciary duty. Requiring a majority vote of the LNC to livestream or webcast LNC meetings is tantamount to censoring the LNC meetings.
What is the LNC afraid of being seen by the members? Their actions? Member criticism of their actions?
Plus, its implementation is lacking procedural details as to when the vote would be taken, and if passed, when the casting would begin relative to the meeting. It is simply a poorly-worded and mal-considered proposal.
Furthermore, the Libertarian Transparency Caucus was founded in 2008 and was the first to webcast the LNC to its membership, a practice that has continued unabated for the past 16 years. At the time it started, a member of the LNC proposed a rule to ban recording and webcasting of the LNC. The member was promptly jeered into silence by the gallery and part of that LNC.
Most of the current LNC hadn’t even heard of the Libertarian Party at that point.
The membership, especially now post-COVID with advancements into more virtual and less in-person meetings, fully supports having LNC meetings live streamed and webcast, and it is not the authority, moral or otherwise, for any 9 LNC members to override the will of the membership.
Vote this terrible proposal down.
Michael Seebeck
Speaking as a Life Member
Speaking as Co-Founder, Libertarian Transparency Caucus
NOT speaking as a Judicial Committee Member, either LP or LPAL
On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 10:51 PM businesslist-forward <businesslist-forward@lp.org> wrote:
From: Jonathan McGee <jonathan.mcgee@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 3:51:43 AM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
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Subject: Notice of Business Items for October 6th LNC Meeting
Members of the LNC,In my capacity as a member of the LNC, I am noticing the following three business items for the October 6th LNC Meeting:1) Notice to hear the Investigatory Committee Report with recommendations of charges.2) Notice of “Streaming Rule” LNC Policy Manual Amendment, Section 1.02. New clause #10 (attached below).3) Notice of LNC Policy Manual Amendment, Section 1.01. 4 (Special Rule) (attached below).In Liberty,Jonathan McGeeRegion 2 Representative, Libertarian National CommitteeExecutive Director, Libertarian Party of Alabama
The Transparency Caucus doesn’t speak much, but when we do, it’s something to listen to…
Members may attend and record the in person meetings. They may also record the Zoom meetings.
The LNC is creating its own Star Chamber.