In direct violation of party bylaws, not to mention the recent precedent of some years ago, the entire Harlos Trial will be held in Executive Session. Also, there will be no opportunity for public comment before the trial begins.
We quote from the recent message from LNC interim Secretary Malagon:
“Greetings All,
“This is the final time the registration link for the trial will be sent out for those of you who are interested in joining, plan accordingly.
“Please note that that trial will not be held in open session. From the time the Chair calls the meeting to order (exactly 5:00 p.m., EST assuming we have quorum) we will be in open session for about 5-10 minutes (if that) for the roll call and motions which will take us into Executive Session. Once the motion passes, the general public will be moved into the Zoom Waiting Room where they will stay for the duration of the trial. There will be no opportunity for public comment. There will be no Breakout Room.
“The trial, which again will be held entirely in Executive Session, is expected to last between 4.5-5.0 hours. Once we rise out of Executive Session, I will admit any members of the public still in the Waiting Room into open session for any motions and votes which take place.”
And the Bylaws read: “The National Committee and all of its committees shall conduct all votes and actions in open session; executive session may only be used for discussion of personnel matters, contractual negotiations, pending or potential litigation, or political strategy requiring confidentiality.”
LNC members are not personnel, because they do not report to anyone. None of the reasons for open executive session are applicable here. Bylaws override Roberts, so Roberts Rules are not relevant on openness.
“LNC members are not personnel, because they do not report to anyone. None of the reasons for open executive session are applicable here. Bylaws override Roberts, so Roberts Rules are not relevant on openness.” – 100% Correct and why are they having this trial in the first place? Because CAH did not follow “the orders of the Chair.” They are treating her as an employee & not an equal.
This goes against so many laws & codes I can not even begin to list them all – I mentioned a few in other posts directly related to DC non-profit law. This exposes the entire LNC & its Chair in particular to a lot of liability & risk. But perhaps Trump will pardon her for her sins? Not that it would do any good against a violation of DC law.
Oh, go ahead and list them all, please!
Lay it all out, don’t give them a pass, especially after how they treated you!
If he does, they will probably have to get a larger server for third-party watch to hold all the text. 🙂
DC does have a lot of regulations regarding nonprofit organizations, and businesses in general. I have no idea of specifically what laws are being broken this evening, or could have been broken in the recent past by the LNC or specific members.
But I have no doubt that when Robert says they did, then they did.
Very well put, Jose.
That is just so weird.
Under the bylaws, no trial is required — the entirety of mandatory due process is a vote of the LNC to suspend.
So why hold a trial they don’t have to hold … but blatantly violate the bylaws in the conduct of that trial?
Perhaps the new logo for the LP should be a kangaroo?
Wow. But as several of us noted earlier, this was expected.
Any chance you can talk one of the few LNC members who are still sane to call you, put the phone on speaker then hide it, and let you quietly listen in and report the antics?
Or will they be taking cell phones from the members?
Oh wait…this is zoom…How about a second zoom session with another computer and the camera pointing at the first screen?
Dozens of ways to break their cone of silence. Someone needs to get brave and challenge them.
Harlos or whoever could just record it and upload it later. Doesn’t have to be live given that there is no public comment.
Well it definitely won’t be me. They already want my head and I’m keeping my nose clean but anyone could do and they won’t know, members have a right to see but I will present my case – MY CASE – on my show if they deny my rights. I won’t reveal anything confidential. But my case is mine with the competent work of Dr. Moulton. I’m not going to roll over. Adults needs to learn to deal with people they don’t agree with.
Under the judicial system of America based on English common law and codified in the US Bill of Rights as part of the Constitution trials are to be conducted in open and not in secret. The reasons for this are obvious based on the history of the world e.g., trials in the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Cuba, Argentina thus this trial should be open for the members of the Libertarian Party of the United States and in the interest of justice.