LNC Meeting 8/10/2025

Meeting starts at 7PM.  Twelve members are present. Others arrived later.

Public comments:  Member urges for open comments.

Redpath moves to amend the agenda.  Merge to one executive session rather than two, to include New Mexico litigation, FEC matters, Convention Oversight Committee.  Chadderdon moves to strike a proposed amendment to the policy manual.  Issue is members communicating with LNC attorney because the attorney represents all board members. Hayes: Board members need to be able to communicate with our corporate council.  Amendment passes without objection.

LNC Attorney Hall has updates.  Re. Derivative suit.  There is a motion to dismiss the Vest suit.  Claims that Vest suit has already succeeded. Harlos has filed a complaint with the FEC against the LNC, Team Kennedy, etc. The complaint was served a few days ago.  Hall: I have already briefed the LNC in closed session on this issue.  There is also a New Mexico issue. They advance to Executive Session. 8:08PM They are still there. 8:28PM — They return from Executive Session.

Audit Committee Report — Mr. Bowman.  Audit was complete.  Report should be in the One-Note. There were issues with ‘estimates’. How much of spending was assigned to each program activity, e.g., ballot access?  Bowman categorically denies that the Audit Committee Report was used for a personal vendetta against the former Chair. He says that it would be fundamentally impossible to do this. Report will be posted on the public list.  Q as to why the estimates were changed.  It is not clear how estimates were calculated in the past. Martin questions what the staff estimates should be.  Why were the estimates changed?

Resolution to adopt Overwatch Program.  Martin says we need lists, money, contractors and therefore we need people who are paid to generate these things. It seems that the new LNC members did not receive the motion.  Wants to generate lists of people from the bottom.  Wants to converge our resources on winnable races.  Once to generate huge amounts of data.  We want to generate people on the ground who have been trade to will fill out our data with people they can contact.  Wants to pay people commissions.

Hays:How much money do we need to start things. Martin proposes it would cost $5000 a month. Martin gives general answers. Motion to postpone to the next meeting passes 12-0.

Convention Oversight Report: Ford asks people who have problems with a February date to speak up in the next week.  Current convention website is up. Wants to lure more vendors to the convention.There are about 85 spaces.  There is a reserved area, possibly, for crypto dealers and the like.  Committee will begin weekly confidential revenue report sent to the Chair and Vice Chair.  He emphasizes that they have started early and it is first come-first served.  He wants to sell all vendor tables early. Thanks the staff for its support.

Process for filling vacancy on the candidate support committee for an LNC member.  Nominees:  Mr. Hertzsch,.  Watkins is nominated.  He was not there to accept his nomination.  Watkins reportedly declines because does not fully support PDR.  They advance to a roll call vote.   Vote was 14 in favor with three not voting.

Motion to postpone setting date of 2028 convention passes with no objection.

Motion to set next convention in December 6-7 in Dallas Texas. Location to be fixed.  Motion passed without objection.

Chair moves to amend the policy manual to set the EPCC from five members to three.  The committee now has two vacancies or perhaps three.  There is a roll call vote. Motion passes 14-0.

Motion to add Miss Cowart to the FSC.  Current committee member is Redpath. Chadderdon notes Cowart is already on the Employment committee and wants separate membership on the two committees.  Martin speaks against the appointment. Motion by Thompson to amend motion to add Mr. Knebel to the committee. Martin complains that Knebel just got onto the LNC.  Says a faction is taking control of the committee. Secretary opposes Knebel on the grounds he just got onto the LNC. Advance to vote on the amendment. 7 in favor. 6 opposing. Roll call requested.  Vote is 7-6-1 and passes.  Vote on motion: No – Bost, Chadderdon, Bracco, Martin,    Darr Abstains.  Vote is 9-4-1 and passes.

Motion to fill 2nd alternate on bylaws and rules committee.  Nominations are Marrion Kaufman, Tyler Danke, and Paul Bracco.  On the second ballot, Bracco wins 8-5 over Danke.