LNC Meeting July 13, 2025

Last updated on July 14, 2025

We begin our liveblog. Meeting starts at 7:02. Nekhaila calls the meeting to order. Roll call. Apparently absent are Lam, Dassing, Nanna, Hallesly, Cowart.

Public comment: Harlos apparently wants to continue as chair of historical preservation committee. Jacobs spoke up in favor of the ethics rule.

Agenda moved and seconded.  Chadderdon moves to move the Overwatch proposal, which Third Party Watch needs to cover, as the second item on the agenda. He wants to do this because the investigatory committee motion may not have the votes, and there is a need for an amicable discussion also for filling teh Secretary position for which deals need to be reached.  Moving the investigatory committee and secretary filling to the end of the agenda, where it may not be reached.  Motion to call the question.  Motion to extend time (Ford, Redpath) passes.  Ford: Executive officer elections need great care. Chair filling effort was done in an hour, which is unsatisfactory. Doing officer level elections quickly is a bad idea.  Martin: Put the most difficult items that are less important to the back of the agenda. We need credible leadership. Business first and BS second.  Hays proposes Chadderdon is biased on removal.  Role call vote: Opposed Darr, Hays, McGee, Nanna, Redpath, Thompson, Yeniscavitch.  Vote is 8-7, motion passes. Move to extend by 5. Passes 9-6 on a roll call.

Ford tries to add an agenda item, which he cannot.  Ford moves to strike the secretary election from the agenda. Debate: Chadderdon. We could just take nominations. Wants to leave secretary open to allow for negotiations. McGee: Objects to suggestion that the investigatory committee would lead to a removal.  Claims he is an expert in something that I did not follow.  Motion to extend again is defeated. Vote is 7-8, motion fails.  Roll call on final agenda: Vote 10-2-4 Agenda passes.

We reach the ethics committee recommendations. It has been edited and run by attorneys. Hays: Passing this would alleviate member concerns. Another member: Would be good if we are reasonable.  Could be a problem if someone is unreasonable in using it. McGee: This is a good idea.  I was on an investigatory committee which wasted much time.  We no longer have time.  Bost and Chadderdon endorse motion.  Motion passes without objection.

Convention Oversight Committee report.  Ford giving report asks for executive session.  Pricing is under NDA with hotel, which is a legal constraint. Malagon objects, says last CoC report according to many LNC  members was not executive session. They enter executive session.  Motion passes. Chair directs Secretary to open the wormhole.  Malagon says several members has broken the NDA.  Chadderdon says he is being slandered. Malagon claims he sent the material privately to the LNC.  Malagon and McGee said they will not enter the executive decision.  People not in executive session are shouting at each other.  McGee condemns Chadderdon for throwing his removal own motion under the bus, by confessing that he lacks the vote.  At least one member uses much vulgar language.  At least four LNC members (Malagon, McGee, Vinson, Thompson) are outside the session.  So are I think Hays and Nanna.

The Executive Session ended.

Motion to ratify International Association of Libertarian Party’s constitution. IALP has members in many places, e.g., Russia, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay.  Idea is that we are the model for the IALP. IALP wants to move HQ to the US to incorporate. Discussion of virtues.  Free association of sovereign parties that retain full independence. Some reference to French LP having internal disputes with the French government.  Concern is expressed that the organization could change its rules.  Concern that IALP might lobby within member states to change position of member LP states. There are other international libertarian organizations that are separate from the IALP.  Vote was 12-2-2, passes, the chair voting yes.

Motion to form investigatory committee (Chadderdon): This happened publicly.  Public reporting of poor investigations of complaints.  Malagon has not shown respect to other members. Large donor at Grand Rapids lectured LNC on issues.  At some point you have to say things are cannot continue.

McGee asks that part of the motion be ruled out of order, because (I think) the policy manual has been changed. Chadderdon was muted. Chadderdon: These matters are brought under Roberts, not under the policy manual. Nekhaila says that he has investigated the harassment complaints. Nekhaila asks McGee to explain. McGee says public discussion would defame Malagon and expose the LNC to legal liability.  Nekhaila asks for quiet while he thinks about matter.  Malagon politely notes that the LNC is at time on this matter. Nekhaila rules that the new set of rules govern.  McGee claims that the current motion is not in order because it violates the ethics committee rules that were just adopted.  Nekhaila rules that that the motion does not establish gross violation of fiduciary duties, criminal acts…  Motion to overrule the decision of the chair.  Motion to extend time was 7-7, perhaps, goes to roll call vote.  Chadderdon complains people being muted.  Point of order, chair lets Malagon decide who is free to speak and who may be free to speak. Motion to extend time roll-call vote advances.  Motion was 7-7-1, chair declines to vote, so time extension is defeated.

There is a motion to uphold the ruling of the chair that the IT motion is out of order.  Nays: Bost, Chadderdon, Dassing, Ford, Martin, Redpath, Vinson, Watkins.  Vote is 7-8-1, the chair voting.  Chair ruling is overturned.

Vote to create theIncestigatory Committee. Ayes are Bost, Chadderdon, Ford, Martin, Watkins, Dassing, Redpath.  Motion is 7-7-2, Chair voting no. Motion fails for lack of a majority. Asked, if it was appropriate for Malagon to vote.  Chair said yes.

Motion to open nominations for Secretary.  Motion from Redpath to use ranked choice voting. Chadderdon, moves to replace with first-past-the-post with a majority required.  They are arguing about how to vote.  There are parliamentarian complications. Chadderdon motion fails. Redpath motion fails.  Advance to floro for nominations.  Nominees Adrian Malagon, Evan McMahon, Ben Weir, Andrew Chadderdon.  Ford wanted to nominate himself but was unable to enter the room fast enough to nominate himself before nominations were closed.  Malagon speaks in favor of his nomination.  McMahon is Indiana State Chair. Weir is R6 alternate and LPNH State Chair.  Says he has done things.  Chadderdon: Says McMahon, Weir, and himself would do a good a job, Malagon would not.  We have seen how this board handles things under the leadership of Malagon and Nekhaila.  Malagon point of order; Chadderdon is saying bad things about Malagon. Nekhaila says he ran without saying bad things so no one else is allowed to.

Debate about whether debate is permitted. Secretary mutes everyone. Secretary temporarily expels Chadderdon and Martin from the meeting.  Chair claims motion to call all questions prevents debate on who should be elected.  Nekhaila says there has to be a second vote on allowing debate.

Readers may wonder whether the entire election process will be challenged before the Judicial Committee. Martin and Chadderdon were barred from the meeting.  They notice that they will be appealing actions because only the body can remove a member from the meeting.

Nays: Bost, Chadderdon, Dassing, Ford, Martin, Vinson, Watkins,  Vote is 9-7.  Motion sustained.

First Ballot Malagon 6, McMahon 6, Chadderdon 0, Weir 3. Chadderdon is removed.

Second Ballot Vote is 7-7-1, no one has the majority, chair does not vote.

Third ballot Vote is 6-9-0, Mr. McMahon won.

Motion to adjourn: Vote is 13-1-1.  They adjourn.