The five State Chairs from Region 7 have unanimously demanded that Adrian Malagon by removed as an At-Large member of the LNC. (For By-Laws aficionados, the LP term is ‘motion to suspend’.) Their reason for the demand is that Malagon has twice moved, successfully, to exclude Region 7 Representative Beth Vest from an executive session meeting of the LNC Executive…
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I was asked about cash on hand for the LNC in back years, at the end of February. These follow. These numbers all include money being held to pay for the national convention. [There are some addenda. Todd Hagopian advises me that there is also $25,000 held in another way.] 2018 $299,980 2020 $305,939 2022 $281,537 2024 $224,471 [Addendum: +$25,000…
We have received a spreadsheet form an unimpeachable source, comparing our end-of-February 2024 data with the matching information from end-of-February, 2020. There were five checking/savings accounts, namely two unrestricted accounts, and three restricted accounts, the restricted accounts being Convention, Building, and Legal. The Legal account was empty. The LNC had just under $306,000 cash on hand in 2020, and over…
I anticipate liveblogging the LNC Executive Committee meeting tonight, at least the public parts. McArdle says no motions were noticed, so there can be no motions during the meeting. Attendance is being taken. Meeting came to order at 7:43. Roll is taken. Treasurer says he will go through the powerpoints he has distributed. Restricted accounts are almost all convention money. …
LNC Region 6 Regional Representative Mark Tuniewicz has called on LP National Chair McArdle, National Vice Chair Watkins, and National Secretary Harlos to resign. He describes the LNC’s financial situation (previous story) as a “dangerous financial precipice” for which the trio are accountable. He writes: Todd, [Hagopian, the LNC Treasurer] Thank you for taking the time to put this together.…
The LNC Treasurer released the January and February financial reports. Treasurer Released January Report. Convention sales $18K Other Income $91K Other expenses $114K Also February Report Convention sales — 16K$ Other income – 79 K$ Other expenses – 122K$ That’s $23K behind for January and $43K behind for February, convention income being held to pay for the convention. On the…
With a tip of the hat to Sean ‘0 for telling us about this: From: Todd Hagopian Subject: Need Emergency Meeting On Financials I would like to call for a meeting, of the entire LNC, at 8pm CST on Saturday, March 30th with the sole topic being financials and budgeting. Executive Session topics expected. Looking for co-sponsors. In a separate…
Secret Meeting Was Closed to Other LNC Members Now with meeting results appended The LP Executive Committee has voted, following a secret meeting, to send $5000 to Michigan in support of the LP Michigan Chadderdon faction. Contrary to usual practice, LNC members who are not members of the Executive Committee were barred from attending the secret part of the meeting.…
How do you cram the appointment of Angela McArdle to be Chair of the Convention Oversight Committee through the LNC. You take two motions, falsely state them as one, and call for a vote. There were originally two motions by Mr. Blankenship: Given the letter submitted by the Convention Oversight Committee Chair Adrian Malagon this evening, I move to accept…
LNC Financials for January 2024. Total income $110,726.39 Total outgo $118,340.05 Debts of the LNC $9,135.53 Particularly noteworthy were the $12,000 expense for the next FreedomFest and the $7205 in affiliate and candidate support. The outgo number is enhanced because people were apparently paid in January for work done in December. The total amount appears to be slightly more than…