LNC Meeting 1-2 December 2018

The Libertarian National Committee met December 1, 2018 in Alexandria, Virginia, with Chair Nicholas Sarwark presiding and Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos taking minutes.

Highlights

At this meeting, a balanced budget for 2018 was adopted in the face of a huge deficit, a resolution supporting the Free Republic of Liberland was adopted, and the location for the March 2019 meeting was set for Alexandria, Virginia.

Agenda

Opening Ceremony

• Call to Order 9:00 am
• Opportunity for Public Comment 10 minutes

Housekeeping

• Attendance, Credentials Report and Paperwork Check 3 minutes
• Adoption of Agenda 10 minutes
• Report of Potential Conflicts of Interest (Harlos) 2 minutes

Officer Reports

• Chair's Report (Sarwark) 15 minutes
• Vice Chair’s Report (Merced)15 minutes
• Treasurer's Report (Hagan) 15 minutes
• Secretary's Report (Harlos) 15 minutes

Recess 10 minutes

Staff Reports 45 minutes

Special Counsel’s Report 30 minutes (portions may be in Executive Session)

Vistacom Presentation (during Lunch) 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Reports of Standing Committees

• Audit Committee 15 minutes
• Affiliate Support Committee 15 minutes
• Convention Oversight Committee 15 minutes
• Employment Policy & Compensation Committee 15 minutes
• Historical Preservation Committee15 minutes
• IT Committee 15 minutes
• Ballot Access Committee 20 minutes

Recess 10 minutes

New Business with Previous Notice

• Adoption of 2019 Budget 90 minutes

Evening Adjournment

Sunday Morning Session 9:00 am

Opportunity for Public Comment 10 minutes

Officer Reports

• September LNC Minutes (Harlos – no time limit noted)

Reports of Special Committees

• Blockchain Committee 15 minutes
• Youth Engagement Committee 15 minutes
• Convention Voting Process Committee 5 minutes
• Membership Support Committee 5 minutes

New Business with Previous Notice (cont.)

• Adoption of 2019 Budget (cont.) 30 minutes
• Scheduling the next LNC Meeting 10 minutes

New Business without Previous Notice

• Discussion of 2018 Election Results (Bishop-Henchman) 20 minutes
• 2019 Goals Discussion (Harlos) 30 minutes
• FASB Functional Reporting Requirements (Bishop-Henchman) 10 minutes
• Resolution to Support Liberland (Harlos/Van Horn) 5 minutes
• Amendments to Policy Manual re: Alternates 15 minutes
• Style Clean-up Policy Manual 15 minutes

Regional Reports (supplements to printed reports)

• Region 1 - 5 minutes
• Region 2 - 5 minutes
• Region 3 - 5 minutes
• Region 4 - 5 minutes
• Region 5 - 5 minutes
• Region 6 - 5 minutes
• Region 7 - 5 minutes
• Region 8 - 5 minutes

Announcements 10 minutes

TOTAL: 615 minutes

Minutes

Final Minutes for LNC meeting December 1-2, 2018

OneNote

LNC Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos prepares an electronic notebook for reference- linked here.

Voting Records

LNC Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos maintains a spreadsheet tally of the voting records for the year which can be found here and here.

Reports presented at this meeting

(Unless otherwise noted, copies of these reports may be found attached to the meeting minutes.)

• Chair's Report
• Vice-Chair's Report
• Treasurer's Report
• Secretary's Report
• Staff Reports
• Special Counsel's Report
• Convention Oversight Committee Report
• Employment Policy and Compensation Committee Report
• Ballot Access Committee Report
• Blockchain Committee Report
• Youth Engagement Committee Report
• Region 1 Report
• Region 2 Reports
• Region 3 Report
• Region 4 Report
• Region 5 Report
• Campus Organizing Report
• International Representative Report
• Region 6 Report
• Region 7 Report
• Region 8 Report

Liveblogging

Independent Political Report regularly hosts live-blogging events for LNC meetings, and this one was live-blogged here.