Bylaws and Rules Committee (2020)
The Bylaws and Rules Committee recommends bylaw amendments and convention rule amendments to the assembled delegates during national conventions. Those amendments are then debated and voted on by the delegates.
Members
- Joe Bishop-Henchman (chair)
- Andy Craig
- Cris Crawford
- Richard Longstreth
- Alicia Mattson
- Chuck Moulton (secretary)
- Brent Olsen
- Mark Rutherford
- Paige Sexton
- Christopher Thrasher
- Chris Wiest (1st alt)
- David Blau (2nd alt)
- Alex DeBenedetto (3rd alt)
- Shawn Levasseur (4th alt)
Joe Bishop-Henchman, Richard Longstreth, Alicia Mattson, Brent Olsen and Paige Sexton were LNC members (up to 5 committee members may be LNC members).
Joe Bishop-Henchman was elected chair of the committee and Chuck Moulton was elected secretary.
Meetings
Committee deliberations between meetings may be followed on the public email list. [1]
- December 29, 2019 (Zoom) [2]
- January 26, 2020 (Zoom) [3] - in conjunction with Convention Voting Process Committee
- March 29, 2020 (Zoom) [4]
- April 11, 2020 (Zoom) [5]
- April 13, 2020 (Zoom) [6] - in conjunction with Convention Oversight Committee
- April 25-26, 2020 (Zoom) [7]
- May 3, 2020; May 10, 2020 (Zoom) [8] - at the end of the May 3 meeting the session was adjourned until May 10
Proposals
2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee report is not yet adopted; however, 2 proposals have been adopted by the committee and 2 additional proposals have been heavily workshopped and amended by the committee.
- Elect JC by Regions (adopted 8-2-0) [9]
- Fill JC Vacancies at Intervening Conventions (adopted 8-1-1) [10]
- Rump Convention (DRAFT) [11]
- Hybrid Convention (DRAFT) [12]
- Final Report
The secretary also maintains a list of ideas floated by committee members and interested observers on Google sheets. [13]
References
- ↑ 2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee public email list
- ↑ 2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee meeting minutes (December 29, 2019)
- ↑ 2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee meeting minutes (January 26, 2020)
- ↑ 2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee meeting minutes (March 29, 2020)
- ↑ 2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee meeting minutes (April 11, 2020)
- ↑ 2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee meeting minutes (April 13, 2020)
- ↑ 2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee meeting minutes (April 25-26, 2020)
- ↑ 2020 Bylaws and Rules Committee meeting minutes (May 3, 2020 & May 10, 2020) (DRAFT)
- ↑ bylaws proposal - Elect JC by Regions
- ↑ bylaws proposal - Fill JC Vacancies at Intervening Conventions
- ↑ bylaws proposal - Rump Convention (DRAFT)
- ↑ bylaws proposal - Hybrid Convention (DRAFT)
- ↑ Google sheet of ideas with links to the email list