Colorado Convention 2021

2021 Libertarian Party of Colorado Convention
Convention
"Gold Rush"
Dates:	May 21–23
Location:	Golden
Venue:	Denver West Marriott
Media
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The 2021 Libertarian Party of Colorado Convention took place from May 21–23, 2021 at the Denver West Marriott in Golden.

Agenda

There was a dispute over the convention agenda between one submitted and then revised by the Board and Convention Committee and one proposed by members. The member proposed agenda was adopted.

• Letter to Board and Convention Committee from members with alternate proposed agenda
• File containing spreadsheet tabs of competing agendas
• Original Convention Agenda Rejected by the Delegates

Committees

Platform Committee

• Caryn Ann Harlos, Committee Chair
• Mike Seebeck, Committee Secretary
• Wayne Harlos
• Kat Martin
• Josh Whalen

2021 Platform Report

• 2021 Platform Report - Platform Committee
• Plain Language Proposal - Member Sponsored
• Plain Language Alternate - Member Sponsored
• Agorism - Member Sponsored
• Victimless Crimes - Member Sponsored

Constitution and Bylaws Committee

• BetteRose Ryan, Committee Chair
• Eric Mulder, Committee Secretary
• Beatriz Sutton
• Kyle Furey
• Joshua Lallement
• Michele Poague
• Joe Johnson
• Alan Hayman
• John Hjersman

2021 C&B Report

• 2021 C&B Report - C&B Committee
• C&B - Member Sponsored with QR code showing merge proposal

Fate of Proposals on Floor

Constitution and Bylaws

There were nearly two complete competing reports: one from the official committee and one from a member-formed committee. One of the issues on the floor was the order in which these proposals would be heard with the Convention Committee and the Convention Chair giving priority to the official committee. The member committee protested and won a vote of the delegates for what they considered a more equitable distribution.

• File:CO Ordering-Letter 2021.pdf

Up until this convention, the Libertarian Party of Colorado had a separate Constitution and Bylaws. At the Colorado Convention 2019, the delegates directed the future committee to propose a merge of the two documents. This did not happen in 2020, and it was not proposed by the official committee. The member committee submitted a proposed merge which passed.

Platform

The delegates elected pass all but one of the committee's proposals in one vote with one proposal exempted for further debate which was passed with amendment. The member submissions also passed, with the Harlos proposal for the "Plain Language" proposal being accepted over the Hayman proposal. As has become tradition, there was joke proposal in the committee report, this year to build a wall along the western slope of Colorado and forcing California to pay for it under the title "Colorado's Bigly Wall."

Convention Minutes

• 2021 Minutes Saturday Final
• 2021 Minutes Sunday Final
• 2021 Convention Addenda

LPCO Board Election Results

The following individuals were elected to the Libertarian Party of Colorado.

NOTA was a valid candidate for all positions.

Office	Electee	Other Candidates (if applicable)
Chair	Wayne Harlos	Victoria Reynolds Margot Herzl
Vice-Chair	Hannah Goodman	Steve Gallant
Secretary	Caryn Ann Harlos	Mike Spalding
Treasurer	Nathan Foutch	Bennett Rutledge
Campaigns Director	Greg Lauer	Bruce Griffith
Outreach Director	Ryan Kane
Affiliate Development Director	Kyle Furey	Michele Poague
Legislative Director	Jennifer Nackerud
Membership Director	Rees LaBree	Beatriz Sutton
Fundraising Director	Daniel Lutz	Bette Rose Smith

Judicial Committee

Victoria Reynolds

Reyd Dotson

Bette Rose Smith

Steve Gallant

Raymon Doane

The Judicial Committee will be selecting its own chair.

Caucus Involvement

Both the Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus and the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus endorsed a published slate of candidates. The Libertarian Party Radical Caucus and Outright Libertarians had vendor tables but did not endorse any candidates.

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Controversies

At beginning of convention there was some controversy concerning this table signage which indicated reserved rows in the business hall for paid ticket holders with several members inviting convention volunteers to forcibly remove them from their seats.

Opinions on Convention

Caryn Ann Harlos released a video commentary [Not NPOV, her opinions only].

She also recorded the convention (not the complete record) in four parts:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4