Document:Libertarian Party of Florida 2015 Annual Convention Minutes

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Minutes of the 2015 Annual Convention Business Meeting of the Libertarian Party of Florida

CALL TO ORDER

10:30 AM EST, June 6, 2015 by Dana Cummings LPF Chair

ROLL CALL

Delegates Registered: 117

Delegates Present: 99 (See addendum A)

DETERMINATION OF QUORUM

Quorum was established

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Approve the agenda by unanimous consent

Objection by Bill Wohlsifer - Withdrawn

Motion carried without objection

FIRST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS (Listed in last name order)

Chair

Joseph Wendt

Adrian Wyllie

Vice Chair

Lynn House

At Large 1

Jared Jones

Tom Reich

At Large 3

Michael Hamlin

Omar Recuero

OLD BUSINESS

None

NEW BUSINESS

Note: Dana Cummings turns gavel to Adrian Wyllie for the Rules Committees motions

APPEAL RULING OF THE RULES COMMITTEE

Author: Bill Wohlsifer

Motion: Reverse decision of the rules committee that proper notice was given regarding motions to amend the Constitution of the LPF

Disposition: Failed

RULES COMMITTEES MOTIONS

Title: Motion to Amend Constitution Article II, section 1

Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee

Current Wording: Section 1. LPF membership is open to whoever signs the pledge: “I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals” and asks to be a member of the LPF.

Change To: Section 1. LPF membership is open to whoever ~~signs the pledge: “I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals” and asks to be a member of the LPF~~ registers as a Libertarian Party of Florida (LPF) voter with the county Supervisor of Elections office where that person resides and in accordance with the statutes of the state of Florida.

A. Any member who is elected or appointed to a representative or leadership position within the LPF, including convention or electoral college delegate, committee member, or party officer, shall sign the pledge: “I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals” prior to nomination to such position.

Vote: (see addendum B)

Yes: 51

No: 35

Abstain: 1

Disposition: Failed

Title: Motion to amend Constitution Article II, section 5

Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee

Disposition: Withdrawn

Title: Motion to amend By-Laws Article IV, section 5, part A

Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee

Current Wording: The Executive Committee shall appoint the committees and host affiliate at least one hundred eighty (180) days before the date of the annual convention. The Executive Committee shall also notify the state party members at least ninety (90) days before the Annual Business Meeting. If within 90 days prior to the Annual Business Meeting, the host affiliate is unable or unwilling to fulfill the assigned duties, the Executive Committee shall assume all responsibility for the Annual Business Meeting. If the Executive Committee exercises its authority to take control of the Annual Business Meeting under this section, then the Executive Committee shall notify the county affiliates of any such changes within 10 days.

Change To: The Executive Committee shall appoint members to the Convention Committee ~~the committees and host affiliate~~ at least one hundred eighty (180) days before the date of the annual convention. The Executive Committee shall also notify the state party members at least ninety (90) days before the Annual Business Meeting. If within 90 days prior to the Annual Business Meeting, the host affiliate is unable or unwilling to fulfill the assigned duties, the Executive Committee shall assume all responsibility for the Annual Business Meeting. If the Executive Committee exercises its authority to take control of the Annual Business Meeting under this section, then the Executive Committee shall notify the county affiliates of any such changes within 10 days. The Executive Committee shall assume all responsibility for the Annual Business Meeting, including but not limited to: the annual business of the Libertarian Party of Florida, hosting events, the rental of accommodations to hold the annual business meeting and all other events surrounding said meeting. The LPF will split in a 50/40/10 manner all net profits from annual business meeting with the following breakdown: 50% to the state party, 10% to the host county affiliate if in good standing, at the time of selection, and 40% to be split equally amongst the remaining county affiliated in good standing at the time of the conclusion of the convention. Otherwise the split shall be 50/50 with half to the state party and half split equally amongst all county affiliates in good standing at time of conclusion of the convention.

Disposition: Carried

Title: Motion to amend the By-Laws Article IV, section 1

Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee

Current wording: A. The Executive Committee shall set the date(s) of the Convention and Annual Business Meeting of the Libertarian Party of Florida with proper notice while coordinating with the host county affiliate. The date(s) shall be within six (6) months prior to due date of Libertarian National Convention delegate list submission.

Change To: A. The Executive Committee shall set the date(s) of the Convention and Annual Business Meeting of the Libertarian Party of Florida ~~with proper notice while coordinating with the host county affiliate. The date(s) shall be within six (6) months prior to due date of Libertarian National Convention delegate list submission.~~

Disposition: Carried

Title: Motion to amend the By-Laws Article IV, section 6, part D

Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee

Current wording: The party checking account must be established to require two signatures per check on all checks in excess of $500. The Treasurer shall be responsible for signing checks in the normal course of business. There must be, at least, three (3) authorized signatures on the checking account. When a check is issued to a signer, other authorized signer(s) must sign and/or co-sign this check.

Change To: The party checking account must be established to require two signatures per check on all checks in excess of ~~$500~~ $2500. The Treasurer shall be responsible for signing checks in the normal course of business. There must be, at least, three (3) authorized signatures on the checking account. ~~The signers will include the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and the Treasurer.~~ The signers shall be the Treasurer, Chair and other delegate elected director of the LPF-EC. When a check is issued to a signer, other authorized signer(s) must sign and/or co-sign this check.

Disposition: Carried

Title: Motion to amend the By-Laws Article II, section 6

Author: Moved in writing by Ryan Bell, chair of the rules committee

Disposition: Withdrawn

RECESS FOR LUNCH

Motion to recess for lunch until 3:30

Without objection

CALL TO ORDER

3:30 PM EST, June 6, 2015 by Dana Cummings LPF Chair

ROLL CALL

Delegates Registered: 118

Delegates Present: 91 (See addendum C)

DETERMINATION OF QUORUM

Quorum was established

SECOND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Chair: None

Vice Chair: None

At Large 1: None

At Large 3:

Michael Hamlin - Declines nomination

THIRD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Chair: None

Vice Chair: None

At Large 1: None

At Large 3: None

DELEGATE COUNT

Motion: To seat the delegates, Denise Smith & Kevin O’Neill that entered late

Author: Char-Lez Braden

Disposition: Carried

UPDATED ROLL CALL

Delegates Registered: 120

Delegates Present: 93

PREFERENCE VOTES FOR OFFICERS

Chair: (See Addendum D)

Adrian Wyllie 70

Joseph Wendt 8

NOTA 2

Abstain 4

Not Present 9

Vice Chair:

Lynn House 83

NOTA 1 (Alexander Snitker)

Abstain 0

Not Present 9

At Large 1:

Tom Reich 27

Jared Jones 46

At Large 3:

Omar Recuero

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONS

Region	Name
1	Peter Blome
2	vacant
3	Bill Wohlsifer
4	Crystal Turner
5	Ken Willey
6	Michael Hamlin
7	Vicki Kirkland
8	John Pierce
9	George Liebovitz
10	Denise Smith
11	vacant
12	Dawn Drellos-Thompson
13	Karl Dickey
14	Steven Nekhaila

LPF EC MEETING TO ELECT OFFICERS PER PREFERENCE

Motion: Chair seeks unanimous consent of executive committee members to elect the nominees for office presented en toto per the preference vote of the delegation.

Disposition: Carried without objection

ADJOURN

Motion: Motion to adjourn until 10:00 AM EST, June 7, 2015

Disposition: Carried

CALL TO ORDER

10:00 AM EST, June 7, 2015 by Alexander Snitker LPF Vice-Chair

ROLL CALL

Delegates Registered: 94

Delegates Present: 65 (See addendum C)

DETERMINATION OF QUORUM

Quorum was established

MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR

Motion: Request to allow Dr. Alan Feldman to address the delegation

Author: Vicki kirkland

Disposition: Withdrawn

Motion: A minute of silence for John Wayne Smith

Author: Joseph Wendt

Second: Adrian Wyllie

Disposition: Carried

TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE

MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR

Motion: To amend Platform Article I, section 4

Author: Charles McBrearty

Current Wording: We support equality under the law, and condemn any law that either rewards or punishes any individual based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or any other group identification. Each person has the same inalienable rights. It is the state’s duty to protect those rights for each individual equally.

Change To: We support equality under the law, and condemn any law that either rewards or punishes any individual based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other group identification. Each person has the same inalienable rights. It is the state’s duty to protect those rights for each individual equally.

Disposition: Carried

Motion: To amend By-Laws Article IV, section 3

Author: Jared Grifoni

Current Wording: Delegates shall be members as prescribed in ARTICLE II of the Constitution on the day of commencement of the annual business meeting and a delegate must have been a registered Libertarian voter in the state of Florida for the immediate 60 days prior to the start of the annual business meeting. Delegate status may be denied by a 2/3 majority vote of the Executive Committee if a potential delegate has been found to have violated the non-aggression principle.

Change To: Delegates shall be members as prescribed in ARTICLE II of the Constitution on the day of commencement of the annual business meeting and a delegate must ~~have been a registered Libertarian voter in the state of Florida for the immediate 60 days prior to the start of the annual business meeting~~ be a registered Libertarian Party of Florida voter in the state of Florida or have signed a new voter registration or party change form to become a valid registered LPF voter to the LPF secretary prior to the start of the annual business meeting. Delegate status may be denied by a 2/3 majority vote of the Executive Committee if a potential delegate has been found to have violated the non-aggression principle.

Disposition: Carried

ADJOURN

Motion: Motion to adjourn

Disposition: Carried

Addendum A

Delegates present at roll call 10:30 AM EST, June 6, 2015

Count	Last Name	First Name
1	Allen	Scott
2	Blackman	Adelle
3	Bowen	Gregory
4	Braden	Char-Lez
5	Burk	James
6	Cadorette	Philippe
7	Caso	Tony
8	Christenson	Justin
9	Cole	Brian
10	Copps	William
11	Costa	Robert
12	Craft	Bryan
13	Creamer	Richard
14	Cummings	Dana
15	Cummings	James
16	Drellos	Dawn
17	Edmonds	Steven
18	Enright	Robert
19	Faubion	Stephanie
20	Fernandez	Robert
21	Foxall	Alison
22	George	Shane
23	George	Susan
24	Ghiglieri	Ed
25	Gilmore	Suzanne
26	Gluck	Amanda
27	Gorgolione	George
28	Grifoni	Jared
29	Hamlin	Michael
30	Hanna	Vincent
31	Hayes	Sally
32	House	Chuck
33	House	Lynn
34	Invictus	Augustus
35	Jacobs	Joseph
36	Jensen	James
37	Jensen	Pamela
38	Jones	Jared
39	Kerr	Patrick
40	Kirkland	Vicki
41	Knezinek	Joshua
42	Leavitt	David
43	Lebovitz	George
44	Legget	James
45	Legget	Silvia
46	Linthicum	Burt
47	Locke	Robert
48	MacNaughton	George
49	Marrero	Marcos
50	Martinez	Elsa
51	McBrearty	Charles
52	Meek	Amy
53	Menzel	Donald
54	Minton	Ken
55	Miralles	Marcos
56	Molek	Rick
57	Morris	Anna
58	Morris	James
59	Nekhaila	Steven
60	Oeseburg	Carolina
61	O’Neill	Kevin
62	Ray	James
63	Roe	Gregory
64	Rollins	Ronald
65	Recuero	Omar
66	Paulus	Richard
67	Peterick	Elaine
68	Powers	Bethany
69	Salem	Sami
70	Saviola	Robert
71	Schnackenberg	Matthew
72	Segarra	Ramonita
73	Selleck	Stacey
74	Sellers	Anthony
75	Smith	Sharon
76	Snitker	Alexander
77	Snitker	Patricia
78	Stephen	Beverly
79	Sullivan	Martin
80	Svoboda	Deana
81	Tancer	Marc
82	Tesky	Jon-luc
83	Thompson	Jote'
84	Thompson	Kevin
85	Turner	Crystal
86	Vazquez	Christopher
87	Vaccarino	Jo Ann
88	Vaccarino	Mike
89	Wagner	Edward
90	Wall	Larry
91	Watson	Dean
92	Wells	Traci
93	Wendt	Joseph
94	Willey	Ken
95	Wohlsifer	Bill
96	Wood	Beatrix
97	Wood	Russ
98	Worley	Matthew
99	Wyllie	Adrian

Not present:

Count	Last Name	First Name
1	Aiken	Stephen
2	Dickey	Karl
3	Dillard	Christopher
4	Garris	Phillip
5	Gough	Lawrence
6	Hanlon	Christine
7	Higgins	Gabe
8	Higgs	Michael
9	Hindmarsh	Geoffrey
10	Jasuwan	Gongkiet
11	Meadowcroft	James
12	Mountain	Joel
13	Reich	Thomas
14	Rizzo	Nick
15	Schoen	Karen
16	Taylor	Alicia
17	Taylor	David
18	Wright	Matthew

Addendum B

Vote on Motion to Amend Constitution Article II, section 1

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JGA4WkObh877Cdrujd-q0cb0Z646Ta8DiFxhML7916c/edit?usp=sharing

Addendum C

Delegates present at roll call 3:30 PM EST, June 6, 2015

Count	Last Name	First Name
1	Allen	Scott
2	Blackman	Adelle
3	Bowen	Gregory
4	Braden	Char-Lez
5	Burk	James
6	Cadorette	Philippe
7	Caso	Tony
8	Christenson	Justin
9	Cole	Brian
10	Copps	William
11	Costa	Robert
12	Craft	Bryan
13	Creamer	Richard
14	Cummings	Dana
15	Drellos	Dawn
16	Edmonds	Steven
17	Enright	Robert
18	Faubion	Stephanie
19	Fernandez	Robert
20	George	Shane
21	George	Susan
22	Gilmore	Suzanne
23	Gluck	Amanda
24	Gorgolione	George
25	Grifoni	Jared
26	Hamlin	Michael
27	House	Chuck
28	House	Lynn
29	Invictus	Augustus
30	Jacobs	Joseph
31	Jensen	James
32	Jensen	Pamela
33	Jones	Jared
34	Kerr	Patrick
35	Kirkland	Vicki
36	Knezinek	Joshua
37	Leavitt	David
38	Lebovitz	George
39	Legget	James
40	Legget	Silvia
41	Linthicum	Burt
42	Locke	Robert
43	MacNaughton	George
44	Marrero	Marcos
45	Martinez	Elsa
46	McBrearty	Charles
47	Meek	Amy
48	Menzel	Donald
49	Minton	Ken
50	Miralles	Marcos
51	Molek	Rick
52	Morris	Anna
53	Morris	James
54	Mountain	Joel
55	Nekhaila	Steven
56	Oeseburg	Carolina
57	O’Neill	Kevin
58	Ray	James
59	Rollins	Ronald
60	Recuero	Omar
61	Paulus	Richard
62	Powers	Bethany
63	Salem	Sami
64	Saviola	Robert
65	Schnackenberg	Matthew
66	Selleck	Stacey
67	Sellers	Anthony
68	Smith	Denise
69	Smith	Sharon
70	Snitker	Alexander
71	Stephen	Beverly
72	Sullivan	Martin
73	Svoboda	Deana
74	Tancer	Marc
75	Tesky	Jon-luc
76	Thompson	Jote'
77	Thompson	Kevin
78	Turner	Crystal
79	Vazquez	Christopher
80	Vaccarino	Jo Ann
81	Vaccarino	Mike
82	Wagner	Edward
83	Wall	Larry
84	Watson	Dean
85	Wendt	Joseph
86	Willey	Ken
87	Wohlsifer	Bill
88	Wood	Beatrix
89	Wood	Russ
90	Worley	Matthew
91	Wright	Matthew
92	Wyllie	Adrian
93 *	Smith	Denise
94 *	O’Neill	Kevin

Arrived late. See motion.

Not present

Count	Last Name	First Name
1	Aiken	Stephen
2	Cummings	James
3	Dickey	Karl
4	Dillard	Christopher
5	Foxall	Alison
6	Garris	Phillip
7	Ghiglieri	Ed
8	Gough	Lawrence
9	Hanlon	Christine
10	Hanna	Vincent
11	Hayes	Sally
12	Higgins	Gabe
13	Higgs	Michael
14	Hindmarsh	Geoffrey
15	Jasuwan	Gongkiet
16	Meadowcroft	James
17	Ray	James
18	Reich	Thomas
19	Rizzo	Nick
20	Roe	Gregory
21	Peterick	Elaine
22	Schoen	Karen
23	Segarra	Ramonita
24	Snitker	Patricia
25	Sullivan	Martin
26	Taylor	Alicia
27	Taylor	David
28	Wells	Traci
29	Willey	Ken

Addendum D

Preference vote for Chair

Count	Last Name	First Name	Vote	Adrian	Joe	NOTA	Abstain	Not Present
1	Allen	Scott	x	0	0	0	0	1
2	Blackman	Adelle	a	1	0	0	0	0
3	Bowen	Gregory	a	1	0	0	0	0
4	Braden	Char-Lez	ab	0	0	0	1	0
5	Burk	James	a	1	0	0	0	0
6	Cadorette	Philippe	a	1	0	0	0	0
7	Caso	Tony	a	1	0	0	0	0
8	Christenson	Justin	a	1	0	0	0	0
9	Cole	Brian	a	1	0	0	0	0
10	Copps	William	a	1	0	0	0	0
11	Costa	Robert	a	1	0	0	0	0
12	Craft	Bryan	a	1	0	0	0	0
13	Creamer	Richard	a	1	0	0	0	0
14	Cummings	Dana	x	0	0	0	0	1
15	Drellos	Dawn	a	1	0	0	0	0
16	Edmonds	Steven	ab	0	0	0	1	0
17	Enright	Robert	a	1	0	0	0	0
18	Faubion	Stephanie	a	1	0	0	0	0
19	Fernandez	Robert	a	1	0	0	0	0
20	George	Shane	a	1	0	0	0	0
21	George	Susan	a	1	0	0	0	0
22	Gilmore	Suzanne	j	0	1	0	0	0
23	Gluck	Amanda	x	0	0	0	0	1
24	Gorgolione	George	a	1	0	0	0	0
25	Grifoni	Jared	a	1	0	0	0	0
26	Hamlin	Michael	j	0	1	0	0	0
27	House	Chuck	a	1	0	0	0	0
28	House	Lynn	ab	0	0	0	1	0
29	Invictus	Augustus	j	0	1	0	0	0
30	Jacobs	Joseph	a	1	0	0	0	0
31	Jensen	James	x	0	0	0	0	0
32	Jensen	Pamela	a	1	0	0	0	0
33	Jones	Jared	a	1	0	0	0	0
34	Kerr	Patrick	a	1	0	0	0	0
35	Kirkland	Vicki	j	0	1	0	0	0
36	Knezinek	Joshua	a	1	0	0	0	0
37	Leavitt	David	a	1	0	0	0	0
38	Lebovitz	George	a	1	0	0	0	0
39	Legget	James	a	1	0	0	0	0
40	Legget	Silvia	a	1	0	0	0	0
41	Linthicum	Burt	a	1	0	0	0	0
42	Locke	Robert	a	1	0	0	0	0
43	MacNaughton	George	a	1	0	0	0	0
44	Marrero	Marcos	a	1	0	0	0	0
45	Martinez	Elsa	a	1	0	0	0	0
46	McBrearty	Charles	n	0	0	1	0	0
47	Meek	Amy	x	0	0	0	0	1
48	Menzel	Donald	a	1	0	0	0	0
49	Minton	Ken	j	0	1	0	0	0
50	Miralles	Marcos	a	1	0	0	0	0
51	Molek	Rick	a	1	0	0	0	0
52	Morris	Anna	a	1	0	0	0	0
53	Morris	James	ab	0	0	0	1	0
54	Mountain	Joel	x	0	0	0	0	1
55	Nekhaila	Steven	a	1	0	0	0	0
56	Oeseburg	Carolina	a	1	0	0	0	0
57	O’Neill	Kevin	a	1	0	0	0	0
58	Ray	James	a	1	0	0	0	0
59	Rollins	Ronald	a	1	0	0	0	0
60	Recuero	Omar	a	1	0	0	0	0
61	Paulus	Richard	a	1	0	0	0	0
62	Powers	Bethany	j	0	1	0	0	0
63	Salem	Sami	a	1	0	0	0	0
64	Saviola	Robert	a	1	0	0	0	0
65	Schnackenberg	Matthew	a	1	0	0	0	0
66	Selleck	Stacey	a	1	0	0	0	0
67	Sellers	Anthony	j	0	1	0	0	0
68	Smith	Denise	a	1	0	0	0	0
69	Smith	Sharon	a	1	0	0	0	0
70	Snitker	Alexander	a	1	0	0	0	0
71	Stephen	Beverly	a	1	0	0	0	0
72	Sullivan	Martin	a	1	0	0	0	0
73	Svoboda	Deana	a	1	0	0	0	0
74	Tancer	Marc	a	1	0	0	0	0
75	Tesky	Jon-luc	a	1	0	0	0	0
76	Thompson	Jote'	a	1	0	0	0	0
77	Thompson	Kevin	a	1	0	0	0	0
78	Turner	Crystal	x	0	0	0	0	1
79	Vazquez	Christopher	a	1	0	0	0	0
80	Vaccarino	Jo Ann	a	1	0	0	0	0
81	Vaccarino	Mike	a	1	0	0	0	0
82	Wall	Larry	a	1	0	0	0	0
83	Watson	Dean	a	1	0	0	0	0
84	Wendt	Joseph	j	0	1	0	0	0
85	Willey	Ken	a	1	0	0	0	0
86	Wohlsifer	Bill	a	1	0	0	0	0
87	Wood	Beatrix	a	1	0	0	0	0
88	Wood	Russ	a	1	0	0	0	0
89	Worley	Matthew	a	1	0	0	0	0
90	Wright	Matthew	x	0	0	0	0	1
91	Wyllie	Adrian	n	0	0	1	0	0
92 *	Smith	Denise	x	0	0	0	0	1
93 *	O’Neill	Kevin	x	0	0	0	0	1
	COUNT		93	70	8	2	4	9