By Carolyn Marbry :
Text of the resolution I'm planning to bring before the CA convention
this weekend opposing floor fees:
Whereas National Party By-laws, article 11.3, states that delegates to the National Convention are selected by the state affiliates; and
Whereas Party By-Laws neither require nor allow the National Committee to impose additional requirements upon these delegates to the National Convention over and above their respective states’ requirements; and Whereas, the delegate apportionment formula specified in the By-laws
is primarily based on the number of sustaining national party members in each state;
Be it therefore resolved, that the Libertarian Party of California opposes in principle the imposition of a mandatory registration fee upon all duly elected delegates attending the Libertarian Party’s National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri over Memorial Day Weekend,
the payment of which would be a mandatory prerequisite to the Credentials Committee seating said delegates who wish to attend and vote exclusively at the business sessions of the Libertarian Party National Convention; and
Be it further resolved, that the Libertarian Party of California calls upon the Libertarian National Committee to adopt a policy of strict yearly budgeting from membership dues in order that it may provide meeting facilities for its National Conventions; and
Be it further resolved, that the Libertarian Party of California further calls upon the Libertarian National Committee to require that activities and facilities related to the party’s national conventions but not part of the by-laws-mandated business sessions be self-supporting on the basis of payments from willing customers or sponsors rather than on the basis of subsidies extracted from delegates.
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