Meeting Agenda
Call To Order – 8:04pm EST
Location: LPF Discord – Meeting Room A Voice Channel
Determination of Quorum
Thompson (Chair), Willey(Vice Chair), Turney (Sec) as members; Johnson (not present), Appler, Gansky as Ex Oficio
Public Comment
Zalesaik - Mentioned the possibility of changing the requirement for a Annual Business Meeting prior to the LNC convention by a discussion of the following actions:
Constitution ARTICLE V Conventions & Meetings Section 3. Qualified and willing LPF members shall be selected as delegates to the Libertarian National Committee Business Meeting at the immediately prior LPF Annual Business Meeting. The qualifications and procedures for selecting national delegates and filling vacancies in national delegate seats shall be prescribed in the Bylaws and Standing Rules.
ARTICLE VIII Adoption & Amendments Section 2. Amendments to the Constitution may be made in the following manner: B. Upon establishment of affiliates in each county in Florida, a proposed Amendment can be accepted by a three-fourths vote of the Executive Committee and ratified by three-fourths (¾) of the county affiliates. Section 4. The LPF Bylaws shall be subordinate to this Constitution. . . In any conflict between these documents, the conflicting term from the subordinate document shall be deemed unenforceable.
"Biennial LNC Delegate Selection"
Member Reports
Jim and Lisa spoke about the “Craig” Discord Bot to record meetings. Testing of the bot will be done at a future time.
Lisa provided the Annual Business Meeting Minutes for Review.
Approval of Minutes
- Minutes for 6/23 approved.
Old Business
Parlimentarian Comments 3/29/25 to Matt Johnson
ABM Referrals 6/7/25 (only one item)
Floor motions – Constitution
Title: Motion to Require Regional Representatives to Reside in Their Region
Mover: Lisa Gansky, seconded by Joe Sokol (Duval)
Motion: I move to amend the Constitution of the Libertarian Party of Florida Article III, Section 3, subsection E to require that each Regional Representative shall reside in the region they represent. If a Regional Representative moves out of the region they represent, they must resign. A Regional Representative who does not reside in the region is ineligible to serve.
Regional Representatives for each region shall be regularly elected at each Annual Business Meeting by a majority of delegates present that reside in the region. Each Regional Representative shall reside in their region.
Rationale: The intent behind this motion is to ensure that Regional Representatives are best positioned to serve the counties within their region. This amendment ensures that only individuals with a direct connection to the region they represent will serve, protecting the integrity of the Executive Committee (EC) as well as minimizing the opportunity for bad actors to take up a slot on the EC.
A motion to refer this item to the Rules Committee as a commitment for next year was made and seconded by Gabriel Wozniak (Volusia). The motion passed.
A second item considering realignment and reduction of regions was discussed but ultimately not referred to rules.
New Business
Question from Nicole Skelly about putting money into Money Market accounts or other interest earning accounts. - General guidance appears correct, but the interested party is encouraged to seek opinion from the State Division of Elections.
Discussion
- Referred Motion from ABM on requiring regional representatives to reside with the region.
- Merging Constitution and by-laws per CAH recommendations
- LNC convention and ABM date to provide sufficient space between selection and commitment to 4 day LNC in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Ed Clarke virtual memorial event 9pm Eastern on August 1st.
Notice of Next Meeting
Plan to meet at 8pm EST Monthly on the Monday after the 3rd Sunday of the month, which should be the day after the LPF Monthly Business meeting.
Next meeting is August 18, 2025.
Adjournment meeting adjourned at 9:41pm EST.
