Libertarian Party of Atlanta Organizational/Board Meeting Minutes
Conducted at the home of M. Hammer, Snellville, Georgia on 1/25/2009
1. The meeting was called to order by M. Hammer at 1:58PM. Attending were: M. Hammer, J. Kidd, B. Ploeger, N. Miller, E. Fontaine, A. Harper, M. Chew, D. Hudson and J. Neff
2. First order of business was to approve the agenda.
3. M. Hammer submitted an agenda for discussion, there were multiple seconds and was discussed.
4. M. Hammer motioned to add a section appointing officers for LP-ATL, there were multiple seconds, the motion passed unanimously
5. M. Hammer motioned to approve agenda as revised, there were multiple seconds, the motion passed unanimously.
6. M. Hammer motioned to name B. Ploeger secretary of the meeting, J. Kidd seconded the motion, the motion passed unanimously.
7. M. Hammer called for orders of the day.
8. The next order of business was to discuss bylaws for LP-ATL.
9. A draft of bylaws were submitted by M. Hammer and without objection were placed in consideration, a copy of which are attached hereto as Exhibit “A”..
10. M. Hammer motioned to amend II.B.2 by striking “Atlanta” and inserting in its place “ the City of Atlanta and/or the area that lies within the Perimeter (formally GA Highway 407)” the motion was seconded by J. Kidd, the motion passed unanimously.
11. There was a motion made to amend II.A.2 by inserting “, employed and/or enrolled at a post-secondary institution” after “residing” there were multiple seconds, the motion passed unanimously.
12. M. Hammer motioned to insert “/or” after the first “and” in II.A.3. The motion was seconded by J. Neff and passed unanimously.
13. M. Hammer motioned that “As required by the Libertarian Party of Georgia, the LP-ATL will select candidates to run or be appointed to offices within its jurisdiction at a local convention after January 1 of the year but before the state convention. As required by the Libertarian Party of Georgia, 'None of the Above' will automatically be entered as a candidate for any position with a nominated candidate, and all candidate selections are subject to the approval of the LPGa. The LP Atlanta is under no obligation, either of its own creation or imposed by the state, to field a certain number of candidates.” be inserted as III.D. There were multiple seconds, the motion passed unanimously.
14. D. Hudson motioned to insert a clause concerning the endorsement of candidates at III.E. The motion failed to garner a second.
15. M. Hammer motioned to propose stylistic changes (Vice Chair to be named “Vice Chair for Membership”, Secretary to be named “Vice Chair for Media Relations” and Treasurer to be “Vice Chair for Finance”) to the titles of offices in multiple places in the draft. There were multiple seconds, the motion passed unanimously.
16. M. Hammer motioned to amend IV.A.3 by striking “directors at large...set at X” and inserting “members of the board of directors shall not exceed 16” N. Muller seconded, the motion passed unanimously.
17. E. Fontaine motioned to strike the first sentence of IV.B.6. And insert in its place “The head of a school-based libertarian group shall be eligible to serve as an ex officio member of the Board of the Libertarian Party of Atlanta.” There were multiple seconds, the motion passed unanimously.
18. B. Ploeger motioned to strike sentence two of IV.B.6. N. Muller seconded, the motion passed unanimously.
19. A Harper motioned to rename “Vice Chair for Media Relations” to “Vice Chair for Communications” in multiple places within the document. B. Ploeger seconded, the motion passed unanimously.
20. J. Kidd motioned to amend IV.B.7(i) by striking ”each officer...is not met” and inserting “Each officer must commit to raise a specified contribution and/or a goal set by the board.” A. Harper seconded, the motion passed by a vote of 8-0 with 1 abstention (E. Fontaine).
21. M. Hammer made a motion to reconvene at 4:05PM there were multiple seconds, the motion passed unanimously.
22. The meeting was recalled to order by M. Hammer at 4:15PM.
23. B. Ploeger motioned to strike sentence IV.C.1. A. Harper seconded the motion, the motion passed unanimously.
24. B. Ploeger motioned add to the end of IV.F. Sentence 1 “In no event shall said vote occur any less than two weeks after notice is given to the membership.” E. Fontaine seconded the motion, the motion passed unanimously.
25. B. Ploeger motioned to strike VI.E. Sentence 2. J. Neff seconded the motion, the motion passed unanimously.
26. M. Hammer motioned to adopt the suggested draft as VI. D. Hudson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
27. D. Hudson motioned to amend VIII B. by striking “requested” and substituting “signed” There were multiple seconds. The motion passed unanimously.
28. D Hudson motioned to amend VIII C by inserting “at least one week prior to said meeting” after “in writing” there were multiple seconds. The motion passed unanimously.
29. B. Ploeger moved to add the following as XI:
“Article XI -- Miscellaneous
1. The Executive Committee shall have the authority to perform any action necessary and proper to complete the functions of LP-ATL.
2. In the event that any part of these bylaws conflict with the rules of LPGa, then the rules of LPGa shall control.”
There were multiple seconds. The Motion passed unanimously.
30. M. Hammer motioned to accept the document as amended there were multiple seconds and the motion passed unanimously. A copy of the final document is attached hereto as Exhibit “B”
31. Anne Harper was elected Chairperson unanimously
32. Danielle Hudson was elected Vice Chair of membership unanimously
33. Brad Ploeger was elected Vice Chair of Communications unanimously
34. Eric Fontaine was elected Vice Chair of Finance unanimously
35. A. Harper called the board of directors meeting as successor to the organizational meeting to order
36. A. Harper motioned to seat Matthew Chew as the GSU Ex-Officio officer D. Hudson seconded. the motion passed unanimously
37. B. Ploeger motioned to seat Nate Muller as the GT Ex-Officio officer, A. Harper seconded the motion and it passed unanimously (E. Fontaine abstained.)
38. The board met as a committee of the whole
39. The committee set the next board meeting at the home of members B. Ploeger and J. Kidd on 2/23/2009 at 7:00pm
40. D. Hudson described the LP Atlanta Mayoral Candidates to the committee
41. The board closed as a committee of the whole
42. B. Ploeger motioned to adorn at 6:20pm. D. Hudson seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Approval and Attestation
These minutes have been officially adopted by the Board of Directors as a true version of the deliberations and actions of the same.
/s/ Anne Harper
Chairperson of the Libertarian Party of Atlanta
ATTEST:
/s/ Brad Ploeger
Ex-Officio Secretary and Vice Chairman of Communications of Libertarian Party of Atlanta