Thank you for the clarification on "endorsements". I personally have
no problem using the word "recommend" for all candidates.
Marcy
--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, M Carling <m@i...> wrote:
>
> On Oct 6, 2005, at 3:10, Justin T. Sampson wrote:
>
> > Marcy wrote, in reply to me:
> >
> >
> >> 5. "I'm also uncomfortable with the distinction between
> >> endorsements and recommendations." Since we cannot ignore the
> >> LPCA Bylaws ("No candidate for public office may be nominated
> >> for endorsement who ... is not a member of the Libertarian
> >> Party"), we might consider recommending everyone of whom we
> >> approve and endorsing no one.
> >>
> >
> > That specific clause is from the convention rules, not the general
> > bylaws; the rule applicable to us is simply that members of other
> > parties may not be endorsed for *partisan* elections, whereas all
> > local elections in san Francisco are non-partisan and therefore
> > not restricted.
>
> Correct. See LPC Bylaw 8 Section 2.
>
> >> Now for a general personal opinion: Rules, bylaws, and other
> >> documents can serve as guidelines, and are useful as such; but
> >> they do not automatically translate into action. Action comes
> >> from people who want to just go out there and do.
> >>
> >
> > I heartily concur; but that's why, the more I think about it, my
> > preference is for ultra-simple bylaws that enable action without
> > requiring it.
>
> Yes, bylaws should be as simple and as permissive as reasonably
> possible. The bylaws I drafted for the Libertarian Party of Los
> Angeles County were 2 pages. They have now been amended to 2.5
pages.
>
> M Carling
> Chairman, LPC Bylaws Cmte
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