We are led to understand that, as of the end of May, the LNC’s litigators in the New Mexico Trademark case have billed the LNC for almost the full amount of their retainer. There are rumors that several people have counted noses and concluded that the LNC is two or three votes short of being able to disaffiliate the Free…
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This article specifically treats the second LPNM settlement offer, which the LNC ExComm rejected. A subsequent article treats certain closely related issues that may well be of interest to our readers. We are aware of a message from LNC member Keith Thompson, issued earlier today, June 12, and sent to various LNC members and the LNC-Public email list. According to…
Meeting came to order at 8:36 PM. All members were present. Updates to the NM Trademark litigation in executive session. 10PM: they returned from Executive session. Move the ExComm recommend that the LNC recommend that the chair and counsel request a 90-day legal pause for negotiations. Vote: Knebel-Nay, Nekhaila-Nay, McGee-Nay, Chair takes time to think. McMahon votes no. Vote is…
LPUS Membership Increases for May New Executive Director Steve Dasbach reports that the new LNC Leadership plans to bring out the membership report for each month by the fifth of the next month. This is a major step forward from the past several LNCs, in which membership reports tended to appear toward the end of the next month. The count…
The LNC ExComm will meet again tomorrow, 6/11/2026, 8:30PM Eastern Time. Meeting came to order at 7:01 PM. The Secretary called the roll. All ExComm members were present. Agenda is discussion of the New Mexico trademark suit. A motion to move to executive session for 45 minutes was passed. They have gone into executive session. We remain in executive session.…
Evan McMahon did a superb job of running the LNC meeting. Yes, he did once seem to have missed that the vote had been on the amendment not the motion, but the outcome was not changed. He had the good fortune that some of the less fortunate LNC members were not re-elected. The LNC has at least one excessively exuberant…
Live blog soon. The meeting is drifting toward order. There are 52 people including LNC members present. The meeting is being recorded; the livestream is not cooperating. Meeting comes to order at 7:07. Secretary calls the roll. All 18 members and all 9 alternates were present. Public comment: Chadderdon says we are defending our affiliate in New Mexico and should…
On time. Also, Remarkably early relative to some recent past Treasurers and their reports. Knebel writes: Attached please find the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. financial statements, as of May 31, 2026. Due to the Joint Fundraising Committee (JFC) impacts on the financial statements on Pages 5, 9 & 10, it is best to focus on the balance sheet data at…
With a tip of the hat to Kenny Martens, we are able to report the court documents filed to date in the LNC-LPNM litigation. He reports: The whole set are zipped up here: http://strangerthansf.com/lnc-v-lpnm/lnc-v-lpnm.zip I found the most interesting documents to be #1, the complaint, and exhibit #24, the bequest escrow agreement. This page gives a nice overview of the…
A week and a half after the LNC voted to disaffiliate LPNH, the LNC National Chair formally notified the LPNH that they were no longer the Libertarian Party’s affiliate party in New Hampshire. A PDF of the notice appears at this link. The 30 days for the LPNH to file an appeal, should it choose to do so, now begins.…