On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:53 AM, M Carling <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > A member is someone who has paid dues. A person who has had dues paid on > his or her behalf is not a member. > > M > > Article II: Membership > > 1. State Level Membership in the Libertarian Party of New York shall be > open to any individual who shall: > 1. subscribe to the Principles and Objectives of the LPNY > 2. submit a signed application to that effect either directly to the > LPNY or to one of its chartered County Organizations, and > 3. pay such dues as may be required. > A “member” as used in these By-Laws is a person who has satisfied the > foregoing criteria. > 2. Dues and expiration dates for Direct State Membership shall be set > by the State > Committee. No additional dues may be required of Lifetime Members. > > An interesting and esoteric point. You apparently mean to say that a person may not join on behalf of his wife, children or girlfriend. I previously provided the example of Audrey Silk, our smoker-rights candidate for NYC Mayor in 2005. She showed up at the convention with five of her supporters. One of them, whom I shall call "Mr. Big", paid the Party memberships for all five at $15 each for a total of $75 in cash. These five votes provided the winning margin so that Audrey got the nomination. You are saying that those votes should not have been valid because somebody else was joining for them all. By the way, I now remember that the convention was at Bohemia Hall in Queens. I remember this because I remember that Audrey and her smoker friends were all standing outside the door to Bohemia Hall when I arrived. They were chain smoking their cigarettes, as smoking was not allowed in the building. As Gary Popkin points out, I have a photographic memory, even though there is not always film in the camera. I do not remember the name of "Mr. Big". I do remember that he said that he had contacts with big-time journalists on all the networks and would get news articles and publicity about Audrey blasted all over everywhere, bringing in lots of votes. I also remember that we never saw nor heard from Mr. Big or any of Audrey's friends again. All the money we ever got out of them was the $75. I do not believe that Audrey Silk herself ever joined. No such network news articles ever appeared. Audrey Silk finished in last place in the election. Sam Sloan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
