[LPL Board of Directors] Vote for Removal

[Keith Thompson]

Mr. Horne, 

Aren't our secretary and (interim) treasurer the same
person? That would account for the different signatures. 

It certainly
appears to be legitimate. 

- Keith 

On 2013-03-22 19:18, T Lee Horne
III wrote: 

> From whom did this come? The from address is Treasure,
the signature is
> Secretary? Is this even a legitimate email or has the
system been hacked?
> 
> T Lee Horne, III
> Organizer of NAACP Unit
6080, Saint Joseph, LA
> President of Brumby Enterprises, Inc.
800-746-1705
> Former Chairman of Libertarian Party of Louisiana
2009-2012
> Former Candidate for Governor of Louisiana ran a 4 year
campaign 2003-2007
> tleehorneiii at gmail.com
> 318-542-4445 google
voice
> tleehorneiii skype
> http://bit.ly/12zAQMS [1]
> 
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: scc-bounces at lplouisiana.org
[mailto:scc-bounces at lplouisiana.org] On
> Behalf Of
treasurer at lplouisiana.org
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 7:39 PM
> To:
scc at LPlouisiana.org
> Subject: [LPL Board of Directors] Vote for
Removal
> 
> To all State Central Committee members,
> 
> The second
quarter regular meeting of the Libertarian Party of
> Louisiana State
Central Committee will be held at Lakeview Harbor, 911
> Harrison
Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana at Noon on Saturday April 13th,
> 2013.
>
Attendance by all Officers and Parish Representatives is required per
the
> Party By-laws. A working agenda is posted online on the Party
website and a
> final agenda will be issued seven days in advance of the
meeting. On this
> final agenda you will see a section for an executive
session where the
> Committee will consider a disciplinary motion to
remove Mr. Scott A.
> Lewis, III from his office as Vice-Chairman of the
Party for the following
> charges and specifications:
> 
> Charge 1.
Dereliction of Duty of the Office of Vice-chairman
> Specification 1.
Not being present for the convention at which he
> was elected, and at
which he was to serve as an officer, being already duly
> elected by the
previous convention.
> Specification 2. Not being present for the first
State Central
> Committee meeting, held in Alexandria, Louisiana, such
attendance being
> required of his office by the By-laws, his absence
preventing a quorum,
> causing members and officers to travel at great
expense to themselves
> without purpose.
> Specification 3. Not being
present for a meeting of the Strategic
> Planning Committee which he
chairs, after calling the meeting, and inviting
> members from other
parts of the State to attend, causing them to travel at
> great expense
to themselves, and instead, attempting to chair a physical
> meeting by
telephone in violation of Robert's Rules of Order.
> Specification 4.
Failing to make any attempt to establish Parish
> Executive Committees
for unorganized parishes as required of his office
> under the By-laws,
leaving the work instead to be done at great personal
> effort and
expense to the Executive Director, such work being outside the
>
Director's contract, and causing considerable difficulties in
negotiating
> agreeable payment terms for such contract.
> Specification
5. In the absence of established Parish Executive
> Committees, failing
to take care that the duties assigned to these
> committees are carried
out in their respective parishes, either by his own
> actions, or by the
appointment of a parish director, organizer, or other
> member as the
By-laws require.
> 
> Charge 2. Conduct Unbecoming an Officer of the
Libertarian Party of
> Louisiana.
> Specification 1. Failing to turn in
his Affidavit of Acceptance form
> for filing as a Presidential
Elector.
> Specification 2. Failing to turn in his Affidavit of
Acceptance
> form, corrected version.
> Specification 3. Failing to
communicate why said form was not turned
> in the first time in a timely
manner.
> Specification 4. Failing to communicate why said form was not
turned
> in at all the second time.
> Specification 5. Failing to
display any concern for his tardiness in
> turning in these critical
forms.
> Specification 6. Failing to display any interest in securing
the
> forms before the legal deadline.
> Specification 7. Lack of
concern for known deadlines affecting
> ballot access for the
Libertarian Presidential and Vice-Presidential
> candidates.
>
Specification 8. Causing the chair to go to great personal effort
> and
expense to remedy the officer's failure to file required legal
paperwork
> in a timely manner.
> Specification 9. Volunteering to be a
co-director of a Presidential
> campaign for Louisiana, and subsequently
failing to accomplish any task,
> attend any function, offer any
assistance with any planning or coordination
> of events, and
essentially holding the position in name only.
> Specification 10.
Making false and baseless accusations of racism
> against a fellow state
Central Committee member.
> Specification 11. Making an announcement for
elective office in a
> public forum without advising the State Central
Committee in advance,
> thereby raising questions among the general
membership and the voting public
> with respect to the Libertarian
Party's implied endorsement of his
> candidacy, and drawing their
leadership into question accordingly.
> Specification 12. Failing to
form an exploratory committee in
> advance of this public announcement,
making the announcement without any
> established campaign committee,
platform, or ready biography for prospective
> voters and media.
>
Specification 13. Failing to provide any such platform or
> biographical
statement upon the request of prospective voters, Officers and
> other
party members.
> Specification 14. Filing for elective office in 2011
and failing to
> duly answer media inquiries, creating a poor impression
on voters and media
> of the Libertarian Party, its candidates, and its
leadership.
> 
> Charge 3. Unethical Conduct
> Specification 1.
Attempting to get reimbursed for the notarizing of
> an Affidavit of
Acceptance form in 2008, such cost, incidental to being a
> candidate
for elective office, being only legally payable by the candidate
> or a
candidate's committee, and which cannot be paid by the Party.
>
Specification 2. Attending a 2009 Libertarian State Leadership
>
Alliance conference, in the Chairman's proxy, at Party expense, for
the
> purpose of learning more about the new CiviCRM online database
system, but
> instead, using the opportunity to pitch a dubious
fundraising scheme to
> other state chairs in concert with a personal
business partner who made the
> trip, also at Party expense.
>
Specification 3. Soliciting the LPL to enter into an expensive and
>
poorly worded contract to raise funds for the Party through a 3rd party
via
> the selling of medical information devices, this being the same
scheme
> pitched at the aforementioned conference, and one in which he
has personal
> connections to the 3rd party which would profit from the
contract.
> Specification 4. Attempting to get reimbursed for travel
expenses as
> a condition of fulfilling duties of his office. (traveling
to a and from
> State Central Committee meetings)
> Specification 5.
Seeking reimbursement for travel and lodging to
> attend the NAACP 2012
convention as a "liaison" to that organization and
> representative of
the Party.
> Specification 6. Soliciting the Party and a Congressional
candidate
> to use his personal business services at expense to the
Party and the
> Candidate.
> Specification 7. Using a Strategic Planning
Committee meeting to
> solicit the party again to use these same
services.
> Specification 8. Using a Strategic Planning Committee
meeting to
> solicit volunteers and support from party activists and
officers for his
> campaign for elective office, rather than using the
meeting to plan strategy
> for the Party.
> Specification 9. Attempting
to involve the Party in an electronic
> communications scheme which
would expose its contact list to his personal
> business interests.
>
Specification 10. Has on numerous occasions, solicited interest in
>
holding media events, concerts, festivals et cetera, which would not in
any
> way be publicly linked to the Party, but which would be partly or
entirely
> funded by the Party, in exchange for a share of the proceeds
of such events,
> if any. In all of these events, personal friends and
himself, were to also
> profit.
> Specification 11. Attempting to divert
discussion at a State Central
> Committee meeting concerning online
donation logistics towards using his
> personal contacts or himself as
"bundlers" for Party funds.
> Specification 12. Attempting to attend a
private fundraiser for a
> Presidential Campaign without making a
required donation and while inviting
> a guest who also would not make a
required donation, thus each of them
> partaking of access to the
candidate and party activists and of food and
> drink provided, without
contribution.
> 
> This notice is given by order of the By-laws of the
Libertarian
> Party of Louisiana, Article 15 § 2.
> 
> The session
proceedings will be held strictly according to Robert's
> Rules of
Order, Newly Revised, in particular, §61 Disciplinary Procedures,
> for
the protection of the Party and the fairness of the accused.
> 
> A
committee to be appointed by the Chairman, shall investigate these
>
charges and specifications, and present these charges along with any
>
witnesses or evidence to the Committee for its consideration.
> 
> A
full briefing on the exact flow of the proceedings, and the rights
> and
responsibilities of all involved, shall be issued along with the final
>
agenda.
> 
> Per §61 of Robert's Rules of Order, Mr. Lewis' membership
privileges
> (excepting those pertaining to these judicial proceedings),
and thus his
> status as an officer of the Party, are suspended until
the conclusion of the
> trial.
> 
> Reed Ebarb, Secretary
> 
>
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