Thursday, 12 February 2015
The Altered Reality Of The Linn County Webmaster
I just posted on an accusation made about my activities in Exodus 20:16.
After some reflection I realised that an Update was in order.
The accusation was
So jealous of
Cindy L Golding the
Linn County GOP Chair is the Dan Kauffman he removed the post announcing all the potential candidates because her picture was the first to appear.
This stemmed from two comments I made on the Linn County GOP Facebook Group Page and Fan Page
""inappropriate to put One candidate on a post that is for this topic
The Post says Potential Candidates not a Post for One single one."
One on the Group Page sparked a dialogue between me and two other members of the Central Committee
That post had the photo of a Nominee for Treasurer,
It seems to be gone.
The one on the Fan Page with the photo of our present Chair is still up.
Now I may be accused of something I did not do,
That is one thing
I may be accused of something I could not do
That is another thing
But to be accused of doing something that never happened?
Is a whole new level of Verasity that can only take place in the fevered mentality brought about by being transported to
An Altered Reality.
Exodus 20:16
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Some of us had an interesting online exchange Wednesday.
It started when I saw a post on Linn County GOP Facebook Fan Page.
It was a post giving a link to the
LCRCC Election Message & Potential Candidates
I commented
"It is inappropriate to put One candidate on a post that is for this topic
The Post says Potential Candidates not a Post for One single one."
We already had single Posts for the individual Nominees. I felt that the Post of the link to the Page with all of them should have been Neutral.
Later I made the same comment on the Linn County GOP Group Page for the same reason.
Disalogue ensued.
The thread on the Group Page has been removed somehow,
But I saved it 
The LCRCC election is Tuesday, February 17, 2015. 7PM at the Longbranch Hotel & Convention Center, 90 Twixt Town Rd, Cedar Rapids, IA
Daniel W Kauffman Jr It is inappropriate to use One candidates photo in a general post about potential nominees and we do not need 8 or 9 of this post James Knox It is a link to the newsletter and you complained previously when it was the chair with her letter to the body...get over it Dan Daniel W Kauffman Jr It is inappropriate to use ANY single candidates photo on a post like this I hope the body takes note of this type of activity when it casts its votes Brett Mason Seriously, Dan? Chairperson candidates ought to be first. Given that no other person has submitted a statement of intent and a picture, in accordance with the rules, how could you possibly have any problem with this?
Secondly, every person in the LCRCC is an adult. Cognizant and educated, there is no hidden secret advantage here.
Thirdly, isn't this just another method you use to obstruct the business of the Central Committee from proceeding?
Fourthly, we have 21 months until the General Election of 2016. Every month matters, and that is the continued focus of at least some of us. Would you like to join in?
Let me see where do I start?
I never said anything about single posts for each candidate.
I said that the Post giving the link to the Webpage of ALL candidates should be neutral ie IMO
"inappropriate to put One candidate on a post that is for this topic
The Post says Potential Candidates not a Post for One single one."
I stand by that position.
I never said anything about which Individual Post came first.
Argue with me about what I have said.
I am trying to figure out what Mr Mason means about my comment being a method to obstruct the business of the Central Commitee from proceeding.
I have noted that He and some others seem to feel that the Constitution, the ByLaws and the Rules of Order sometimes get in the way of the Central Commitee proceeding.
Which seem to be to a large part concerned with Adjourning No later than 8:30 PM
They do not seem to be overly concerned with the large amount of Committtee work left undone,
Like the FIVE issues I understand the Finance Sub-Committee wished to present to the Body and were not given the Time to do so.
Later I found out that a particular claim was made about my behavior
So jealous of
Cindy L Golding the
Linn County GOP Chair is the Dan Kauffman he removed the post announcing all the potential candidates because her picture was the first to appear.
For the Record.
I am not now, Nor have I ever been an Admin on ANY Linn County GOP Website, Facebook Group Page or Facebook Fan Page.
Therefore I CANNOT NOW Nor have I ever been able to Remove ANY Post on Any Party Page (Except my Own, everyone can do this)
AND
MR KNOX KNOWS THIS
There is a way to describe the statement he made where he claims that I removed a Post because our present Chairs photo was on it
The description may be found in
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
The Disorganizational SubCommittee
The Central Committee was without Form and a Voice said:
Let there be Sub-Committees
And it was so.
There arose the Organizational Committee
And the Central Committee said
Go forth and multiply and Organize Sub-Committees each of their own kind and Function.
And the Organizational Sub-Committee begat:
The Credential Committee
The Communications Committee
The Event Committee
The Finance Committee
The Office Committee
The Elections Committee
Each according to their kind and Function,
And the Executive Board said:
We need Charters
And the Ad Hoc Committee arose to write proposed Charters so that Each Sub-Committee might know their Own Function and not Infringe on Others.
And it came to Pass that the Charters were brought to the Central Committee
And each Charter said:
They shall Report to the Executive Board or they Shall Report to the Organizational Commitee
And the Central Committee said
NO
For Lo they said the Constitution does say:
"The Executive Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee. "
As these Committees are PART of the Central Committee they shall Report TO the Central Committee.
And a great gnashing of teeth and rending of hair was heard from the Tents of the Chair.
Thus ALL Sub-Committees Each of their Own Kind and Function was given Charters detailing their Function
EXCEPT
The Organizational Committee
Which was not yet Organized to present a Charter.
And the Central Committee said
Two months you have and then return with a Charter
Which
They did not feel like doing, They chose to do other things,
Despite the By-Laws which say
"Any member of the County Central Committee who------who fails to promptly carry out his or her assigned duties within the time specified under the organization's program which the Committee has adopted may be removed by action of the county Central committee"
But the Central Committee was Merciful and Gave them Until AFTER THE ELECTION
Which was over 3 months ago?
So have they become Organized enough to do what EVERY OTHER Sub-committee has done and devise a Charter to present?
I really feel we should devise a Charter FOR them and in it change the name to--
The Disorganizational Committee
Recently one of its members sent the Sub-Committee Chair an Email asking about a scheduled meeting
The reply from that Chair was
I have no clue why, but there is no meeting.
Say WHAT?
I am certain we all remember the Debate last Summer about Who Calls a Meeting of a Sub-Commitee
If the CHAIR does not know why a meeting is not being held WHO DOES?
Because if the answer should be at the Direction of a Member of the Executive Committee?
It would constitute an Unconstitutional abrogation of the Authority of the Central Commitee
Rather like the Unconstitutional Executive Orders coming out of Washington these days
Get With The Program Or Move On.
Get with the program or move on
Is not just a quote, but the SUBJECT LINE of an Email sent to one of our members by the Linn County Republican Central Committee Chair.
She Who Must Be Obeyed.
In many Deliberative Societies it is not uncommon to find differing points of view.
The preferred method of handling this is Debate and Dialogue.
Both sides present their views to the Body,
There are Rules governing how this is done.
The most important being, only the Body has the Right to End Debate.
By a Two Thirds Vote.
The idea being that if 2/3rds feel that they have heard enough it is time to make a decision.
The less preferred is the use of differing methods to see that Dialogue is suppressed,
I recall when I was still Parliamentarian a Debate was ensuing at a Central Committee meeting and the Chair asked me, "What can I do to End this?" My reply was "Nothing"
See above the bit about Only the Body has the Right to End Debate.
That incident might have been the origin of the 5 Minute Rule on Subcommittee Reports.
We cannot have the Body getting too much information.
It must be LIMITED,
So that they will Keep their Mouths Shut, Do What they are Told and Remember what Their Place is.
In a word.
They can "Get with the program or move on"
The Unbelievers MUST be driven out the Doors of the Temple lest they corrupt the Faithful!
Because the Prophets of "Making a difference for the good of this country"
Have decreed that the Heretics be Purged.
"Either come along with us or we will move ahead without you. It's your choice."
Myself I am a firm believer that everyone one has a Right to THEIR Choice.
The County Chair seems to feel that evryone has a Right to HER Choice..
We will have in one short week a Chance to Choose,
They have done their best so far to place limitations on that Choice,
Nominees will have 2 minutes to speak to us and there will be NO Questions from the Floor and then
Immediately we go to the Vote.
In the Past the reason for a short statement and no questions from the floor was because we had a month between Nominations and Voting to ask Questions.
They want the assistant commitee persons who will vote to be decided NOT by the Senority System we have always used but instead base it on Who Wins the Race to Be First To Check In.
But the Rules used will be the Choice of the BODY.
The Leadership that comes out of the Voting will also be the Choice of the Body.
So at this meeting coming up in One Week
Choose Wisely.
Because if you don't?
You may not get another Chance to Choose anything for a couple of years.
Monday, 9 February 2015
We Mutually Pledge
Well we have had a range of comments on my statements about the Central Committee adjournment times,
They range from
I disagree on your time position. I think the long drawn out meetings were one of the things that turned me away from attending. set up a time limit and table issues until next time.
To
I think there needs to be balance. The last meeting was a mess. It was like watching a movie in fastforward. You got an idea of what everyone was trying to accomplish but it went so quickly only a few things were actually addressed. It's important to know when it's too late but it's also important to be flexible.
I believe part of my reaction stems from the Fact that i take One Vacation Day a Month to attend the Central Committee Meetings.
So as a result my focus is on getting the work of the Committee done, rather than what time we adjourn.
I realize others may look at things differently.
I have been going to these meetings for quite a few years and you might say I am a person of consistant habits.
Some less than Kind people may say I tend to get stuck in ruts,
In any event I have for years ordered the same dinner before the meeting and ordered my desert after the meeting.
The Kitchen closes at 10:00 PM and I do not recall any time in the last 10 Years that there has not been plenty of time to order my Chocolate Cake and Ice Cream after a meeting.
So we are talking about a long drawn out meeting of an extra 30 Minutes, Perhaps and Hour? I don't think it has ever gone as long as an Hour and Half and prevented my ordering my Desert.
It saddens me to think that in just a tad over 200 years we have gone from:
With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
To
What do you MEAN we might not adjourn at 8:30??
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Chaotic Good
A while back I entered intop an online dialogue with someone who remembers the last few years differently than I.
I recall the Executive Board just before the present one as a very good time for the Central Commitee, while they--
But let me let them tell you in their own words
Now I'm fotflmao! Demolishing everything that you built up? Now that's rich… And just what exactly are the great accomplishments that you would like to point to? The Central committee was a disaster! It was in total disarray! There was no structure there was hardly any leadership! Maybe it was that great website you guys had! Oh yeah that's right… It hadn't been managed in years! Lmao! What a joke!
We seem to have a different definition of disaster.
The Executive Board took over a Central Committee in disarray.
The Treasury was GONE.
We started the practice of taking up a collection during the meetings to pay for the room because we HAD to.
There was no other way to pay for the room.
It was not easy in those early days the membership and those attending meetings had fallen off quite a bit.
Down to the levels we see today.
But in time the collections for a meeting could get as high as $200. According to a former Treasurer (Not the Present One or the Interim One)
Compared to-- what was it I heard the last one was, $26?
If that is Order? I will take Disorder any day.
It is true the Website had been dormant.
We made the mistake of having something that could only be handled by an expert and then the expert went Walk About.
So we now have something that can only be handled by an Expert and if they go Wallk About we will be back were we were.
Have to Love that Order and Structure.
As for the FUNCTIONING of the Central Committee in those days when everything was in disarray.
When there was no Structure and the Website was Dormant?
Well our Events were attended by 4 to 5 times as many people as today.
The Bank Account went from ZERO to $20,000.
The Meeting collections could get as High as $200
Membership and Attendance was UP not Down.
I don't recall any real fighting or arguments other than the normal.
I did not engage in anything like what I am doing presently, because?
NO portions of the Constitutions, ByLaws or Rules of Order were being Violated.
From where I stand all the Order, Structure that the present Excutive Board has given us is highly over rated.
I say
Return us to the Disorder, Unstructure and Dormancy we had when we were Effective and Working Together.
ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP
Friday, 6 February 2015
Down The Rabbit Hole
I'm Late, I'm Late for a Very Important Date!
There are some peopl who have a fetish about time.
We have a few in the Central Committee. They seem to place a greater importance on what time the meeting ends than if whether or not the business needed got done.
I recall an online exchange I had recently with a couple they were ecstatic that the meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.
As for me I was concerned that for instance the Finance Subcommittee had FIVE items that they wished to bring to the Body's attention and were not given the time to do so,
But then shutting off presentations by the Finance Subcommittee by the Chair is not a new issue.
Sometime back the Finance Subcommittee spent 3 months working on a new insurance proposal, getting quotes, comparing prices etc.
The Chair had been informed of this.
When their Chair tried to be recognized at a meeting to present the Subcommittees findings the Central Committee Chair ignored him.
Later the Central Committee Chair presented the Executive;/Advisory Committee with a CRISIS.
The Central Committee's insurance was about to EXPIRE.
There was NO TIME.
Action must be taken NOW.
My understanding is that a member of the Finance Subcommittee who was at the Executive/Advisory Subcommittee meeting made a motion to allow the Executives to cut a check to renew the Insurance (with the Insurance company the Chair has their business insurance with)
Now this person KNEW the Finance Subcommittee had been working for THREE MONTHS on other better methods of insurance and he went behind their backs at this meeting and undermined them.
How slimy IS that?
Other problems with this aciton is the situation definition of meaning which alters an ADVISORY Subcommittee in to one who makes DECISIONS for the Body?
Not to mention the FACT that their were only TWO Executives at the meeting and it takes a Quoram for the Executive Board to Act on ANYTHING.
I am sorry but a Quoram is MORE than One Half and One Half or TWO of a FOUR Person Executive Board is NOT more than One Half,
Not to mention that it was ILLEGAL and a Violation of the Bylaws for the Check to be written WITHOUT the Signature of the Treasurer?
But then RULES, Constituions ByLaws etc are not meant to be applied to THESE People they are ABOVE such petty matters.
Now we will come to the upcoming Elections.
When they tell you that they HAVE to be held the SAME Night as the Nominations and that we HAVE to only allow the Candidates 2 minutes and that we CANNOT allow Questions from the Floor,
Are you going to tell them that YOU the Central Committee decide differently and CHANGE their Proposed Rules?
Or are you just going to
JUMP DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
Thursday, 5 February 2015
The Meaning of Is
Back in the Clinton Era there was a lot of Debate on the Meaning of Is
At the Linn County Central Committee we have been discussing the meaning of a few terms. Committee and Manage.
It would seem that some have adopted and Alice Though the Looking Glass definition of the meaning of words.
This first arose when members of the Communications Subcommittee took issue with the monthly meeting Committee Reports including the Webmaster.
Because we said the Webmaster is not a Committee and the Communications Subcommittee has been givern the mandate by the Central Committee of oversight on the Website as is stated in our Charter.
This created some controversy and for instance the Organizational Subcommittee refused to remove the Webmaster as a Committee in the section of its Agenda titled Committee Reports.
Our position is based on two portions of our Charter.
*Mission Statement *- The objective of the Communications Team is to manage the LCRCC correspondence including Facebook, website, news releases and online calendar. And
*Activities and Duties *include: • Identify different audiences that the LCRCC wants to communicate with and develop a communications plan that defines the strategy and actions foreach audience. (for example, LCRCC members, voters, candidates, news media, etc). • Coordinate communication strategies and messaging with local, State and Federal organizations and candidates to ensure communications continuity• Coordinate the use of the LCRCC web site and Facebook content
The Chair of the Office Subcommittee disagrees with me.
"The webmaster is not under the jurisdiction communications committee. Take a deep breath and relax while I try to educate you on this… The communications committee is responsible for "content" as you correctly identified. It is the responsibility of the office committee however for the management of the communications infrastructure!"
The Charters for both Subcommitees can be found in Appendix B of the July, 2015 Central Committee Minutes
HERE
I have looked through the Office Charter several times and it does say that they are responsible for the Computer, Hard Drive and Records that are IN the Office,
And thery are responsible for the Internet Conneciton that is IN the Office.
But try as I may I cannot seem to find ONE instance where the word Website is mentioned.
You would think if the Office Subcommittee is responsible for that it might be mentioned at least once in their Charter.
It is mentioned Twice in ours?
Might I also point out we had the Website Mandate before there WAS an Office?
Let the Office Subcommittee stick to its own kniting and stop trying to raid other Subcommitees.
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Don't You Know This Is Secret Ballot
During the Soviet Era one of the few means for the common people to practice resistance was street Humor,
Some of the anecdotes concerned Elections.
Dimitri was walking to the Ballot Box when he started opening his Ballot,
"Dimitri!" The Political Commisar snarled, "Just WHAT do you think you are doing?"
Excuse me Comrade Commisar, but I was just curious who I was voting for.
"Dimitri you FOOL." the Political Commisar growled. "Don't you know this is SECRET Ballot."
It is very important to have confidence in those who have control over an Election.
The Central Committee is scheduled to have an Officer's Election.
The Details and Proposed Rules can be found HERE.
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Upcoming LCRCC Nominations & Elections
Dear Republican,
The bi-annual election of officers for Linn County Republican Central Committee (LCRCC) will be held at our regularly scheduled meeting, Feb. 17, 2015. The location isLongbranch Hotel & Convention Center, 90 Twixt Town Rd., Cedar Rapids.
If you are interested in running for an office, please send your name and the position you are seeking (Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer) to the webmaster. You may include a 3-5 sentence statement (bio or other info) and a picture, but these are not required. If received by Feb 8, it will be included in a Mailchimp Email and distributed through our social media.
Proposed Rules -
Nominations/Election
2/17/2015
- Process/procedures
- Voting will be by secret ballot.
- One vote per eligible voter per ballot.
- No ballots shall leave the voting floor.
- Must be present to vote - no proxies.
- Candidates may observe the vote count.
- Nominations require a second and will be accepted at the February meeting.
- Candidates shall have two minutes to speak at the February meeting.
- There will be no questioning of candidates from the floor.
- Elections will be in the following order:
- Chair
- Co-Chair
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Who can vote
- Precinct representatives and assistant representatives must check in with the credentials team.
- Credentialed Precinct representatives and credentialed assistant representatives may vote.
- Assistant representatives may vote only if Precinct representatives are not present.
- If more assistant representatives are present than positions to be filled, seating shall be determined by first arrival.
- Credentialing cuts off when all in line are credentialed.
- Precinct representatives and assistant representatives will be notified by USPS, postmarked 10 days prior to the election.
- Notice of the election will be posted on the Webpage, Face Book Group invite, and sent out via Mail Chimp.
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When someone talks about changing how elections are run to Improve the process?? It gets my attention,
There are a few things that caught my eye,
For instance:
- Candidates shall have two minutes to speak at the February meeting.
- There will be no questioning of candidates from the floor.
If there is any discussion of those two points I would expect it to be mentioned that we have done it this way in the Past.
That is True, but what is also True is that the Best Way to Lie is to tell PART of the Truth.
Yes we HAVE limited Canidates to just a few minutes and we HAVE not allowed questions from the floor,
That was however when we Announced elections in January, held Nominations in Febuary and had the Elections in March,
It was considered the Month in between Nominations and Elections would give everyone time to ask those running anything that they needed to.
Somehow the idea that Candidates have 2 minutes No One is allowed to ask Any Questions and we have to have the Election RIGHT NOW.
This Very Night!!
Seems a little rushed to me.
Then there is the subject of credentials
- If more assistant representatives are present than positions to be filled, seating shall be determined by first arrival.
We have always credentialed by Senority of Membership in the Committee.
I can recall NO Time when it was based on what time a person got to the meeting.
None of these items I have mentioned are conducive to a reasoned informed Election.
There ARE however Perfect if you wish to RIG an Election.
I am a firm believer in the Principle that what can be abused will.
For that reason I suggest to the Membership that
1. We do not change the way we have held Elections in the Past, Have Nominations in Feburary and the Election in March.
2. We do not change the way we Credential. The method we use all the time does not need to be altered.
3. Just so everyone does not think that I am totally adverse to change there is one I would suggest
ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
How To Destroy The LCRCC
Hi everyone my name is Dan and I am an
ILK
HI DAN!
It is because I am lacking in any aspect of Human Decency, Compassion for my fellow Party Members or Comprehension of the Concepts of Morality and Ethics
That I wish to completely destroy the Linn County Republican Central Committee and Suck the Marrow from it's Bones.
Or at least that is the claim relayed to me by the Chair of the LCRCC's Office Subcommittee.
&thus u have just revealed how sick u all are. Taking pride in the destruction of the LCRCC. truly it's a sad day...go ahead & give yourselves a nice pat on the back!
But I think he does me too much credit. I am only one person and am not in a position to do much destruction.
Now I do understand the process. I have been watching with dismay while for over a year an expert has been demolishing what we built up under the Previous Chair.
So the First Step is--
Get Elected Chair.
Now you want to pick a nice healthy Central Committee one with a good Treasury,
It is not much of a challenge to demolish a Central Committee that is in disarray with a depleted Treasury and you will not get much street cred amongst your fellow Central Committee demolishers.
You want to start small. The basic method is based on the frog in s slowly boiling pot of water.
You might want to start by berating and castigating volunteers setting up for a function for placing more than 5 mints in the center of the tables.
This will prompt them to refuse to volunteer for anything that you might be involved in and you must make certain that you are involved and insist on running EVERYTHING.
About this now it will be time to CLAIM that certain aspects of the Constitution and ByLaws do not apply to you.
It is important NOT to violate any of their provisions just make the claim.
You might start by saying that some people want to move the meeting and while you COULD make that decision yourself, you think it is best to let the Commitee decide,
You see there is this pesky little part of the Constitution that says.
The Executive Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee.
You want to get people used to the idea that you can ignore tedious things like Constitutions, ByLaws and Rules of Order and that despite the fact that the Committee established the time, dates and places for the meeting you COULD if you wished countermand that.
Now that you have the foundation set, Some disarray among the volunteers claims of extra Constitutional Power it is time to heat things up a bit more.
If your Central Committee has for instance two Evant Fund Raisers that have been sucessful with several hundred attendees at times, it is time to correct this.
If one is in the Spring and one is in the Winter move the Spring one to the Fall, when it can compete if it is an Election year with ALL the Candidates for donations.
Arrange it so there are no functions for 7 months and then 3 functions one every other month for the last 5 months of the year.
You might want also to move the Fall Event from a venue where it can host a large cloud to the Victory Office.
That way you can ensure that you will only have room for about 20% of the usual attendence AND you can aggravate the volunteers who are tying to do election work, Every little bit of agro helps.
After you have reducted the Fall Event to a disaster it is time to go to work on Donors.
Call one of them at a time of day that will ensure they are swamped and will not have time to talk, Insist that the ad/donation MUST be done NOW.
If they tell you they have a firm policy that NO agreement is final until they have a proof copy to review snd a contract IGNORE that and place and ad for them anyway!
Later dun them for the ad they did not know they placed and mention that it would be a SHAME if the whole issue went public.
Be ASTONISHED that no more than 24 hours after making that statement that your Webmaster DOES go Public with the Story and posts a call to boycott the business because it does not pay its bills on the Central Committee's Facebook Group Page and not only his own Facebook Page but the Facebook pages of about 20 people including a sitting Congressman.
Now you have the heat up to just under a slow boil it is time to crank it up further.
Have a Purge the meeting before your Winter event remove undesirables from their positions and alienate a large portion of the membership.
This way you can blame THEM for that event only drawing about 20% of its usual crowd,
Oh and as an added treat? Change the rules for tickets to allow sales after the deadline even the night of the Party or even a few days after the Party BUT allow your self and a few friends to purchase a few tickets at the earlier reduced rate.
If you have done all the above or even some of it you MAY be able to take a Central Committee that had cohesion, unity and a track record of accomplishments and turn it into a ruin,
THEN run for a second term so you can finish it off.
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