Here are My Questions to the Nominees.

Any answers I get will be posted here in accordance with my statements in my last Post

 To Advise And Assist

 Dear Nominees:

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 10:20 AM CST
Updated: Friday, 13 February 2015 9:38 AM CST
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The Constitution of the United States grants certain Powers to the

Executive Branch with the Advice and Consent of the Senate.

The Constituion of the Linn County Republican Central Committee

is more limiting.

IT states that  "The Executive Committee is under the ORDERS of the  Linn County Central Committee and that NONE of its  acts shall  conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee"

It is further stated in the ByLaws that the Executives are to

ADVISE and ASSIST the Central Committee in its deliberations.

It is important to take note that the Decision Making Power

Resides in the Central Committee and that the Executive Board

is only supposed to AID the Central Committee in making decisions

It does not have the Authority to make them for the Central Committee

We will presently hold Elections for the Positions in the Executive Board

The proposed Nomination Rules call for only a 2 minute speech

by the Nominees and NO questions from the Floor.

The intent of these rules when they were first adopted was to limit

debate during the Nomination Meetinig BECAUSE it was assumed

that the Membship would have an Entire Month between Nominations

and Elections to ask any Questions they might desire of the Nominees.

The proposed Rules unless we amend them will make that impossible

SO

I suggest that the membship ask the Nominees in an email what THEY

think about the two portions of the Constitutions and Bylaws I  mentioned

above.  Or any other questions you may have.

I intend to do so myself

And I promise to post any answers here on this website

I will place the answer in a single post for each Nominee

I will only use a photo that has been submitted to the Central Committee

by the Nomines to the LCRCC Website or Facebook Group and or Fan Page

I will no matter how much Strain refrain from ANY comments by myself in these

Posts.

The Comments Section of the Hot Issues website will however as it always is

remain open for the Enlightened Input of my Readers.

Contact Information and Bios for some nominees can be found on the LCRCC Website

Robin Tucker sent out an Email which I have  duplicated and placed on a webpage

Should there be other Nominees who stand for office I will Update this Post

Remember

Democracy Rests

On the Foundation of

An Informed Public

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 2:07 AM CST
Updated: Friday, 13 February 2015 9:49 AM CST
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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

James Knox

3 hrs  · 

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. 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 9:18 AM CST
Updated: Thursday, 12 February 2015 9:27 AM CST
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S

 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 

  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

James Knox

3 hrs  · 

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.

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 1:51 AM CST
Updated: Thursday, 12 February 2015 2:26 AM CST
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 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 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 2:58 PM CST
Updated: Wednesday, 11 February 2015 10:12 AM CST
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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. 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 2:57 AM CST
Updated: Tuesday, 10 February 2015 8:08 AM CST
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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??

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 1:32 AM CST
Updated: Monday, 9 February 2015 3:19 PM CST
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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 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 1:46 PM CST
Updated: Sunday, 8 February 2015 2:26 PM CST
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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 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 1:45 AM CST
Updated: Friday, 6 February 2015 10:43 AM CST
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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.

And

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. 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 8:07 AM CST
Updated: Thursday, 5 February 2015 9:25 AM CST
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