LPMA State Committee
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2006 Committee
Elected members
Appointed members
Walter Ziobro appointed to Committee at meeting of 23 September 2006.
Officers
Chair: Carol MacMahon Treasurer: Walter Ziobro Secretary: Mary-Anne Wolf Vice-Chair: George Phillies Membership Secretary: David Roscoe (appointed)
Calendar
Sunday, 29 October 2006: Steve Drobnis' home, Stoughton Sunday, 28 January 2007 Sunday, 29 April 2007 Sunday, 29 July 2007
Mandatory Duties of the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts State Committee and Its Officers and Committees
This page refers to the former LPMA bylaws. The new bylaws create almost no duties for any officers or board members.
(English Grammar: "shall" does not refer to options.)
There shall be a Regional Chairman and Regional Vice Chairman for each Region, both of whom shall reside in their Region and be Members of the State Committee. Each shall be elected by majority vote of the State Committee members residing in his Region at the next meeting after the organizational meeting of the State Committee.
The Chairman shall
- (a) call meetings of the State Committee at least quarterly
- (b) appoint a General Counsel, Parliamentarian, and Sergeant-at-Arms.
- (c) fill all vacancies for Regular Member positions (There are presently 78 vacant Regular member positions.)
- (d) appoint membership on all standing committees (Executive, Budget, Candidates, Finance, Program, Public Relations, Registration and Membership, Convention, and Rules.)
The Vice Chairman shall be responsible for overseeing, promoting and insuring the effectiveness of the standing committees of the State Committee.
The Secretary shall keep the minutes... All minutes shall be open for inspection by State Committee members...availability of minutes on a public electronic network is sufficient.
The Treasurer of the State Committee shall be the custodian of all funds of the State Committee including internal State Committee accounts, and shall be responsible for the maintenance of detailed books of accounts of all monies received and paid in accordance with normal accounting principles. The Treasurer shall also be responsible for complying with any campaign or political finance laws, including preparation and filing of all necessary reporting documents. The Treasurer shall give reports to the State Committee of the financial state of the treasury at each regular meeting. The Treasurer shall have responsibility for making approved payments from State Committee funds within the limits of the total budget.
Regular Members shall be responsible for organizing all the city, ward and town committees ("local committees") in their district.
Regular and Associate Members shall work with State Committee personnel to assure local committee activity in:
- i. recruiting candidates for partisan and non-partisan local, county and state public office;
- ii. acting as a standing campaign committee to assist Libertarian candidates for partisan and non-partisan local, county and state public office;
- iii. raising funds at the local level to further local committee efforts and to aid Libertarian candidates;
- iv. identifying newly-registered Libertarians at the local level and soliciting their participation in the local committee;
- v. organizing registration drives and getting out the vote;
- vi. providing local newspapers with favorable news releases and letters to the editor;
- vii. organizing meetings, rallies, seminars and social events;
- viii. assuring the preparation and adoption of local committee by-laws consistent with these by-laws;
- Regular Members are individually responsible for assuring that no local committee membership positions are vacant.
Duties of Committees: (These are limited to mandated duties ("shall"). Some committees do not have any mandated duties that I can identify.
- The Executive Committee shall meet at least eight times yearly... and shall exercise all the powers of the State Committee except... No funds shall be disbursed to any candidates after the election in which they ran for office without the approval of two-thirds (2/3) of the Executive Committee members.
- The Candidates Committee shall be responsible for recruiting, training and assisting candidates for all elective offices in the Commonwealth.
- The Budget Committee shall meet no later than October 15 for the preparation of the annual operating budget...
- The Finance Committee shall raise money for the State Committee...
- The [Program] committee shall recommend and supervise statewide publicity, provide proposed media releases, develop data on incumbents from other parties, shall develop and publish internal communications for the members of the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts, and shall be responsible for monitoring and responding to news articles, letters to the editor and editorials at the state and regional level.
