Forwarder: I have received from Rob Power the announcement that he is running for Platform Committee Chair, because the other candidate refuses to allow teleconference participation by a committee member unable to attend the meeting.

I still contend that Robert's is very clear that its rules are meant to give all members an opportunity to be heard in an orderly and efficient manner, and that none of its rules should ever be construed as a way to silence a member entirely. I believe trying to use Robert's to exclude the participation of a member who could easily be allowed to participate is an improper use of the rules, by Robert's own definition.

So, since it seems clear that if she is elected chair of this committee, Alicia will rule a motion to allow teleconference participation out of order, and even rule my appeal of that ruling out of order, we'll just have to vote on this issue by proxy.

I therefore announce that I am running for chair of this 2010 LP platform committee. If you want to have a vote on whether to allow our members to participate by telephone, vote for me, and we will have the vote on telephone participation. If you don't want to have that vote, then vote for Alicia (or Aaron, or anyone else who refuses to allow a vote on this issue), and they will keep such a vote from happening.

There. That was easy. :-)

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