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Libertarian Party of Brevard County
Bylaws
As amended by Motion 2021-01
Adopted at Business Meeting
March 17, 2021
ARTICLE I: MEETINGS
SECTION I
The Executive Committee shall call a monthly regular business meeting with the date,
time, and location posted at minimum on the party’s public and functioning website at
least fourteen (14) days in advance. The Secretary shall post all previously unapproved
minutes and the draft agenda at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the regular
business meeting.
SECTION II
The Executive Committee may call an emergency business meeting for a specific timesensitive
purpose with the date, time, location, and full agenda posted on the party’s
public and functioning website at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance. No business
other than the publicly posted agenda may be conducted during the emergency
meeting.
SECTION III
All business meetings shall be fully open to the general public, except for and only
except for any specific portion(s) covered by a vote to enter confidential executive
session to discuss sensitive legal matters.
SECTION IV
The Executive Committee may, but is not obligated to, provide for remote electronic
participation for business meetings in exceptional circumstances, either in addition to or
instead of physical participation. The availability and necessary information to use
remote electronic participation shall be provided as part of the public notice of the
location.
SECTION V
Quorum for all business meetings shall consist of a majority of Executive Committee
members or one-third of the current voting members. Attendance at a regular business
meeting that does not make quorum shall still count as attendance for the purpose of
obtaining or maintaining voting membership status.
SECTION VI
Unless otherwise prescribed by the constitution or these bylaws, all Executive
Committee members and all voting members present at a business meeting shall be
entitled to one (1) vote per person on all business conducted at that business meeting
with the outcome of each item of business decided using the number of votes actually
cast.
SECTION VII
Executive Committee members shall present a report of activities at each regular
business meeting.
SECTION VIII
Members may be excused for being absent from a regular business meeting due to
conducting party business elsewhere. Such absences may be excused by two-thirds of
the voting members present and the motion to excuse must state the reason for
excusal. Per state law, elected libertarian public officials shall be automatically excused
if the absence is due to conducting mandatory public business related to that public
office.
Excused absences shall be counted as being in attendance for the purpose of obtaining
or maintaining voting membership but not for quorum or deciding outcomes of votes.
SECTION IX
Motions that authorize expenditure of funds shall include a statement of the maximum
direct financial liability incurred if the motion were to pass. If the financial liability is
unknown or unable to be calculated, then the motion shall include a statement that the
financial liability is unknown and therefore unbounded.