Document

I will not be signing the final CC2009 Document.

---KP

AoA: Work

We broke up into committees to tackle the document. I was in a sub-sub-committee on civic actions, and our groups work is in the to-be-voted on version, in fact it's most of it. They are all non-violent, and we hope people can join us with this.

We'll take do every peaceful thing to restore the Republic, until we can't.

--- KP

Day 9: Articles of Association

This is day on of three for Deliberation, drafting, debating, passing, and finally signing of the Articles of Association; which are the enforcement clauses of what we have done here.

We are calling on the people to enforce Constitutional Rule on our servant government.

Some Delegates think that this document should be the Cliff's Notes version of the past 10 days. I think that is a mistake. My personal thoughts on the issue is that they should be short and sweet, no more than 2 pages, probably. They can be a new Declaration of Independence, and they can be the document that when the people take to the streets to take back their liberty, they can hold this document up as the inspiration for their being there.

We shall see....

--- Change of Schedule
--- ***Editorial. This body just voted down support of native people's property rights in the US. I voted for it, for the record.
--- The body just voted down having a report read on property, and although I support the parts I've heard, if it isn't read to us, and I can't read it (the printers are down), I can't vote for it.
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---KP

Day 8: Jury Nulification, Grand Juries, and Health Careq

*** Editorial: After meeting for three and a half hours last night, and one hour this morning, the Sub-Committee on Sovereignty will be making our report. I now understand why B. Franklin said he would never again write for the public after the Articles of Confederation.

- Call to Order: [09:26]
- Question for the Speaker on Grand Juries, etc.
- Credentials Report:
---- 47 States Represented
- Report from the Sub-Committee on Foreign Policy and the General Welfare Clause
---- Reading of the First Section of the Report
---- Debate
---- Motion to Commit to Committee, and to compile, revise, and add
------- Seconded.
------- Debate on the Motion to Commit
------- Call to Question:
----------- WV-N, (4 Yeas/ 35 Nays)
----------- Motion Fails, debate continues
---- Debate Continues [10:33]
---- Motion to Amend (strike out and add, clarification)
------- Seconded
------- Debate
------- Friendly Amendment (clarification)
---------- Seconded
---------- Call to Question
------------- WV-Y
------------- Motion Carries
------- Vote on Motion as Amended
------- WV-Y
------- Motion Carries.
---- Debate Continues...
---- Call to Question [10:48]
------- WV-Y
------- Motion Carries, debate is closed.
---- Vote on first section
------- WV-Y
------- Motion Carries
---- Reading of the Second Section
---- Amendment: to remunerate payees of Medicare, Social Sec, etc.
*** Editorial: Where does that money come from?!?
---- Call to Question
------- WV-Y
------- Debate is closed.
------- Vote on the Amendment
------- WV-N, (23 Yeas/ 12 Nays)
------- Motion Carries
---- Debate Continues...
---- Vote- Motion Carries.
*** Editorial: Why do we accept the same band-aid fixes the gov't uses? When do cut out losses? I voted for this report, because Congress won't follow through anyway, and the good parts outweigh my o9bjections.
- Sub-Committee on Sovereignty Report [11:29]
---- Reading of the Report
---- Motion to Remove two paragraphs.
------- Seconded
------- Debate
------- Call to Question
------- WV-N, Motion Carries, Debate is closed
------- Vote on Motion to Delete
------------ WV-N, Motion FAILS ***Thank God*** The Two Paragraphs remain.
---- Debate Continues
---- Motion of Privilege to allow the President to reconvene the body if necessary.
------- WV-Y (43 Yeas/ 0 Nays): Unanimous.
------- Motion Carries
---- Motion to Amend by Insertion
-------Summery: Support for a House Bill
------- Seconded
------- Debate
-------

*** Sorry, I got sick during lunch, and needed to go back to my room. I'll try to head back down later, and let you know what's what.

- [15:08] I returned to the floor, feeling somewhat better.
- Sub-Committee on Sovereignty's 2nd Section postponed until next meeting of the CC (?)
- Sub-Committee on Sovereignty's 3rd Section (Vieira Document)
---- Move to accept without debate
-------- Seconded.
-------- WV-Y, Motion Passes
- Sub-Committee Report on Constitutional Governance
---- Summery: Federal Committee to review all laws as they are passed for Constitutionality
---- Vote
--------- WV-Y (35 yeas/ 4 Nays)
--------- Motion Carries, report is accepted.
- Sub-Committee on the War Powers Clause
---- Motion to Amend by addition
--------- Add a line requesting Citizens refuse to comply with a Draft.
--------- Seconded
--------- Debate
--------- Call to Question
------------ Seconded
------------ WV-Y, Motion Carries.
--------- WV-Y, (16 Yeas/ 25 Nays)
--------- Motion Fails.
---- Motion to Call for a Roll Call Vote on the Report.
-------- Seconded
-------- Debate
-------- Call to Question:
------------ Seconded
------------ WV-Y ***The people always have a right to know how we're voting, that's why I'm doing this blog.
------------ Motion fails, no roll-call
-------- Final Vote
------------ WV-Y
------------ (39Yeas/ 2 Nays)
------------ Motion Carries, report adopted.
- Committee on the NWO
---- WV-N, Motion fails *** which is great. this was a flier, and was not fit for this body. it picked on minority religions, and was not a good document.
- Sub-Committee on the Public Debt's Report
---- Seconded
---- Debate
*** Recess for Dinner [18:45]

*** Reconvened
-[20:15] Call to Order
---- Debate on Appeal of President's Ruling....
------- Call to Question
---------- WV-A
---------- Motion carries, Debate is closed
------- Final Vote
---------- WV-A
---------- Motion (29 Yeas/ 6 Nays)
---------- Motion Carries, Chair's Ruling is sustained.
---------- 17th Amendment Clause is stricken from the report.

*** Battery is low. Break in recording.


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Day 7: Sovereignty and Property

- [09:27] Call to Order
- Open Discussion on Sovereignty
---- Until 10:00
*** Editorial: Right now I'm working on getting our Sub-Committee on Sovereignty's report together to get it to the Body. So updates may be sparse. Fair warning.
- [10:12] Sub-Committee Report on the Accountability Clause (1st Amend)
---- Facts, Instructions to Congress, Instructions to the States, and Recommendation to the People
---- Seconded
---- Debate
---- Motion to Amend
------- To wait and do nothing, until we collect 15 million signatures
------- Seconded
------- Debate
------- Call to Question : WV-Y,( 37 Yeas/3 Nays). Debate is Closed
------- Vote on Motion to Amend
------- WV-N,
------- Motion Fails
---- [10:27] Debate on the Report
---- [10:46] Call to Question: WV-Y, (28 Yeas/ 13 Nays), Debate is Closed
---- Motion to Divide
---- 3 min. Recess to read the Report
---- Final Vote to Accept Report by Section
------- Federal Section
----------- WV- Y (47 Yeas/ 14 Nays). Motion Carries
------- States Section
----------- WV-Y (31 Yeas/ 10 Nays). Motion Carries [11:09]
------- Civic Action Section
----------- WV-Y (31 Yeas/ 10 Nays). Motion Carries [11:12]
- Report from the Sub-Committee on Sovereignty
---- Seconded
---- Debate
---- Substitute Motion
------- Seconded
------- Debate
---- Committed to Committee [11:45]
- Recess for Lunch and Presentations [11:50]

*** Recess***

- Call to Order [15:20]
- Committee Report on Non-Authority
---- Debate.
---- Call to Question [15:47] to end debate
------- WV- Y (27 Yeas/ 16 Nays)
------- Debate Continues
---- Motion to Divide
-------- WV-Y (30 Yeas / 8 Nays). Motion carries
------- *** We have two documents here, and we want to vote on them separately. Jon Roland want this Body to adopt his legal determinations as to 27 definitions for the US Federal Constitution. Which I feel is patently ridiculous.
---- Debate Continues... [16:00]
---- Move to Amend
------- Strike sentence concerning personal consequences
------- Call to Question to terminate Debate on the strikeout
------- WV-Y (40Yeas/ 0 Nays). Motion carries, debate is closed
------- Final Vote to strike
----------- WV-N, (07 Yeas/ 33 Nays)
----------- Motion Fails.
---- Motion to Amend [16:14]
------- Strike the word 'loyal' from the second intro paragraph
------- Seconded.
------- Call to Question on closing Debate
----------- WV-Y (40Yeas/ 0 Nays)
------- Final Vote to Strike
----------- WV-Y (33 Yeas/04 Nays)
----------- Motion Carries, word 'loyal' is struck
---- [16:19] Debate continues....
---- [16:31] Call to Question to terminate Debate
------- WV-Y (35 Yeas/07 Nays). Debate is closed.
---- Final Vote on Declaration of Nonauthority
------- WV-Y (14 Yeas/ 29 Nays) [16:36]
------- Motion fails.
---- On the "Constitutional Clarifications"
------- Summery: Jon Roland's determination on the meaning of words
------- Call to Question to terminate debate.
----------- WV-Y (36 Yeas/ 06 Nays). Motion Carries, debate is closed.
----------- Final Vote on "Constitutional Clarifications"
----------- WV-N (08 Yeas/ 32 Nays)
----------- Motion Fails.
- [16:46] Report from the Sub-Committee on 16th Amendment and Taxes
---- Reading of the Report
---- Debate.
---- Call to Question to terminate debate [17:15]
-------- Seconded.
-------- WV-Y (43 Yeas/ 2 Nays). Debate is Closed.
---- Vote on the Motion
------- WV-Y (40 Yeas/ 4 Nays)
------- Motion Carries. Report is accepted.






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Day 6: Immigration and Foreign Policy

Note: I was late to the session, I got a message this morning from one of my constituents asking me to bring a certain idea forth here at CC2009. I decided that I would be late to the session to give me time to write a Resolution that effect. I'll put that Resolution in the Comments section for you to look at. As of now, it has not made it into a Committee to be brought to the floor, but if it doesn't I will bring it forward Thursday.

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- [10:05] Open Debate Period
- [11:00] Old Business, 2A Sub-Committee Report Amendments
---- Credentials Report: 47 States represented
------- Seconded.
------- No Debate
------- Vote: WV- Y, Motions Carries
---- Summery: Inserting a section on Open and Concealed Carry
---- Debate on the Amendment to the Civic Action section on the 2A Committee Report
---- President Ends Debate by Executive Prerogative
---- Vote on Amendment:
------- WV- Y (26 Yeas/14 Nays),
------- Motion Carries
*** Editorial: We Did it!
---- Vote on Acceptance of the Committee Report as Amended
------- WV-Y, (39 Yeas/ 2Nays),
------- Motion Carries! [11:40]
*** Editorial: Finally! This was a lot of hard work, this is something to be proud of.
- Motion to Reconsider the Instructions to the several States
---- Seconded.
---- No Debate
---- Vote to Reconsider:
------- WV- Y
------- Motion Carries
---- Debate on the reconsideration and additions to Instructions
---- Call to Question
-------- Vote to End to Debate (WV-Y, Carries)
---- Vote to include Revision
------- WV- Y
------- Motion Carries to include provisions on State Constitutional Restricts on 2A
---- Vote to Accept the Instructions
------- WV- Y
------- Motion Carries [11:57]
- Report from the Sub-Committee on The Accountability Clause
---- Back-Patting
---- Summery of Document
---- Seconded
---- Motion to Divide (break it into chunks and vote on each piece)
------- WV-A
------- Motion Carries [12:07]

*** Recess for Lunch and Presentations

- [15:02] Call to Order
- Announcement from Sub-Committee on Citizenship
---- Meeting at 1515-1600h, and 1700-1900h.
---- On Article II Eligibility
---- Currently have 4 working documents
- Open Discussion
- Announcement of Committee Meetings
- Formation of Sub-Committees

- [1830]
*** Editorial: I just got out of the Sub-Committee on Sovereignty. I wrote a document called the Declaration of Sovereignty, and the Committee voted to adopt is as their official report. We'll introduce it on the floor, and it will probably get sent back to the Committee. It doesn't mince words, and it's a little bit feisty. But we think it's very good. More to come later.

Good Night,
---KP

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Day 5: Sunday, War Clause and Privacy Clause

- [09:45] Call to Order
- Orders of the Day: Open discussion on the War Clause of the USC.
- Debate.
- [10:50] Report from the Credentials Committee
---- 113 Delegates, with 48 States represented
---- Move to be subject to later amendment and approval
---- Seconded.
---- WV: Aye, voice vote. Motion carries.
- Motion to adopt Ron and Jeremy as Co-Secretaries
---- Seconded.
---- WV: Aye, voice vote. Motion carries.
- [10:52] Report from the Second Amendment Committee
---- Files are available to Delegates
---- Reading of the Committee Report
*** Editorial comment: Wow, this is finally some real progress!!! I will post them in the comments section, before any amendments. The Caucus is seeking one. [11:16]
---- Debate on the Report
---- Amend to strike, add, and revise.
------- Seconded.
------- Debate.
------- Motion to Divide the Question (vote one each little bit)
------------- Seconded.
------------- Debate
------------- Call to Question (WV: Y, motion carries)
------- Debate on the Motion to Strike and revise... (Strike: Well-trained, loyal, Delete: homeland, replace with domestic. Add definition of domestic as "American soil")
------- Referred to Committee:

***Editorial- I met with the 2nd Amendment Committee and we altered the document. We got called back to presentations, and we'll meet again at 1700h.

-[13:45] Presentations on Privacy and Skype Call from Speaker

- [15:21] Call to Order
- Debate on Privacy
- Report from the Second Amendment Committee
---- Credentials Report: 47 States present
---- Reading of the amended Resolutions
---- Call to Question
------- Seconded.
------- Voice Vote: WV: Aye, Motion carries. Debate is closed
---- Vote on the Federal Section as amended:
------- Voice Vote: WV- Aye, Motion Carries
---- Vote on the State Section
------- Voice Vote: WV- Aye, Motion carries
---- Vote on the Civic Action Piece
------ Voice Vote: WV -Nay (we wanted to make an amendment), Motion Carries.
- [16:11] Open Debate on Privacy continues
- Reconsider the Civic Action with Amendment
---- WV Y, failed.
---- New Amendment for Open Carry, postponed until tomorrow.
- Recess for the night.
- Committee Work until 7pm, Dinner at 7, Committee work until the wee hours (2 am some days).

Our Caucus is really starting to make a difference here. We're working really hard, and going to have some very good Resolutions and suggestions for the People when we're done.

---KP


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Day 4: Saturday

It's 11am here in St. Charles, and we're just getting started with official business. Our Caucus was up to 2am last night, and we have a document, that I believe, will be introduced today.

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- Call to Order.
- [11:14] Credentials Report: 105 Delegates, 48 States. No sign in today?!?
- Change of Format, no longer three speaking places, but one central podium.
- Order of the Day: Tax Clauses of the US Constitution.
- Motion: The Freeman Resolution
---- Seconded.
---- Point of Order: No Motions at this time...
- [11:20] Open Debate on IRS, Taxes, Etc.

- [15:02] Update: We had lunch, attended committee meetings, and listened to a presentation y Orly Taitz on her eligibility cases. The Congress should be called to order soon, for the 2nd Session of the day until 5pm.

- [15:09] Call to Order
- One hour of open debate on Eligibility and Citizenship.
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Perspective

I may have been a little on the pessimistic side for some of the previous posts. I just got out of 5 hour Caucus. I can't do it justice to attempt to commit it to writing, but know that I now believe this Group is going to do some very, very important things here.

[00:54]

Day 3: An experiment in Committees

9:58-
Editorial, Committees are dangerous. It's a good way to compromise until you've said nothing. We are currently discussing the repeal of parallel sub-committees, and providing for a more fluid and useful schedule and creating some 'open debate' period into the schedule, then the sub-committees will meet for 2 hours this evening to produce documents in the vein of the debate.

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10:02 - Call to Order.
- Credentials Report, 47 states present, 105 Delegates.
- Motion (M. Badnarik) to reconvene as Committee of the Whole to rescind yesterday's schedule amendment, and to reconvene with a new agenda. One half hour allotted.
---- Seconded.
---- No Debate.
---- Call to Question. WV votes Yea, and the debate is ended, by voice: no count.
---- Final Vote: WV votes Yea, and the motion carries.

*** Reconvene as the Committee of the Whole ***

10:10 - Commitee of the Whole vote on Agendas
- Motion to rescind the previous amendment to the agenda and replace with new strategy.
---- Seconded.
---- Debate: The new agenda doesn't get rid of our speakers.
---- Call to Question. WV votes Yea, and debate is ended with 38 votes Y, 6 N.
---- Final Vote: WV votes Yea, and the motion carries.

10:17 - Report back to the Congress
- Report: The Amendment Passed, and now are convened as the Continental Congress
- Credentials Report: 106 Delegates (10:07) from 47 States.
---- Voice Vote: WV votes Yea, and the motion carries.
- Motion: To restore the agenda as originally approved.
---- Seconded.
---- No Debate.
---- Call to Question: WV votes Nay, and debate is closed.
---- Final Vote: WV votes Nay, and the motion carries.
- Motion: On procedures for Open Forum and Working Meetings
---- Seconded.
---- Summery: Discussion on the issues, no motions. Move to Committees to produce documents. At later time, presentations and recommendations. Limited Debate. Vote.
---- Debate.
---- Call for Orders of the Day: Committee of the Whole to Discuss the Federal Reserve.
---- Debate (cont'd). [10:28]
- Motion to Withdraw the previous motion.
---- Seconded.
---- Voice Vote: WV votes Yea, and the motion carries.
- Motion to Amend the Agenda.
---- Summery: to schedule time for open discussion and motions.
---- Seconded.
---- Debate. [10:34]
---- Call for Orders of the Day: Convened as Committee of the Whole, to discuss Federal Reserve.
- Motion to Reconvene.
---- Seconded.
---- Call to Question: WV votes Yea, the motion carries. Dan Gonzales is appointed as the Chair.

*** Reconvene as the Committee of the Whole***

10:40- Committee of the Whole, Discussion of the Federal Reserve.

11:37- OUR CAUCUS JUST PASSED ITS FIRST RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO PURCHASE HARD CURRENCIES, AND BEGIN TO SET UP TRADE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH IT.
This is the first of several Civic Action pieces our Caucus is working on.

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11:53- We are having problems with privelege and process. It's becoming ridiculous. Delegates have been railroaded off, and this is wrong. We are breaking for lunch soon.


11:54- Recessed for Lunch.

14:53- We've had speeches, films, and lunch in the intervening time. We received several documents from Dr. Vieira that we are considering. Several committees have been created in this time as well. This next section of time is allocated for Committee work.

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Final Update of the Day [20:00 Local]

You'll notice that there is a large block of time for which I did take such diligent notes. I wanted to let you know what happened. First I made a Point of Order... 3 times before I was recognized by the chair. My complaints, although validated by several other Delegates, were dismissed out of hand by the VP, acting Chair.

I then spoke to group during the open discussion portion on Militias and 2A. I said something like this, "The American people have heard from politicians and media for a long time that the lawful exercise of their Right to Self-Defense, their Right to disobey arbitray and/or Unconstitutional authority is wrong. It is terrorism or un-American. The most important thing, in my opinion, that this Body can do, to legitimize defensive actions taken against a tyrannical government as per our Founding Documents."

That is still my opinion.

Good night, friends, fellow patriots. I am leaving shortly for a Caucus group where we will continue to work to provide the Delegation with practical things to vote on that We the People can do. I am of two mind on this: One, we can rattle the saber and say, "this far and no farther." or; Two, we can ignore the arbitrary and unconstitutional actions, and go about our lives as Sovereign Citizens of the States and focus on our Communities, until the aggression of the District comes to our door.

But I fear that it may eventually come to a conflict, sadly. I hope we can avoid it, but I hope you prepare if we cannot.

Again, good night.

In Liberty
--- Kevin Patrick (WV)

Day 2: Motions

Motions:

- Voice vote to accept the report from the Credentials Committee. WV Votes Yea, and the motion passes.

- Amendment of the Rules to allow Laptops with restrictions:
---- Substitute Amendment: To allow in Congress, but not Committee. WV Votes Nay, and the amendment failed.
---- Final Vote on the issue: WV Votes Yea, and the motion Passes.
---- I spoke on this issue, saying "Sunshine is the best disinfectant." Meaning that we should be not be afraid to have our words heard, by the People or the Government.

- Adoption of Rules as Amended. WV Votes Yea, and the motion passes.
---- Amendment to disallow any motions which seek to amend the US Constitution. WV Votes Yea, and the amendment passes.

- Motion to Instruct Congress by R. Schultz.
---- After lenthy and heated debate, no vote is taken. WV would have voted Nay.

- Motion to accept report from Committee. WV Votes Yea, and the motion passes.

- Motion to use Coalition Groups to present the findings of this Congress to the States. WV Votes Nay, and the motion failed.
---- We voted this down because it was presumptive, and redundant. Many of us are already doing this, and we did not need to be 'forced' to do so by this body.

- Motion to accept the Declaration of Non-Authority. Sent to Committee for revision and compilation.

- Motion to send Documents to the military, governments, and law enforcement. WV did not vote, I was in caucus at this time. The motion failed.

- Motion to accept the Plan of Action proposed by the Delegate from Tennessee and others. Was sent to Committee with the Declaration.
---- I would have voted no for this motion. It proposed to forcibly remove some elected officials from office, without provocation, with the Sheriffs and Militia. Aside from not being possible, I believed that it was an inappropriate use of the militia, and presumed too much authority for this Body.

- Motion to Amend the Schedule. WV votes Yea, the motion is passed.

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I attended the "Last Ditch First Caucus" which I helped to form to discuss the last ditch attempts to protect liberty, prepare for that eventuality first, and then work forwards once our ducks are in a row to secure our survival and ability to fight for liberty, then we begin exhaust any political means which may be left.

We split into two groups to discuss Militia, 2A, Firearms in one group, and Sound Money in another. The Sound Money Committee produced a document, and the other did not. I've written two motions which will be introduced to the Caucus tonight and hopefully introduced tomorrow. I will post final versions when they are available.

Day 3: Committees

We abandoned the official schedule, which many felt might have been leaning to far towards one person's specific agenda. I would have to agree with that. So today, we are breaking apart into Sub-Committees to handle the violations of the Constitution in regards to Militias, the 2nd Amendment, and Constitutional hard Money.

I will have my laptop with me today, so I should be able to update you more frequently.
Feel free to chat with me today:

Gtalk: Kevinpatrick.jr [at] gmail.com
AIM: KevinLPatrick
Skype: kevinpatrick.jr

Sound will disabled, so text chat only.

---KP

Day 2: Confusion and Re-organization

I'll have to make several updates today. We amended the rules to allow laptops in the room with us during deliberations, so I'll be able to update better in the coming days.

I am participating in a Caucus which I helped to organize which is based on three things:

Self-Defense, Self-sufficiency, and Self-governance.

This is out three-pronged approach to the problems we face.

Our Caucus is small right now, less than a fifth of the Delegates, but growing. Official business closed, but out Caucus is meeting after hours. We have 37 Delegates signed on right now.

Tomorrow's discussion is on Militias, Firearms, and Lawful money. I'll endeavor to keep you updated.

More coming....
---KP

Day 1: Proceedings and Votes

Organizational Meeting:
- Meeting pushed back from 2pm to 3pm. Hotel/Room issues.
- Goal: Elections of Officers (Pres, VP, and Sec)

I. Opening Business
A. Call to order at 15:28 Local Time
B. Prayer
C. Pledge
D. Credentials Committee Report: 105 Delegates (1620h), 43 States (after roll call)
II. Election of President
A. Nominations:
- M. Badnarik
- R. Schultz
- J. Davis
- P. Boyes
- E. Levin
- K. Tebedo
- C. Bleish
- L. Graves
- D. Gonzales
- S. Cox
- Note: Some nominations were removed, until at the end, after 3 rounds of voting, only 2 were left.
B. Motion: That a new President be selected each day by lot.
1. Substitute Motion: That the Office of President be opened up to non-Delegates who volunteer.
a. Arguments:
+. For: That as elected Delegates, all our time should be spent in debate, not administration.
-. Against: That non-Delegates were not elected, and only the elected representatives of the People have any business running the Congress.
b. Amendment to the Sub-Mo: That only the non-Voting Delegates be eligible for Office.
c. Move to Close Debate and Call to Question: 41 Yeas, 0 Nays (WV votes Yea)
d. Withdrawal of the Amendment- after lengthy debate, the Delegate is withdrew the amendment, with support of the body: 34 Yeas, 2 Nays (WV Votes Yea)
C. Motion to Postpone Indefinitely (Table) the Sub-Mo.
1. Call to Question: 33 Yeas, 1 Nay (WV Votes Yea)
D. Substitute Motion: That the nominations for President are also the Nominations for Vice President. Never voted on, ruled out of order.
E. Call to Question on the Original Motion, as written:
- 1 Yea, 39 Nays (WV Votes Nay)
F. Roll Call is proposed, as Delegates arrived late. 35 Yeas, 0 Nays (WV Votes Yea)
G. Nominations closed, 1 speeches, 3 rounds of voting. End Result: M.Badnarik is elected President, and D. Gonzales as Vice President.

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List of Votes from WV:
- Close Debate on Amendment of the Substitution Motion on the Presidency being opened to Non-Delegates. WV Votes Yea, with a total of 41 yeas, and 0 nays.

- Withdrawal of Amendment to disallow Voting Delegates to hold Office. WV Votes Yea, with a total of 31 yeas, and 2 nays.

- Close Debate on Postpone Indefinitely of the Substitution Motion. WV Votes Yea, with a total of 39 yeas, and 1 nay.

- Postpone Indefinitely of the Substitution Motion to open nomination to non-delegates. WV Vote Yea, with a total of 33 yeas, and 1 nay.

- Motion to have a new President every day with other rules. WV Votes Nay, with a total of 1 yea, and 39 nays.

- Request of Roll Call to ascertain the number of voting Delegates and represented States. WV Votes Yea, with a total of 35 yeas, and 0 nays.

- Motion of Proceedure for Elections: Nominations, Close Nominations, 1 mins speechs by nominees, Call to Question, Ballot vote, top-vote getter (plurality) is President.
- Motion is eventually rules in contradiction to Robert's Rules, and is withdrawn, but the process is unofficially followed.

- Motion to Close the Nominations for President: WV Votes Yea, with a total of 37 yeas, and 0 nays.

Rounds of Voting for President: WV Voted for S. Cox in the first two rounds, and M. Badnarik in the last.

- Motion to recess until 8pm Local. WV Votes Nay with a total of 8 yeas, and 32 nays.

- Motion to accept Presidential Nominees (minus withdrawals) as VP Nominees. Vote Never Taken. WV would have voted Yea.

- Motion to suspend the rules to allow 2nd place voter getter to be VP. WV Votes Yea (this is how our Constitution originally was set up, I do not see myself voting for a suspension of the rules again, as this is one of the biggest problems in US Congress and State Legislature) with a total of 32 yeas, and 2 nays.

- Voice Vote to accept D. Miller as Secretary. Passed, with WV Voting Yea.

Day 1: Arrival

Greetings, my fellow West Virginians:

I arrived today shortly after 12noon local time at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. I have signed in and been credentialed. There's been a little bit of tension here amongst some of the Delegates.

Many found out, for the first time, that each State will only have one vote an any issue, and the Delegate from any given State who received the most votes is the 'Voting Delegate' and must reach a consensus with his or her other Delegates.

Since WV was only able to send one, not three, Delegates, this is not a problem for us.

Please contact me and leave comments. I will dutifully check then.

www.cc2009.us will have streaming video, I believe of the Congress.

In Liberty,
--- KPatrick (WV)

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Update: End of the first day.

Today was rather hectic. We had to elect a President, Vice-President, and Secretary for the Congress to commence. We had so much, to my mind, unnecessary arguing and ill-thought out ideas that we went over our allotted time by more than 2 hours!

We were even late for dinner, which I imagine Mr. Franklin would not have stood for. Several Delegates for one reason or another, thought it a prime idea to have a different President each day. Which aside from being nonsense, is practically impossible.

We eventually got most of the details hammered, out introduces a good many people to their first taste of parliamentary process. Hopefully the lessons we learned today will carry over in the days and weeks ahead.

We have a lot of work to do and not much time in which to do it. We are working from 8am to 9pm seven days a week until we leave. It's hard schedule, but I fear it may not be enough time. I am keeping careful record of the proceedings, the votes, the tally, and my votes which I will try to post daily for you to read and review. Please leave comments, or send me an email to discuss anything you see here.

Each State only gets one vote, so although I do not get to deliberate with other Delegates on the issues, it will be fine that WV has but one Delegate.