The case for not merging with LA was based on the idea that a future LA
committee might go crazy or merely have interests that don't coincide with
those of LUV.  That was apparently a convincing argument to some people as the
motion was not carried.  

One of the problems with that idea is that AGM attendence is as low as 16
which isn't a statistically significant sampling of LUV members.  So even
excluding the possibility of 16 people with an agenda attending to take over
there's a much better chance of a committee not representing the membership
than there is with the much larger voting numbers for LA elections.