[Blindtlk] Illegal Expulsions

Tue Sep 23 23:42:40 UTC 2014

Afternoon, Peter, and everyone
,
         Please pardon any ignorance on my part but, ought it matter 
whom frequents meetings? I mean, by virtue of a person's presence at 
said meetings, doesn't that indicate their having blind people's best 
interests in mind?
CarAt 07:22 PM 9/22/2014, Linda via blindtlk wrote:
>Excuse my ignorance. If a person is not a member of an organization, 
>then how can they be expelled? I suppose if the non-members are 
>disruptive, then they should not be at the meeting.  If these people 
>are respectful, then what is the issue in allowing them to attend?
>
> > On Sep 22, 2014, at 10:02 PM, Peter Donahue via blindtlk 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Mark and everyone,
> >
> >   Blind individuals were "Expelled" from this 
> organization     who weren't members or chose not to renew their 
> membership due to problems in their local chapter. Texas is one 
> affiliate that has done this and needs to be held accountable by 
> the national organization for such negligence. A simple check of 
> the current dues paying members of our local chapter could have 
> prevented this from happening. Let that get out in the press and 
> media. No one will want to join an organization with a record of 
> expelling non-renewing members.
> >
> > Peter Donahue
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Tardif via blindtlk" 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > To: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 6:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Vote on U.N. disability treaty blocked
> >
> >
> >> Bloody figures, of course.  That's all I'm going to say because 
> what I really feel like saying is simply unprintable on an open 
> list.  So much so, in fact, that someone might want to throw me out 
> of NFB for behavior not becoming of a Federationist, grin.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mark Tardif
> >> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Sherri via blindtlk
> >> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 9:58 AM
> >> To: NFB Talk Mailing List ; blindtlk at nfbnet.org ; nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> >> Subject: [Blindtlk] Vote on U.N. disability treaty blocked
> >>
> >> Just passing on. Don't want to start a debate!
> >>
> >> Sherri
> >>
> >> Vote On UN Disability Treaty Blocked
> >>
> >> By Michelle Diament | September 17, 2014
> >> An objection from a Republican senator Wednesday derailed an attempt to
> >> bring a vote on ratification of the United Nations Convention on 
> the Rights
> >> of Persons
> >> with Disabilities. (Thinkstock)
> >>
> >> An objection from a Republican senator Wednesday derailed an attempt to
> >> bring a vote on ratification of the United Nations Convention on 
> the Rights
> >> of Persons
> >> with Disabilities. (Thinkstock)
> >>
> >> An effort in the U.S. Senate to bring a vote on an international 
> disability
> >> rights treaty has been squashed.
> >>
> >> Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, took to the Senate floor Wednesday calling for a
> >> unanimous consent vote on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
> >> Persons
> >> with Disabilities.
> >>
> >> The senator requested two hours of debate on the treaty with no amendments
> >> followed by an up-or-down vote much like the Senate did two years ago.
> >>
> >> Within minutes, however, the plan was shot down with an 
> objection from Sen.
> >> Mike Lee, R-Utah, who said that two hours of debate was insufficient and
> >> indicated
> >> that amendments should be allowed.
> >>
> >> "There are a number of our colleagues, both on and off the committee, who
> >> have concerns with this treaty," Lee said.
> >>
> >> The U.N. Convention, which establishes an international standard for
> >> disability rights similar to what's already in place domestically through
> >> the Americans
> >> with Disabilities Act, was signed by the United States in 2009, but Senate
> >> approval is needed for ratification and official participation.
> >>
> >> The treaty is broadly supported by disability advocates and many civil
> >> rights, faith, business and veterans organizations. However, critics
> >> spearheaded
> >> by the Home School Legal Defense Association contend that the treaty would
> >> compromise U.S. sovereignty.
> >>
> >> A previous effort in 2012 to ratify the U.N. Convention
> >> failed
> >> in the Senate on a largely party-lines vote.
> >>
> >> Harkin said it was "another sad, irresponsible day in the U.S. 
> Senate" after
> >> Lee's objection derailed his hope for a new vote.
> >>
> >> Earlier this week, the United Nations announced that 150 countries have
> >> ratified the disability treaty.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sherri
> >>
> >> Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world.
> >> Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you 
> think no one
> >> is paying attention.
> >> Sherri Brun
> >> NFBF Newsline Chair
> >> flmom2006 at gmail.com
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