[Ctabs] Updated Guidelines and Procedures for Grants or Travel Expenses

[llee at nfbct.org]

At our recent State Convention, President Melley explained that from now on,
Subsidies for our Washington Seminar and National Convention will be called
Grants  for Affiliate Members or Travel Expenses for Affiliate Board
Members.  Below and attached please find our updated Guidelines and
Procedures for Grants or Travel Expenses that reflect this change.

 

 

 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF CONNECTICUT

NATIONAL CONVENTION & WASHINGTON SEMINAR

GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR GRANTS/TRAVEL EXPENSES

 

GRANTS ARE FOR AFFILIATE MEMBERS.

TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE FOR AFFILIATE BOARD MEMBERS.

 

*	Persons seeking financial assistance to help with National
Convention or Washington Seminar expenses should tell their chapter
president. If there is no chapter in their area, contact the affiliate
president, or call our community outreach number at 860-289-1971. Members
who wish to receive a grant/travel expense must register ahead of time.
*	Chapter presidents, directors and officers will forward the request
to the grant/travel expense approval committee, with an opinion on whether
the person qualifies for our assistance.
*	Their recommendations will be based on these guidelines:

-Non-first timers must be paid-up members of their chapter. If we do not
have a chapter in their area, they must be members-at-large.

-Members must have made a consistent contribution to our movement over the
past year.

*	We will give a grant or travel expense to a family member of first
timers when approved by the affiliate president on a case-by-case basis.
*	We will give a grant or travel expense to a blind child and one
parent or authorized guardian.
*	If a couple (parents of a blind child) wants to attend without the
child, we will give a grant or travel expense to one parent.
*	We will not give a grant or travel expense to those who received our
assistance last year but failed to meet our attendance requirements.
*	The grant/travel expense approval committee will make the final
decisions on eligibility after getting advice from chapter presidents and
other leaders.
*	People must submit receipts for covered expenses within 30 days of
return. Receipts must be individualized; if sharing a room, the bill must
show what you paid. The same is true for airfare, food, and all other
expenses. 
*	We will try our best to provide a grant/travel expense in advance if
asked. Our ability to do this depends on our cash flow.

 

National Convention Guidelines:

Grant/travel expense recipients must attend all convention sessions and one
other meeting (such as a division, board of directors, resolutions
committee, or the banquet) or contribute in other ways for the well-being of
our movement, such as childcare, NFB of CT exhibit hall table or
hospitality. Chapter presidents are responsible for monitoring the
convention session attendance of the people in their chapter. The state
president will appoint an attendance monitor for first timers who are not
associated with a chapter and for members-at-large. The chapter president
and the attendance monitor will report abuse of our attendance guidelines to
the president as quickly as possible.

 

Washington Seminar Guidelines:

Grant/travel expense recipients must attend the afternoon training meeting,
the Great Gathering In, and assigned legislative meetings.




 

 

 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF CT

REQUEST FOR GRANT/TRAVEL EXPENSE

NATIONAL CONVENTION OR WASHINGTON SEMINAR

 

____I am applying for a grant

____I am applying for a travel expense

____National Convention

____Washington Seminar

 

Name:  _______________________________________________________________

 

Address:  ____________________________________________________________

 

Phone Number: ________________________________________________________

 

E-mail:  _________________________________________________________________

 

I am involved with the NFB of CT by one or more of the following:

____Chapter Meetings

____CT Association of Blind Students

____ CT Association of Guide Dog Users

____ SRC

____ BCAC

____ CT LAB

____ ABPVI

____Other __Scheduling Washington Seminar meetings, PAC Plan, Outreach
Tables

___________________________________________________________

 

If I am accepted, I will turn in my receipts to the affiliate (airfare,
hotel, etc.), within 30 days of returning. If I did not use the entire
grant/travel expense I will return the extra amount to the affiliate.

 

I agree to abide by the rules that are attached and the NFB code of conduct.

 

Signed: ______________________________________________ Date: _____________

 

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