[Faith-talk] From the Division Constitution

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Sarah,

The constitution has never been asked about.  I was trying to 
explain the purpose of the division to you, and I obviously 
didn't do an adequate job.  That's why I finally posted the whole 
constitution, even though most here are not dues-paying division 
members.  I was frustrated, as I think I said, because I was 
trying to be clear when you asked, and thought I was, and still 
you asked because you weren't clear about the division yet.  We 
have a long history as a division, and I was trying to be brief, 
but informative.  Obviously I failed miserably.

Of course the NFB does not think it's rude behavior to ask 
questions, and neither do I.  It was just that it was on top of 
all the trouble with people's responsive to Mostafa and David 
Andrews' chiming in on our list, and threatening to remove the 
list.  As the list moderator, I was feeling responsible, and that 
I had let you all down.

Please pray for me to have more grace.

Blessings,

Linda----- Original Message -----
From: Sarah Blake LaRose via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 00:18:17 -0400
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] From the Division Constitution

Hi, Linda.

Some of us here are new to the division and new to the NFB.  
Please give us a
little grace.  Your message comes across a little irritably.I 
have never seen
a division constitution.  Those of us who are asking questions 
are not trying
to attack the division or anyone personally.  We are simply 
asking for
information about what we have become involved with.  I am coming 
from an
organization where that is an acceptable thing to do.  Is that 
considered
rude behavior in the NFB?





Sarah Blake LaRose, M.Div., accessible instruction in biblical 
languages
Personal mail: sarah at sarahblakelarose.com
http://www.sarahblakelarose.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 5:05 PM
To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
Cc: Linda Mentink
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] From the Division Constitution

The Constitution says what all other NFB Division constitutions
say.  Being a charter member has nothing to do with anything.

----- Original Message -----
From: Ericka via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 13:29:12 -0500
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] From the Division Constitution

We aren't doing much of that.  So many of us on this listserv
aren't charter members and don't know Linda.  Thank you.  What
else does the constitution say?

Ericka Short
1750 Fordem Ave.  #508
Madison.  WI.  53704
608-665-3170

from my iPhone 6s

On Sep 4, 2016, at 10:44 PM, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

ARTICLE II--PURPOSE

The purpose of this division shall be to encourage and support
blind people in the pursuit of religious callings; to assist in
their inclusion in communities of faith; to provide a vehicle for
collective action; and to do such things, and to take such
actions, in furtherance of the goals of the National Federation
of the Blind, hereafter referred to as NFB.



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