[Home-on-the-Range] Kansas affiliate caucus scheduled

[Don Mulik]

Good morning, Rob. How do we listen in on the Resolutions Committee meeting
at 1:00 P.M. today? Thanks.

Don Mulik

On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 8:05 AM Rob Tabor via Home-on-the-Range <
home-on-the-range at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Good morning Kansas Federation family,
>
> For the first time in the history of our proud affiliate we will conduct a
> hybrid caucus as a part of our national 2022 convention. The meeting is
> scheduled for this coming Friday evening, July 8 at 8:00 PM CDT.
>
> As in recent past years, the purpose of the caucus is to consider the
> proposed resolutions and to advise our official voting delegate as to how
> to vote on the resolutions in the event of a state-by-state roll call. This
> year‘s convention has 19 draft resolutions which will be discussed by the
> national resolutions committee this afternoon at 1:00 PM. I hope you will
> take the time to listen in on the resolutions committee meeting, as this
> will help us all to get familiar with them. The resolutions have been
> published on the national website and may be found at
>
> https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/2022-resolutions
>
> Needless to say, we will not have time to have the resolutions read word
> for word. Instead, each resolution will be summarized as we come to them.
> If there is a particular resolution that resonates with you, we will give
> you the opportunity to take the lead in summarizing it. For
> noncontroversial resolutions, we would like to do a Voice vote if we can.
> However if there are too many difficulties with vote counting in a hybrid
> format, we may find a necessary to conduct a roll call vote on each
> resolution, which, of course, will take more time.
>
> In addition to the 19 resolutions, we will also be considering a proposed
> constitutional amendment pertaining to disciplinary sanctions against
> affiliates, chapters, divisions, and, most unfortunately, individual
> members and even, (can you believe this), outside parties not connected
> with a Federation. The full text of the proposed amendment is published in
> the June issue of the braille Monitor. Due to the length and excessive
> verbosity of this amendment, it would behoove you to study it and to
> understand it as best you can before the carcass.
>
> Finally, as to the logistics of this hybrid meeting, look for follow up
> announcements containing Zoom links and, for those attending in person, an
> announcement as to the room where the on-site caucus will convene.
>
> For those attending the convention, I hope you are all having an enjoyable
> time. Happy studying, and I look forward to connecting with you on Friday
> evening.
>
> Best regards,
> Rob Tabor | first vice president/legislative Director
> National Federation of the blind of Kansas
> (785) 865-9959
> Rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net
>
>
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