[humanser] Paying to Join the Federation

[Paul Martinez]

Greetings,

This inquiry has been requested previously by this individual, and has
been answered by several proud members of the National Federation of
the Blind. As the President of the Florida Association of Blind
Students, I personally took the time to speak to this individual about
this situation. I offered to pay her 5 dollars membership dues for
FABS, as long as she was an active member of the division. However,
since the conversation there has been no interest in becoming a
Federationist. So, I once again will extend this offer to pay for her
membership as long as the desire and interest is there to become a
part of the NFB family. Also, I would like to thank everyone who
replied to this email and showed how great it is to be in the
federation.


Let's continue to build the federation!!

Warm regards,

Paul Martinez
FABS President

2nd Vice President, Board of Directors of Florida

Vice president,
Florida State Wide Chapter

On 6/29/15, Kaiti Shelton via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi, Roana and all,
>
> I may be just another person in the choir singing the same tune here,
> but to add to what Justin and Alex said particularly I have a few
> thoughts.  I'm president of my state student division and in that case
> we have mostly non-working, full-time students as members.  We collect
> $5 dues annually.  We recently had a high school kid who is in his
> freshman year join and it wasn't long at all before a long-time member
> stepped up and paid his dues for him when he really didn't have money
> of his own yet.  A gesture like that can sometimes be what it takes to
> make a new member feel welcomed and a part of the movement, and I know
> he appreciates it.  That is how the NFB is; we step up when we can and
> step up for others when they cannot, but if you have the means to do
> it you should contribute along with everyone else in the movement and
> get more out of it.  It really is a small price to pay, even when you
> add up several annual due costs for those of us who are active in a
> variety of things.  I'd venture to say that is a lot of us, though,
> and we're all willing to feed into the movement so we can get the most
> out of it for all.
>
> You only get out of something what you put into it.  If no one paid
> dues the NFB wouldn't have money to work with and do all the wonderful
> things it does.  This also goes for state affiliates and divisions at
> the national and state levels.
>
> On 6/29/15, Serena Cucco via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi Roanna,
>>
>> As Alex said earlier, if someone cannot afford to pay for membership,
>> the division could probably think of a solution.  Also, since all the
>> NFB divisions operate the same way with paying dues without any
>> problem, I'm not sure that having membership be free would increase
>> membership.  The number of members we have has to do with the number
>> of human services professionals or interested Federationists there
>> are.
>>
>> Serena
>>
>> On 6/29/15, Roanna Bacchus via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hi Serena I think if membership was free more people would join
>>> our organization.  Many people cannot afford to pay for
>>> membership each year.
>>>
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Paul M. Martinez
President,  Florida Association of Blind Students
Second Vice President, NFBFL Board of Directors
Vice President, Florida State Wide Chapter
Paul09ms at gmail.com
Ph: 813-390-5720
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