[Mn-at-large] At Large Chapters

[David Andrews]

>Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:20:17 -0500
>Subject: Re: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] At Large Chapters
>From: Norma Crosby <ncrosby at nfbtx.org>
>To: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>,
>         State Affiliate Leadership List 
> <state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org
>
>David,
>
>The Lone Star Chapter of the NFB of Texas meets 
>for about an hour each month. Our entire chapter 
>has access to the Internet and podcasts, so we 
>simply remind everyone to listen to the 
>presidential release when we send out our 
>monthly meeting announcement. Then, we discuss 
>the release, as well as issues that are going on 
>in our affiliate. We spend most of our time 
>discussing how our members can participate in 
>either national or state sponsored activities, 
>and that has made our chapter one of the most 
>active in the affiliate. You can't move five 
>feet at an affiliate event without running into 
>one of our members, and we are working on making 
>that true for activities like the national 
>convention. We could probably spend more time 
>talking about philosophy, but as the chapter's 
>first president, I decided to focus on getting 
>people away from their rural communities and 
>involved. That allows them to be around people 
>who have a good philosophical foundation and 
>helps to develop chapter members who understand 
>what we are all about by doing what other Federationists do.
>
>I don't know that this is very helpful, but it 
>is working well for us. Good luck with your chapter.Â
>
>Best regards,
>
>Norma Crosby, President
>National Federation of the Blind of Texas
>(281) 331-2525 (Office)
>(979 583-6344 (Cell)
>
>On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:39 PM, David Andrews 
>via State-affiliate-leadership-list 
><<mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote:
>Hi everybody:
>
>Our state, like many, has started an At-Large Chapter.
>Â We meet monthly by conference telephone 
>calls.  We are still quite young and small, and 
>are discussing what we want to happen at  our meetings.
>
>We would be interested to know what other states 
>do, what works on the phone, and what doesn't
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>David Andrews, Vice-President MN At-Large Chapter
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