[NFB-DB] Membership Cancellation?

[Stuart Salvador]

Doula,

I'm sorry if I have anything incorrect. I understand that somehow I
could in some way have someone physically at the meeting move to elect
people who aren't present, but that's not my greatest concern. What I
understood was that, regardless of that, there's no provisions to
allow voting for anyone that can't physically travel or attend and no
chance to change that. Is that correct?

If so, my understanding was it doesn't matter what the constitution
says now or in the 1940's, who received it in advance, who is elected
to serve, or who is on a Board when, no matter what the organizational
division does, it will never permit voting by anyone who can't
physically be present wherever the meeting is located because it's
required to be in the constitution because it's what President
Riccobono and/or the Board of NFB says. Is that correct?

If yes to both, then as for my feelings on inclusion, what you are
hearing from me is accurate I think on my feeling. Basically, I have
more than enough challenges with discrimination already in my daily
life, and I already have everyone else in the world it feels like
attacking me these days. So, while I want to advocate for DeafBlind
like myself whenever and however I can, my feeling is I should not be
a member if persons with multiple disabilities who are DeafBlind that
prevent them from being in person to have a voice, yet are paying
dues, enter into a "taxation without representation" relationship
where they never actually vote in anyone who represents them because
it won't ever be allowed.

So, my thinking was to figure out how do I not be a member since NFB
isn't including myself or others like me anyway. Otherwise, I
basically am giving a +1 to its practices as per its membership number
when I would feel like I'm doing something really wrong even if I'm
only a drop in the bucket.

Thanks!
EOM

On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 10:03 PM Doula Jarboe via NFB-DB
<nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Stuart,
>
>      What you are saying isn't correct.  The people at the in person meeting
> can move to elect people who aren't present in person.  If that motion
> passes, and you have someone there in person who nominates you, then you may
> be elected without having to be there in person.  I hear you saying that
> this goes against inclusion, and I think that's something that needs to be
> worked on.  I hope that clears this up for you.
> Warmly,
> Doula
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> NFB-DB
> Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 7:28 PM
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> Cc: Stuart Salvador <stuartsalvador at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NFB-DB] Membership Cancellation?
>
> Hi all, Stuart here.
>
> It came up on the call tonight that there's no provisions to allow voting
> for anyone that can't physically travel or attend and no chance to change
> that. I've enjoyed communicating on the list-serv, but how does one stop
> being a member?
>
> Thanks!
> EOM
>
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