[Nfb-krafters-korner] board meetings
Lauren Merryfield
lauren1 at catliness.com
Sat Jan 8 06:49:00 UTC 2011
Hi,
I think people should be able to purchase recordings if they are paid-up
members and couldn't attend the classes. Or they might get interested in
something later and want to learn it.
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message -----
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 3:37 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] board meetings
> The last board meeting was in Dallas Texas at the Convention and it was
> open to all members.
>
> All that information was available at that board meeting. The
> secretary's
> report was read as she was not at that board meeting. The treasurer's
> report was given at that time and there was 3 board members that
> attended.
>
> We have not had a board meeting since that time.
>
> I called together the board on Jan 5 and gave them a 2 week notice of this
> meeting. I needed to know who would be planning to be at the next board
> meeting in Tampa Florida and to discuss plans for the Convention.
>
> The people who were in attendence were Joyce Kane, Cindy Sheets, Laurie
> Porter Audrey Wellner, Linda Anderson Diane Felipe was not there and
> Ramona
> Walhoff came late and left early.
>
> There was no suggestions about plans for Convention, but there is 4 that
> are planning on attending Convention and no decisions on if plans,
> classes,
> demos volunteers to sit in the Exhibit Hall were made. I will be
> checking
> to see if we can have a room with tables to have the craft show as we did
> the previous two years.
>
> There was a discussion made on honoring our current teachers an rewarding
> them with a gift or monitary gift to show our appreciation. There was no
> motions made regarding this. I had opened a discussion regarding our
> teachers being paid for their classes and a discussion on how to get money
> to pay
> them were talked about. There were no motions or decisions made
> regarding this.
>
> There was a discussion regarding Elections in July at our next board
> meeting in Florida. The two board member positions will be up for
> Election. I
> shared with the others that Ramona has asked to see if we can get someone
> to take her place.
>
> I brought up the topic about the recording of the classes and that
> people
> have asked for the recordings of the classes and it has been our rules
> that you need to attend the class in order to receive the recording. In
> this
> discussion it was talked about people in different time zones not being
> available for the times we offer the said classes. It was discussed about
> finding more teachers to teach classes in these different time zones. It
> has
> been the rule from the first class recorded that students who take the
> class
> get the recording. That is the only way you can get the recordings that
> are being recorded bby NFB Krafters Division.
>
> The National Federation of the Blind Krafters Division has never sold or
> even given any recordings out to anyone except for the students that have
> attended the class.
>
> Joyce Kane, President
> National Federation of the Blind Krafters Division
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 1/7/2011 6:45:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> etscrivani at verizon.net writes:
>
> Cindy:
>
> I've been a paid up dues member of this division & a volunteer instructor
> since just about its beginning. I think it will be 3 years this summer
> and
> in all that time I have never seen any mention of open board meetings and
> maybe saw only one of the board meeting reports about 2 years ago that
> was
> written up by Audrey as Secretary for the division. Another two people
> on
> this list has called it to my attention, something I was not aware of
> and
> something the board for this group does not make publically known is that
> all NFB board meetings for I think all the divisions are open and any
> member
> can attend and be a part of the process. The Nagdu division, has monthly
> meetings (it is a national division so they do it by phone) and they make
> announcements on their list asking if members have questions they would
> like
> to discuss during the phone meeting. In other words, all the members are
> invited to be active participants. With that said, why wasn't the phone
> number for the Krafters division meeting posted and the offer of having
> as
> many members attend as wanted to? If I had been allowed to participate
> in
> the meeting of the other night I would have been there and know there are
> other instructors with similar concerns that would have attended.
>
> Additionally, in the 3 years I've been a dues paying member, I have never
> nor has anyone else who is just a member seen a treasurer's report, no
> report on how many people are signed up to this list no report on how
> many
> of the members are paying dues, no report on classes that have been
> offered,
> no report on itemized expenses for the group. Just no reporting of any
> kind. A little verbal mention on a Monday night chat, by the way is not a
> report nor a substitute for a board meeting. So after 3 years of paying
> dues, how much money is in the Krafters Korners Division's treasury and
> what
> is it being spent on? If you don't have that information off the top of
> your head or other leadership does not know the answers off the tops of
> their heads, then where are the written records in accessible format so
> that
> members can find this information out? Any organization that collects
> money must be above and beyond question and there is an obligation to
> report
> openly & honestly on where the money is going and how much of it there
> is.
> These are serious concerns that all need to be addressed openly &
> publically
> for division members.
>
> When exactly and how frequently are board meetings held? What is the
> phone
> number so that members can participate and have a say in what goes on?
> When
> was the last time this board for this group met? When is the next board
> meeting date & time? I think what ever went on in Wednesday's night
> meeting
> was a fraud because yes it was behind closed doors and not at all
> democratic, but very dictatorial.
>
> Thanks for the openness and honesty.
>
> Eileen
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "slery" <slerythema at insightbb.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 3:35 AM
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] classes and times
>
>> Eileen,
>>
>> I am NOT speaking for the board in this message. However, I want to
> assure
>> you that your questions and complaints have not fallen on deaf ears. As
>> you
>> stated, the leadership needs to make the final decision. Until that
>> decision
>> is made, you cannot receive an answer. The board does not meet daily or
>> weekly, so a decision cannot be made within a single day.
>>
>> You will be contacted when things are finalized.
>>
>> As to Joyce's comment about wanting to hear from the instructors, you
>> are
>> only one instructor and we want to know why the other instructors or
>> potential instructors are not joining the discussion because it doesn't
>> matter what time students would like classes if there are no instructors
>> available to teach them at alternate times.
>>
>> This topic was started as a way to hear from the membership and create a
>> list of times that we might be able to fill in the future. No one on the
>> board or in the division expects you as ONE instructor to find a way to
>> fill
>> all of these times. You have been a great instructor and provided a
>> valuable
>> resource to this division. There have been many students that have
>> benefited
>> from your classes.
>>
>> Cindy S.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Eileen Scrivani
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 4:43 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] classes and times
>>>
>>>
>>> Joyce:
>>>
>>> besides seneding you three private emails on this topic, I am
>>> an instructor
>>> who has posted thoughts on the subject of class recordings,
>>> but my messages
>>> to the divison leadeership has fallen on deaf ears.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 4:04 PM
>>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] classes and times
>>>
>>> > I am back online with JAWS working 100% so now I can reply to the
>>> > emails.
>>> >
>>> > After listening to all the email regarding classes and after
>>> > discussing this with the board members of the NFB Krafters
>>> Division I
>>> > would like others to know our thoughts.
>>> >
>>> > We defintely have grown and spread not only within the USA,
>>> but around
>>> > the globe. We want to continue our growth and bring
>>> Krafters Korner
>>> > every where there is a need for us to learn, share and teach each
>>> > other the crafting skills of this group.
>>> >
>>> > With all that has been said it has proven that we need more
>>> classes at
>>> > different times. After saying that we have the ability of
>>> doing these
>>> > classes, recording them and having students interact live with the
>>> > teacher and other students. Now we need to find a way to
>>> do this at
>>> > different times to
>>> > include more people around the World. We have heard from
>>> friends in
>>> > India,
>>> > Australia, New Zealan, Canada and Alaska that have taken or
>>> would love to
>>> > take a class, but the timing is not great for them. I ask
>>> each one of
>>> > you to
>>> > seriously think about what you would like from Krafters
>>> Korner and if one
>>> > of your answers are take classes like others, then I ask
>>> you to please
>>> > contact me off list. _Blindhands at aol.com_
>>> (mailto:Blindhands at aol.com)
>>> > I would like to work with you to make this happen.
>>> >
>>> > While this conversation went on there was not much comments
>>> being made
>>> > from
>>> > our teachers regarding this and I would also like to hear from the
>>> > teachers off list. We do have teachers living in
>>> different time zones
>>> > and maybe
>>> > some of them would be willing to try different times for
>>> classes. I need
>>> > to
>>> > hear from the teachers.
>>> >
>>> > The question has been brought up why and who picked classes to be
>>> > during the week starting at 8 p.m. When Krafters Korner
>>> first started
>>> > out the list was small and most folks were living on the East coast
>>> > and Central time
>>> > zone. Laurie Porter did our first class and it was a
>>> beading class. I
>>> > had
>>> > asked our list people what time and weekend or during the
>>> week would
>>> > be best and that is how we started out. We did try classes on the
>>> > weekend during the day and in the evening and in the evening during
>>> > the week. We had more folks show up for a class in the evening
>>> > during the week. When classes
>>> > began we would maybe have 3or 4 and maybe 5 people at a
>>> class. That did
>>> > include the teacher and me in those numbers. Now look at
>>> the attendence
>>> > of a
>>> > class.
>>> >
>>> > So please contact me off list and let's work together to
>>> develop this
>>> > further.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Joyce Kane
>>> > _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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