[Nfb-krafters-korner] membership

slerythema slerythema at gmail.com
Thu Jul 28 05:14:06 UTC 2011 

Apparently no one attends the meeting at convention when the treasurer's
report is given. Is this correct? Am I the only one that pays attention when
these reports are given?

I am totally shocked.

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: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:44 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] membership
> 
> 
> Dixie & Gail:
> 
> I agree with both of you 100 percent.  The costs to the NFB 
> KKD must be 
> negligible in comparison to what gets collected through the 
> payment of dues. 
> So far as I and everyone else is aware, the teachers give of 
> their time and 
> knowledge freely so the funds are not being collected to pay 
> instructors. 
> And I've never heard any volunteer instructors say they want 
> to be paid, 
> they have all been generous in giving freely of themselves.
> 
> I' was a paid member since the first year of the group and as 
> I recall the 
> collecting of annual dues started in 2008, not just 2010.  
> This has been the 
> one and only year since the beginning that the bottom line 
> was the only 
> number shared. I never heard any proper recording of the 
> treasury that 
> details what came in and what went out with a listing of what 
> the payments & 
> expenses were.
> 
> Why in fact are dues being collected if they are not 
> benefiting a project or 
> program that will benefit all blind/visually impaired crafters?  I 
> understand that some portion might be given to the NFB 
> national to help 
> offset some of their costs, but have never been given an 
> explanation of what 
> is done with any of the funds from Krafters Korner dues.  Ten 
> dollars is not 
> a bank breaker for most people, but it would be the proper 
> thing to spell 
> out what happens to the collection as a entirety which over a 
> 3 year period 
> has to have grown.
> 
> The question is not what people get for their $10, but where 
> is the $10's 
> going to because they all add up to a much larger amount.
> 
> Eileen
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dixie
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:34 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] membership
> 
> I agree that the classes I have taken are well worth many 
> times the $10 I spent for the membership. I am extremely 
> thankful to each and every one of the instructors who have 
> donated their time and expertise to teach those
> classes.   That being said, though,  there appears to have 
> been negligible
> costs to the NFB KK for those classes.  If we have 50 members 
> at $10 each, that is $500 in the kitty for one year.  I will 
> be interested to hear where that $500 has gone and what 
> exactly the expenses are that require more fundraising for 
> the NFB KK at this time.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dixie
> ~  @-> ~ <-@  ~
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:46 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] membership
> 
> Dixie,
> 
> I have not gotten a report  from our Membership Meeting held 
> at the  NFB Convention in Orlando Florida on July 6th, 2011.  
> So until I receive  the report I can not make comment to you 
> or the list.  The report was given  at the meeting and I am 
> waiting for these reports to come to me.
> 
> Our division is only 3 years old so there has not been much 
> time for our treasurer to grow or for us to have membership 
> grow.  As was stated a short while ago in 2011 we had just 
> over 50 paid members.
>   I hope you don't mind that I use you for an example, but 
> just since January 2011 to date you have participated in 23 
> class sessions here on Krafters
> Korner   That does not count classes taken in July 2010 to 
> December  2010.
> So I believe you received your $10 worth.
> 
> I am always working hard for the NFB Krafters Division to 
> make our membership grow and spread the word of what Krafters 
> Korner has to offer blind crafters.
> 
> I would like to see our treasurery grow in order to meet 
> expensives and create some opportunities for our members.  I 
> will be planning a meeting with our new board to welcome them 
> and get feedback from the  Convention.
> 
> Krafters Korner is for everyone and everyone makes Krafters 
> Korner what it is. Joyce  Kane _www.KraftersKorner.org_ 
> (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) Blindhands at AOL.com
> 
> 
> In a message dated 7/27/2011 5:51:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight 
> Time, blueherons at sbcglobal.net writes:
> 
> Before I  pay for another year of membership I would like to 
> know if we can please  see an accounting of where the funds 
> are going?  What exactly does $10  get used for and go to? Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> Dixie
> ~  @-> ~  <-@  ~
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of 
> Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:59  PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  membership
> 
> to all:
> Membership  goes from July to July.   We did have a special 
> for folks in
> April or May I believe  that if you paid back at that time 
> your membership counted  from that time to July 2012.
> 
> Technically, unless you  paid at  Convention in Florida or 
> sent your membership via PayPal or mail  mostly  everyone's 
> membership dues of $10 are due now.
> 
> The only  way you can  check  if you think you have paid for 
> 2012 is to email to Diane our  treasurer. at 
> _dianefilipe at peoplepc.com_  (mailto:dianefilipe at peoplepc.com)
> 
> I  have not yet received the  membership list that was 
> collected at Convention  yet.
> 
> Please  contact Diane and ask her for her mailing address or  
> you can go to
> 
> our website KraftersKorner.org and click on the membership 
> link  and  it will
> 
> bring
> you to PayPal.  Do not send payment via PayPal to  us  [as 
> mine or Diane's email address] you have to go to our website  
> and go to  PayPal.
> 
> We have new classes coming up in August  remember you get  
> one free Try It Class and then membership needs to  be paid 
> for you to attend any  other classes.
> 
> Once you sign up  for a class you will receive a  
> confirmation of that class with a  phone number to get into 
> the  class.
> 
> August 8 is a Monday Night  Chat mini class and Monday Night  
> Chats don't count as a  class. Joyce Kane 
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_  (http://www.KraftersKorner.org) 
> _Blindhands at AOL.com_  (mailto:Blindhands at AOL.com) 
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