[NFB-Talk] Partial Vision Interest Groups?

[Rajiv Shah]

Thank you Raul for that insight.  I do consider myself Fair and balanced so 
on that count I stand corrected because it has been a while since I watched 
these resolutions so I happen to only remember many of the ones that I 
witnessed which means that the miniscule details were  forgotten.  my 
profuse apologies Thank you
.

Rajiv


On June 19, 2024 11:21:32 PM "Raul Gallegos - NAGDU" <rgallegos at nagdu.org> 
wrote:
> Hello Rajiv. I will not chastise you for your comments. However, I would 
> like to comment on something specific you said below.
> You said, “Finally, the perfunctory rubber-stamp votes at conventions where 
> everyone simply says "yay," to approve resolutions without any accurate count.”
>
> I respectfully disagree with this statement. While it is true that when 
> resolutions are voted on, if there is an overwhelming majority based on yay 
> vs nay, the resolution passes. However, when it is not clear, it ends up 
> going to a delegate vote. In fact, this tends to happen every year for at 
> least one resolution. One of my more memorable ones took place in 2022, in 
> New Orleans. The title and link of the resolution is: 2022-06 - Regarding 
> Audio Description and Text-To-Speech 
> https://nfb.org/resources/speeches-and-reports/resolutions/2022-resolutions#06
> This resolution was not decided by an uncounted voice vote. Because it 
> wasn’t clear if it passed or not, brief discussions for and against were 
> allowed, followed by a delegate vote. Ultimately, the resolution passed.
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
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> From: Rajiv Shah <rmshah at starpower.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 8:28 PM
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> Cc: Raul Gallegos - NAGDU <rgallegos at nagdu.org>; donbarrett1234 
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> Subject: Re: [NFB-Talk] Partial Vision Interest Groups?
>
> Hello,
>
> I will probably be chastised by this forum for speaking my mind, but, after 
> seeing some of these viewpoints, I am afraid I cannot stay silent.
>
> When I first joined the NFB in the mid 90s, I did feel the sense of this 
> condescending attitude that others have hinted. Frankly, it started with 
> the cane I was carrying vs. the standard one carried by NFB party members. 
> People said that I was behind compared to others. Behind in what? Behind in 
> my lack of arrogance? Then the notion that blindness is a mere physical 
> inconvenience. While this sort of philosophy does, indeed,  instill 
> confidence, it hardly leans on practicality. Finally, the perfunctory 
> rubber-stamp votes at conventions where everyone simply says "yay," to 
> approve resolutions without any accurate count. What that smacks of is the 
> memable NFB adage that "We walk alone but march together." I would add that 
> we simply march together, and have forgotten anything about being able to 
> walk alone, with any modicum of independent thinking.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Rajiv

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