[NFBCS] Board Approval

[Tracy Carcione]

I really don't think that's how it works.  A division I'm part of in
Jersey has regular events.  The state president is aware of the events,
and I suppose he could say No if he thought something was totally
cockamamie, but I'm sure National has much bigger fish to fry.
A national division like NFBCS might have different rules regarding
something like a website, though.  I suppose National would want to know
of its existence, but why wouldn't they approve?
Tracy


> How does the NFB ever get anything done with such a rule? A local chapter
> wants to have some kind of function and they have to clear it first with
> the national president? That's sort of cumbersome don't you think? Also
> how far does this rule apply particularly to individuals?
>
> Greg
>
>> On Mar 5, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Peter Donahue via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Appointed and board members are two different animals. It has been a
>> long-standing policy of the federation that any actions an individual,
>> local chapter, or division chooses to take must be approved by the
>> national president, the chapter or division board of directors before
>> projects such as setting up division websites can go forward. I know
>> this from first-hand experience, and have been called out by none other
>> than Dr. Maurer for wanting to conduct an activity at a past national
>> convention without his approval. This is right in the organization's
>> constitution. All of the ideas we've discussed here are great but we
>> need to be sure the division board of directors approves of them.
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kevin via NFBCS
>> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2020 9:10 AM
>> To: Bryan Duarte <bjduarte at asu.edu>; NFB in Computer Science Mailing
>> List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Kevin <kevinsisco61784 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Division Website
>>
>> And as an appointed member, do you have a problem with it?
>>
>>
>> On 3/4/2020 9:04 PM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
>>> I am an appointed member of this division.
>>>
>>> Bryan Duarte
>>>
>>> PhD Computer Science Research student
>>> IGERT Fellow, CUbiC Lab, Arizona State University
>>>
>>>> On Mar 4, 2020, at 6:55 PM, Kevin via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I highly doubt the board would have a problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 3/4/2020 8:31 PM, Peter Donahue via NFBCS wrote:
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>    Did you have permission from the division board to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter Donahue
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Bryan Duarte via
>>>>> NFBCS
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 4:54 PM
>>>>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Cc: Bryan Duarte <bjduarte at asu.edu>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Division Website
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to share this link. I created a Slack workspace for the NFB
>>>>> CS division. I do not think it should take away from this mailing
>>>>> list at all but it would be a great way to collaborate and brainstorm
>>>>> on projects such as the website/wiki.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://join.slack.com/t/nfbcomputersc-kuf4276/shared_invite/enQtOTY5ODA4Njk0MzU0LTM3ZDhkODQ5NzBiMjQ2NzE0MDlkMTkyMWFiNDk4MmNjMTQ5OGYxNTgwYjUxNDdiNzNkYWI4ZDIzN2E3OGNiZjQ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bryan Duarte | software engineer
>>>>>
>>>>> Arizona State University Computer Science Ph.D Student IGERT Fellow
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