[NFBCS] Board Approval

Fri Mar 6 23:01:10 UTC 2020

We seem to be disagreeing a great deal about NFB policy and what the 
constitution says.  Hmmm, think I'll check the national website.

On 3/6/2020 5:00 PM, Peter Donahue via NFBCS wrote:
> Hello again everyone,
>
> I managed a number of NFB Websites in the late 1000s. In every case approval
> for putting up each website had to come from a state or national president
> with their respective board's approval. National may have bigger fish to fry
> but the division board would need to approve of creating its Web presence
> before these resources can be built. I'm speaking from my own experience
> concerning this matter. All the best.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFBCS
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2020 1:00 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Board Approval
>
> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>> ï»¿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/enQtO
>>>>>> TY5ODA4Njk0MzU0LTM3ZDhkODQ5NzBiMjQ2NzE0MDlkMTkyMWFiNDk4MmNjMTQ5OGY
>>>>>> xNTgwYjUxNDdiNzNkYWI4ZDIzN2E3OGNiZjQ
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bryan Duarte | software engineer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arizona State University Computer Science Ph.D Student IGERT
>>>>>> Fellow <http://www.igert.org/projects/264.html>
>>>>>> Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technology Center for
>>>>>> Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing <https://cubic.asu.edu/> Google
>>>>>> Scholar Profile
>>>>>> <https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=MQPPCGYAAAAJ>
>>>>>>
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