[Nfbf-l] NFBF 2012 Convention is History

[Judith Hamilton]

Dan,

Could you post the complete list of the 2012 Board Members?

Could you also update our web page to signify Al Zubillaga as our chapter
president?
Judy
Gainesville Chapter Secretary






> [Original Message]
> From: Dan Hicks <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>;
<NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 5/29/2012 10:19:50 PM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] NFBF 2012 Convention is History
>
> Fellow convention enthusiasts, 
>
> The 2012 Convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Florida is
> now part of our history. 
>
> So many special events took place that I am not even going to try to
> enumerate them here. Some of you might want to post details on some of the
> activities that meant the most to you. 
>
> At our elections, Dwight Sayer was returned to his position as Second Vice
> President. Gloria Mills Hicks was re-elected as Treasurer. The two-Year
> Board position which was vacated by Carlos Montas was won by Nallym
Bravo. 
> The two-Year Board position which was vacated by Kimberly Morris was won
by
> Joe Minichiello. The remaining year of the two-Year Board position which
was
> vacated by Rick Brown was won by Holly Idler.
>
> The convention voted overwhelmingly to direct the board to investigate the
> plausibility of moving our convention to another time of year - one which
> will be out of Hurricane Season, but will be not too close to the National
> Convention. 
>
> I introduced a constitutional amendment to the convention, which would
have
> called for a secret ballot only if requested by a majority of the NFBF
> members present and voting. Currently it only takes the request of one
> member to trigger a secret ballot of the entire convention. The majority
of
> those present approved of the amendment, but we were a few votes short of
> the two-thirds majority needed to pass the amendment, so the constitution
> and our voting practices remain unchanged. So it goes. 
>
> I wish to thank all of our board members who remain on the board.
> Congratulations to all of those who were elected or re-elected. To those
who
> have served on the board but have chosen not to remain or be re-elected.
> Thank you very much for all of your hard work. 
>
> Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this convention a success.
> Thank you to everyone who took part. 
>
> Now, we look forward to making sure that Florida is well-represented at
our
> upcoming National Convention in Dallas. 
>
> Dan Hicks, President
> NFB of Florida
>  
> "It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars."
>
>                                                      -Garrison Keillor
>  
>
>
>
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