[Nfbf-l] Important: Submitted for your Approval -- ProposedConstitutional Amendment.

[Joe and Kitty King]

Dan, I agree with Kathy and feel there should be no amendment.

Kitty King
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Hicks" <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 1:47 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Important: Submitted for your Approval --  
ProposedConstitutional Amendment.


> Fellow NFBF Members,
>
>
>
> As Rod Serling used to say in the beginning minutes of "The Twilight 
> Zone,"
> 'Submitted for your approval."
>
>
>
> Some of you may recall that at our 2011 NFBF Convention, we approved an
> amendment to the constitution which changed and simplified the way 
> chapters
> designate their representatives.
>
>
>
> During this convention, I mentioned another amendment that I wish to see
> passed, and will be voted on at this year's convention.
>
>
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> ARTICLE IV:  ELECTIONS
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> Now reads:
>
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> ARTICLE IV:  ELECTIONS
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>
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> Elections shall be conducted by a majority vote of the active members
> present and voting at an annually held business meeting.  Election shall 
> be
> by voice vote, standing vote, show of hands, roll call vote, or secret
> ballot.  Secret marked ballots shall be required upon the request of any
> active member present and voting.  There shall be no proxy voting.  If no
> nominee receives a majority vote on the first ballot, the name of the 
> person
> receiving the fewest votes shall be dropped from the list of nominees, and 
> a
> second ballot shall be taken.  This procedure shall continue until one of
> the nominees has received a majority vote from the active members present
> and voting.
>
>
>
>
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> Proposed Change:
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> ARTICLE IV:  ELECTIONS
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>
>
> Elections shall be conducted by a majority vote of the active members
> present and voting at an annually held business meeting.  Election shall 
> be
> by voice vote, standing vote, show of hands, roll call vote, or secret
> ballot.  Secret marked ballots shall be required upon the request of a
> majority of the active member present and voting.  There shall be no proxy
> voting.  If no nominee receives a majority vote on the first ballot, the
> name of the person receiving the fewest votes shall be dropped from the 
> list
> of nominees, and a second ballot shall be taken.  This procedure shall
> continue until one of the nominees has received a majority vote from the
> active members present and voting.
>
>
>
> I am putting this out now so that we can talk about it and debate its 
> merits
> via NFBF-L before the start of convention.
>
>
>
> Let me just say that we spend something like 45 minutes each convention
> passing out, collecting, and counting secret ballots at our conventions.
> This year, the number of offices up for vote could make this time grow to 
> an
> hour or more. We usually have about 120 people voting the final day of
> convention. That's 120 collective hours - the equivalent of five 
> twenty-four
> hour days - of valuable convention time that we waste on a procedure which 
> a
> majority of us may not want.
>
>
>
> Please note that my proposed amendment does not eliminate secret 
> balloting;
> it just changes our constitution to call for a secret ballot only if the
> majority of the members present and voting wish to have it.
>
>
>
> Please take a look at this and give it your consideration. Feel free to
> share your thoughts.
>
>
>
> Dan Hicks, President
>
> NFB of Florida
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>
>
>
>
> "It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars."
>
>
>                                                     -Garrison Keillor
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