[Nfbf-l] NFBF 2012 Convention is History

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Dan-O,
I was returned to First Vice President.
Dwight
 
 
In a message dated 5/29/2012 10:23:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
danjhicks at yahoo.com writes:

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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