[NFBF-Miami-Dade] FW: NFBF2020 Number to vote & draft Principles of engagement

Thu Sep 24 23:44:24 UTC 2020

From: Denise Valkema [mailto:valkemadenise at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 2:24 PM
To: Denise Valkema
Subject: NFBF2020 Number to vote & draft Principles of engagement 

Dear members,

Attached and pasted below is our draft principles of engagement that will be read Friday night at our board meeting and read Saturday morning during general session.  Members  enrolled to vote will vote to approve the principles of engagement after the second reading. We will have an opportunity during our rookie roundup, Sunday night, September 27th at 8pm to practice voting and one time during convention to practice prior to an official vote. The number to call or text to vote is:  <tel:(352)%20706-5195> (352) 706-5195. You will need to vote from the phone number you used to enroll to vote. Remember one vote per number per person.

Principles of Engagement

1. Every member in good standing who registered for the convention by September 4, 2020, will be offered an opportunity to enroll in the NFBFL2020 voting system. All voters must be enrolled by September 16,2020, at 12:00 p.m. EDT.

2. All individuals who are members, are registered for the convention, and who opt into the voter enrollment system by the specified time, will constitute the pool of convention voters. 

3. All voting will be done via SMS (text message) or by phone.

4. Any matter must receive 51 percent support of the votes cast by the convention voters present and voting in order to be affirmed.

5. Present and voting will mean the subset of convention voters who actually cast a vote on a given question. Thus, voters who are indifferent to a matter cannot block its consideration by the Convention by choosing not to cast a vote.

6. All votes will be allocated three minutes for vote time.

7. After three minutes, if the outcome to the question under consideration is unclear, or system fails, the chair will have members vote by raise of hands for a definitive outcome.

8. If voting indicates 75 percent support for or against a question prior to the three -minute period elapsing, the chair may elect to move to the next order of business.

9. An opportunity to practice voting will be offered in the Convention on a question that has no impact on the policy of the organization.

Motions and Nominations from the Floor

10. Only members registered and in good standings will be able to make motions, second motions, and nominate candidates from the floor during the Convention.

11. Should a member wish to make a motion or nominate a member for election by the Convention, members will raise hand to bring it forward.

Resolutions

12. Resolutions to be presented to the Convention must proceed through the resolutions committee process as usual.

13. Resolutions being recommended to the Convention by the committee will be posted to the web at  <https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/urlphp?u=17648&qid=3886722> nfbflorida.org/resolutions by 8:00 p.m. EDT or three hours after the committee meeting (whichever is later) on October 2, 2020.

14. Chapter delegations will be encouraged to discuss resolutions during the Convention prior to the vote on October 4, 2020.

15. Those wishing to speak for or against a resolution on the floor of the Convention must submit their interest in doing so by sending an email to  <mailto:resolutions at nfbflorida.org> resolutions at nfbflorida.org by 5:30 p.m. EDT on October 3, 2020. The email must contain the individual’s full name, chapter, the number of the resolution they wish to discuss, whether they are for or against the resolution, and a phone number where they can best be reached in case there is an issue with the Zoom platform.

16. Reminders will be given at each of the general sessions prior to the deadline regarding the above process.

17. In determining the amount of debate a resolution requires, the chair may use the Zoom polling option to get a sense of the crowd, ask the delegates for their feeling on cutting off the debate, or engage some other strategy outside of the voting system to gauge the sense of the Convention

Together, 

Denise Valkema, President  National Federation of the Blind of Florida 

(305)972-8529

president at nfbflorida.org

www.nfbflorida.org

Follow us @nfbflorida

You can live the life you want.

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