[NFBF-Tampa] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Call for Proposed Resolutions [2nd notice]

Thu Apr 13 14:25:20 UTC 2017

Greetings all,
Please see the below email regarding resolutions at state convention. If you are planning on submitting a resolution for this year the deadline is May 5. More details can be found by reading the below email please let the chapter know if you will be writing a resolution., So we can be in attendance and no prior to state convention. Thanks

-- 
Miranda B. Kilby
President
Tampa Bay Chapter, National Federation of the Blind of Florida
Vice President
Florida Association of Blind Students
2nd Vice President National Federation of the Blind of Florida
Ph: (352)942-0417

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> From: Dan Hicks via Nfbf-l <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: April 12, 2017 at 9:47:42 PM EDT
> To: <nfbf-leaders at nfbnet.org>, <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Dan Hicks <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Call for Proposed Resolutions [2nd notice]
> Reply-To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Attention, NFB of Florida Chapter Presidents, Division Leaders, and all NFBF
> Members: This letter concerns Resolutions for the NFBF 2017 State
> Convention. Please read it carefully and circulate it as widely as possible.
> 
> 
> Dear fellow NFBF Members:
> 
> 
> NFBF President Denise Valkema has appointed me as chairperson for the 2017
> NFBF Resolutions Committee. 
> 
> 
> 
> The Resolutions Committee meeting will take place Friday evening, M1y 26,
> following the NFBF Board Meeting. (Please consult your convention agenda to
> confirm the date and time.) I will serve as chairperson of the committee. 
> 
> 
> 
> This year's Resolutions Committee will consist of: Sherri Brun, Joe King,
> Joe Minichiello, Tekesha Saffold, and Camille Tate. NFBF President Denise
> Valkema is an ex officio member of the committee. We will be inviting our
> National Representative, to sit in with us. All convention attendees may
> also attend the meeting. Additional later meetings of the committee might be
> necessary, although this almost never happens. We will do our best to take
> care of all business before or during this one meeting.
> 
> I am sending you this letter to request that all proposed resolutions be
> sent to me via e-mail at danjhicks at yahoo.com, as soon as possible. 
> 
> 
> If you have an idea for a resolution but are not sure how to develop it, now
> is the time to get help in turning that idea into a resolution. Numerous
> examples of national Resolutions can be found in past issues of the Braille
> Monitor as well as on the NFB website at: 
> 
> 
> 
> https://nfb.org/resolutions 
> 
> 
> 
> There is also a "Guidelines for Resolution Writing" at:
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.nfbflorida.org/resolutions/guidelines.html  
> 
> 
> 
> I am stressing all of this because we need people to turn in written
> resolutions, not just ideas for resolutions.
> 
> I am asking that all resolutions be sent to me in advance, at least three
> weeks  before the Convention. The latest that a resolution may be submitted
> directly to the committee is Friday, May 5, 2017. Please note that this
> deadline is to give the committee enough time to work with you on your
> resolution before the start of convention.  
> 
> If your Resolution concerns late-breaking matters and must be turned in
> after the May 5 deadline, it may be turned in any time until the start of
> the Resolutions Committee Meeting, but only if it has been pre-approved and
> endorsed  by at least three Chapter Presidents or three State Board Members,
> or a combination thereof. 
> 
> Resolutions MUST be in writing and they must be in resolutions form. This
> does not mean that the committee cannot or will not propose changes to the
> resolution, however these changes are subject to the approval of the person
> or group presenting the resolution to the committee. The committee will vote
> either to recommend or not to recommend that the resolution be approved and
> adopted by the Convention, but you, the presenter of the resolution, have
> the option of bringing your resolution to the floor of the Convention, even
> if the committee has voted not to recommend it.
> 
> Please keep in mind that each and every resolution must have a person at the
> Resolutions Committee meeting and at the General Convention sessions to
> speak for and take responsibility for that resolution. If you plan to submit
> a resolution, but are unable to attend the Convention, then you must find
> someone who will speak and take responsibility for your resolution before
> the committee and the Convention.
> 
> Because the NFBF is the Florida affiliate of the National Federation of the
> Blind, topics for resolutions should concern the blind of Florida. I don't
> want to make this stipulation more restrictive than it needs to be, but, if
> your resolution concerns something that affects the of the entire nation or
> addresses entities that lie outside the jurisdiction of the State of
> Florida, then you might want to consider submitting the resolution directly
> to NFB's national Resolutions Committee, rather than the NFBF. However, if
> you are in doubt, please write to me with your ideas and we will try to find
> the best avenue for addressing your concern. 
> 
> 
> 
> Resolutions are the means by which we, the members of the NFBF, set the
> policies that will govern our organization for the coming year and beyond.
> That is why it is very important that all chapter presidents share this
> letter with your members. I encourage you to start thinking about
> Resolutions you would like to see adopted and get them written and send them
> to me as soon as possible.  Let's look forward to making the resolutions
> process run as smoothly at this convention as it has in the past.  
> 
> 
> 
> IMPORTANT: So that I do not miss your message, please send your messages
> concerning Resolutions to me at danjhicks at yahoo.com and make sure the word
> "Resolution" is in the subject of the message. If you don't hear back from
> me in four or five days, please resend your message. 
> 
> 
> 
> I look forward to seeing all of you in Orlando. Please remember to contact
> me if you have any further questions or would like further information.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> 
> Dan Hicks, Chairperson
> 
> 2017 NFBF Resolutions Committee
> 
> danjhicks at yahoo.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as 
> 
> outraged as those who are."                          ― Benjamin Franklin
> 
> 
> 
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