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

Thu Apr 13 20:40:46 UTC 2017

I can be there.

Barbara

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> On Apr 13, 2017, at 10:25 AM, tampa President via NFBF-Tampa <nfbf-tampa at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> 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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