<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Please find the below email regarding resolutions.<br><br><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-- <br>Miranda b. Kilby</span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ph: <a dir="ltr" href="tel:(352)942-0417" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">(352)942-0417</a></span></div></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Merry Schoch via NFBF-Leaders <<a href="mailto:nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org">nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> March 14, 2018 at 3:11:47 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <<a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a>>, "'NFB of Florida List for Leaders'" <<a href="mailto:nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org">nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Merry Schoch <<a href="mailto:merrys@verizon.net">merrys@verizon.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBF-Leaders] Reasons for resolutions</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB of Florida List for Leaders <<a href="mailto:nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org">nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Florida Federation Family,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Soon there will be a call for resolutions. Before this information is sent, we thought we would provide our membership, especially those new to our organization, why we have resolutions and a resolution committee during our state convention. Please see this information below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The policies of the National Federation of the Blind of Florida are established by <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">resolutions adopted by the state convention. Each year the Resolutions <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Committee meets early during the convention in the presence of members of the state affiliate. Each proposed resolution is read, spoken for by the authoring <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Federationist, considered, and then ultimately withdrawn or recommended for <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">passage or disapproval by the full convention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Through the state convention resolutions, we establish the governing policies <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">of our organization! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">With warmest regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Camille Tate and Merry Schoch<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">2018 Resolutions Committee Co-chairs<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBF-Leaders mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NFBF-Leaders@nfbnet.org">NFBF-Leaders@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-leaders_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-leaders_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBF-Leaders:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-leaders_nfbnet.org/mbkilby%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-leaders_nfbnet.org/mbkilby%40gmail.com</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>