[NFBMI-Talk] agenda for Saturday's state board meeting

Sat Aug 20 12:25:42 UTC 2022

Hello Ather,

The announcement J.J. sent out was sent rather late on Thursday at 11:19 pm. Therefore, I did not see the announcement until Friday. And could not contact any potential drivers until Friday as the announcement was sent out too late on Thursday to contact any of the drivers I use.

Yes, you are correct that this meeting was announced at the last quarterly state affiliate board meeting. However, I was not able to attend that meeting due to a family event that was planned several months in advance. However, you are not correct that it has been mentioned at chapter meetings as it has never been mentioned at any of the chapter meetings I have attended lately.

So if the only place to receive information about future meetings and events is at the quarterly state affiliate board meeting then it seems to me that the meeting should be opened to as many people as possible including a virtual option for those who cannot be there in person. I have seen other state affiliates do this so I do not see why the Michigan state affiliate cannot do it as well.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth

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Subject: Re: [NFBMI-Talk] agenda for Saturday's state board meeting

JJ sent out the information for the location of the board meeting on Wednesday. In addition, it's my understanding that this meeting has been mentioned at chapter affiliate meetings as well as the last quarterly board meeting. So there theoretically should've been plenty of opportunities available for transportation arrangements.

Ather
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> On Aug 19, 2022, at 8:27 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke via NFBMI-Talk <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Mike,
> 
> It is great to hear that people have been talking about this meeting all summer long. However, it would have been even better if this could have been communicated with the general membership before yesterday.
> 
> It is rather frustrating to receive an announcement regarding a state affiliate board meeting two days before it takes place. And it is also frustrating to receive a message from the President telling people not to attend this meeting when it appears as though the only way to find out information regarding the state affiliate is by attending state affiliate board meetings.
> 
> It is helpful to have more than just a day or two to find transportation for a meeting scheduled to take place in person across the state. Perhaps if more advance notice was given people could have been able to save on transportation costs by car pooling with other individuals. Or perhaps there could have been a way to receive financial assistance from a local chapter to help pay for transportation. But without more advance notice none of these options could be explored.
> 
> Since there was not much advance notice given for this meeting, and people are being discouraged from attending this meeting, is there any way to provide a virtual option for those who are not able to attend this meeting in person? Even if people could not participate by providing comments for the meeting virtually, it would be helpful if people could at least be able to listen to the meeting virtually.
> 
> Warm regards,
> Elizabeth 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMI-Talk <nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Michael Powell via NFBMI-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 10:15 PM
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> Cc: mpowell7583 at yahoo.com
> Subject: [NFBMI-Talk] agenda for Saturday's state board meeting
> 
> Greetings to all on this list.
> 
> We have been talking about having this meeting all summer but in organizing it,  and with other matters personal and organizational that came up to hinder our progress,  we thought we might run into problems and have to postpone.  I know that being called upon to use personal funds to participate it isn't economical for most of us to just jump up to attend this state board  meeting.  As this year will be our first in person state convention since 2019, I would encourage you to concentrate on making plans to attend state convention instead so we can celebrate being together again in real federation fashion.
> 
> Since we haven't been to the new renovated hotel this trip is necessary for those of us who are able to arrange to be there to make sure all is in place for November.  That has always been our tradition to have our summer meeting at the site of state convention.  Stay tuned for plans for preconvention information as we plan to do some outreach events to reach out to the public
> and our state leaders with this year being an election year.   
> 
> Refer to the convention page on our nfbmi.org site to keep updated and we will be sure to get information to your local chapters so you know what is developing.
> 
> In the meantime attached to this is the agenda and feel free to make recommendations for things you might like to see at state convention and we will do our best to include or address it in some way by what is presented at general session or as a breakout meeting.
> 
> You are also welcome to email or call me with your thoughts, suggestions  or any questions.
> 
> Thank you, and let's plan for a good convention.
> 
> Michael Powell
> 
> President
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
> 
> (586)754-1325
> 
> Mpowell7583 at yahoo.com  .  
> 
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