[Nfbmo] tenBroek Standards

Julie McGinnity kaybaycar at gmail.com
Wed Jan 23 04:06:34 UTC 2013


Hi everyone,

I would like to remind you all that I am the tenBroek committee chair
this year, so if you have nominations, please send them to me.  Once I
receive some names, I will take them to my committee so we can decide.
 I look forward to hearing from you!



On 1/21/13, Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
> A RESOLUTION REGARDING
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> THE JACOBUS TENBROEK AWARD
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> Adopted March 31, 1985
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> Amended March 16, 2002
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>                 WHEREAS, time, and the lack of good documentation have a
> way
> of obscuring both the purpose for and the criteria to be used in giving
> organizational awards, and
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>                 WHEREAS, the tenBroek Award has been a subject of
> considerable controversy due to these very problems, and
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>                 WHEREAS, more recently we have had a dispute over who is to
> comprise the Committee which selects recipients, Now, therefore:
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> BE IT RESOLVED that the following policy statement be adopted for the
> administration of this award:
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> 1)            The tenBroek award shall be presented to a sighted person who
> has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to improving the quality of life
> for the blind.
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> 2)            The recipient of the tenBroek Award shall be a resident of
> the
> State of Missouri.
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> 3)            The committee to select the recipient shall be comprised of a
> representative of each local chapter.  This representative may be selected
> by the chapter president or elected by the chapter membership depending on
> the desires of the local chapter.
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> 4)            The chairperson of this committee shall be selected by the
> State President and shall be one of the representatives designated by the
> chapters.
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> 5)            This award is presented only so often as the committee deems
> that a deserving person is available.
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> 6)            A copy of this policy statement shall be distributed to each
> member of the committee by the chairperson prior to the selection of a
> recipient.  The State President shall be responsible for providing this
> statement to the Chairperson at the time of appointment.
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> 7)   All nominations shall be in writing and distributed to all committee
> members by the Chairperson.
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> Gary Wunder, President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
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> gwunder at earthlink.net
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-- 
Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16




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