[Nfbmo] State convention past and future

Mon Mar 30 22:03:57 UTC 2015

The secret ballot is not in the constitution but it has been policy since at 
least 1977 when I came to my first convention.  I have pasted the election 
provision from the constitution below. I am considering a provision 
requiring a minimum number of members to request it; like 5 or 3. We need to 
have a very low threshold in my opinion to preserve everyone's rights. I'd 
would have been happy with the standing vote for second vice president 
yesterday. Someone suggested that if the nominees all said they were ok with 
a standing ballot that should  suffice. I disagree for multiple reasons 
including putting a nominee in the uncomfortable position of yielding to a 
standing ballot or else being perceived as not being a team player.
Section B, Election:
Officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the active members who are 
present and voting.  There shall be no proxy voting.  If no nominee receives 
a majority vote on the first ballot, the name of the person receiving the 
fewest votes shall be dropped from the list of nominees, and a second ballot 
shall be taken.  This procedure shall continue until one of the nominees has 
received a majority vote from the active members present and voting.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gary Wunder via Nfbmo
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 3:36 PM
To: 'Bryan Schulz' ; 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] State convention past and future

Hi, Brian. I agree with you about Julia. What an outstanding personality and 
good service.

I think we should discuss the issue of the secret ballot at the board 
meeting. I don't remember whether it exists in the Constitution or whether 
it is simply a matter of long-standing tradition, but I will have researched 
the matter by the board meeting and we can talk about this. The difficulty 
with your suggestion, of course, is that the person wanting a secret ballot 
will have forfeited any secrecy by standing. There were times in the 1970s 
when people were chastised about their votes when they returned to chapter 
meetings, the suggestion being that if the chapter had decided to throw its 
support behind one person, they were obligated as individual chapter members 
to vote accordingly. There were people who were pulled back into their 
chairs and told they were voting the wrong way. I think this is one of the 
things that helped to make the secret ballot attractive. If a secret ballot 
is to remain one of the rights of convention attendees, we can speed the 
process by dividing the room and using two boxes.

I'd be glad to hear the opinions of others, and I think we should put this 
on the board agenda for May.

Warmly,

Gary

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Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 2:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] State convention past and future

Hi,

It probably depends on what time you ate and the capacity at the time.
Julia at the restaurant was very helpful and the buffet was par for max 
capacity style of allowing people to eat quickly.
Gene managed the surprises well but people need to spend more time listening 
as the first person spreading the news of the banquet delay turned from you 
can wait for the wedding party to clear out and have a drink where your 
meeting was located was explained as the couple getting married said we can 
have free drinks and now the banquet will be on floor two.
It would be nice if any request for a secret vote includes a mandatory 
standing vote attempt first.
Bryan

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From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Hertweck 
via Nfbmo
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 12:17 PM
To: Gary Wunder; NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Cc: Eugene S Coulter
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] State convention past and future

Personally I thought the service was poor and the food was horrible

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> On Mar 30, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Gary Wunder via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
>
> I got a survey from the Sheraton and completed it. I liked the staff; 
> there weren't enough of them. They did not get me in a room with a king 
> size bed, nor did they get Erin Magoon in a room with two beds. This we 
> were able to work out, and they were good about it.
>
> I think that they were very short-staffed when it came to housekeeping and 
> that the wait staff at the restaurant was really overworked. I didn't find 
> one disagreeable staff member, but I did find myself feeling sorry for 
> them.
>
> I found my room comfortable, but I thought the closet was very small given 
> places I usually stay. I was placed in a handicapped accessible room, and 
> it was impossible to take a shower without getting water outside the 
> shower area.
>
> I was uncertain when it came to the question about whether or not I would 
> recommend them.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eugene S 
> Coulter via Nfbmo
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 9:10 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Subject: [Nfbmo] State convention past and future
>
> If anyone has constructive feedback regarding this year’s convention 
> facilities please make me aware of your concerns.
> Also,at the May board meeting I will request  authorization to seek bids 
> for the 2017 convention
>
> In normal rotation that would be Kansas City. However, I am not assuming 
> that they are only possibility. For example, our Show Me Chapter or  South 
> Central Chapter may wish to host. Or, maybe those two chapters would want 
> to cohost  perhaps in Rolla. Of course, Show Me could host anywhere in the 
> state. I write this now to give folks a chance to think about things and 
> the feasibility of  any such hosting.
> I just do not want to assume  that we have a closed loop of 5 chapters.
> Gene
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