[Nfbmt] Good Treasure State chapter meeting

[James Aldrich]

Hi Rebecca and all,

I think both ideas are interesting ones except I can invision some 
difficulty with these possibilities.

Roberts Rules are good to know but one can be so entangled with 
following them to the letter, one may lose out on the issue being 
discussed.  Our National Office prefers to have a not so strict 
following of Roberts Rules to keep all issues out in the forefront.

The other problem is everybody has a landline phone or cell phone!  Not 
everyone has a computer.  Go To Meeting is fine but it isn't as 
accessible as it ought to be unless one works with a client which makes 
Go To Meeting Manageable.  Serotek.com has such a client  but not 
everyone uses Serotek Products.  I think we will need to work with the 
phone for now!  We of course don't always know what capabilities new 
people may have when they join us.  Newsline works on the principle 
that everyone has a phone and anyone can use that phone to read the 
newspaper even though one can download content to a player or use the 
Newsline App on the IPhone.

I would not toss out this possibility completely as more of us come 
online.  For now, the phone  is the most economical means we have to 
conduct statewide meetings at this time.

I believe the conference line has other features which include 
recording the conference call but I haven't fully investegated the 
possibilities of what can be done with our conference line.

Keep those ideas coming!

Jim


Original message:
> Hi guys.  Randi suggests that we should all learn about Robert's Rules for
> order to be used in our meetings and he suggested that we may want to check
> out "Go to Meeting"  It's on line.  It may work better than phone
> conferences because we may be more aware of others and their desire to speak
> up during a meeting.  It seems to me that is one problem we are having in
> our phone conferences.  We all have so much information to offer and we all
> want to share but we are having trouble establishing order.  Just some
> thoughts.
> Becca

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Edward Robbins
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 11:52 AM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] Good Treasure State chapter meeting

> Greetings,
> I think that our annual meeting, if conducted properly is probably the
> meeting we need to have, but our state Board needs to be having regular
> meetings to discuss the needs of our affiliate so we can advance the
> solutions of the Blind of Montana and review what committees are doing,
> receiving reports & offering suggestions.  Remember, God can't steer a
> parked car.  My brother used to tell me, "Do something, even if it is
> wrong".
>         Just some thoughts.
> Ted

> EDWARD C "TED" ROBBINS
> , CEO MBEI, Treasurer NFB of Montana & MANAGER MAB EQUIPMENT PROGRAM PHONE &
> FAX:  406 453 6678, CELL:  406 799 6268
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bruce&Joy
> Breslauer
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 11:12 AM
> To: mt
> Subject: [Nfbmt] Good Treasure State chapter meeting

> I have a question.



> We have been having the Treasure State at large chapter meetings on the
> second Saturday at 10:00 A.M.  They are usually very good meetings.  I have
> not been to a state affiliate meeting since Travis Moses was President.
> That meeting would be separate from the Treasure State at large chapter
> meeting.  As I understand it, we have one state affiliate composed of two
> separate chapters, the Yellowstone or Billings chapter and the Treasure
> State at large chapter.  Does the state affiliate have separate meetings, or
> should they?



> Joy



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