[NFBOH-Cleveland] Alexa is now an option, Info on Voting and more are here!

Wed Jul 15 02:30:51 UTC 2020

Suzanne
I have a question avout Friday’s 
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM—AFFILIATE CAUCUSES 
 Sorry, I had to copy and paste.
Are we going to be meeting as our own state ZOOM meeting?
Owen

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On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 10:15 PM, Suzanne Turner via NFBOH-Cleveland <nfboh-cleveland at nfbnet.org> wrote:

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Additional Options for the Board Meeting, General Sessions, and the Banquet

   - Shoutcast
   - YouTube
   - NFB-NEWSLINE   ® Subscribers—Using the telephone, press 5 from the main menu. Then select option 5 for "National Meetings of Interest to the Print Disabled." From there, select the "NFB 2020 Convention Stream."
   - Amazon Alexa—Enable the skill “Nation’s Blind – National Federation of the Blind” and then say, “Alexa, open Nation’s Blind.”

Agenda

The agenda of the 2020 National Convention will be available in several formats.

   - 2020 National Convention Agenda (HTML) 

   - 2020 National Convention Agenda: Welcome (HTML)
   - 2020 National Convention Agenda: Tuesday (HTML)
   - 2020 National Convention Agenda: Wednesday (HTML)
   - 2020 National Convention Agenda: Thursday (HTML)
   - 2020 National Convention Agenda: Friday (HTML)
   - 2020 National Convention Agenda: Saturday (HTML)
   - 2020 National Convention Agenda: Convention Notes (HTML)

   - 2020 National Convention Agenda (EPUB)
   - 2020 National Convention Agenda (Word)

Voting

Members of the National Federation of the Blind who registered for the 2020 National Convention are eligible to vote during our general sessions. In order to ensure the integrity of our voting process, enrollment was required by July 12, 2020. The voting platform will allow you to vote via SMS (text message) or by phone. The phone number for voting is 667-206-6677.

Proposed Voting Procedures

1.    Every member in good standing who registered for the convention by June 15, 2020, will be offered an opportunity to enroll in the NFB20 voting system. All voters must be enrolled by July 12, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. EDT.

2.    All individuals who are members, are registered for the convention, and who opt into the voter enrollment system by the specified time, will constitute the pool of convention voters. 

3.    All voting will be done via SMS (text message) or by phone.

4.    Any matter must receive 51 percent support of the votes cast by the convention voters present and voting in order to be affirmed.

5.    Present and voting will mean the subset of convention voters who actually cast a vote on a given question. Thus, voters who are indifferent to a matter cannot block its consideration by the Convention by choosing not to cast a vote.

6.    All votes will be allocated two minutes for vote time.

7.    After two minutes, if the outcome to the question under consideration is unclear, the chair will poll the delegates by voice vote for a definitive outcome.

8.    If voting indicates 75 percent support for or against a question prior to the two-minute period elapsing, the chair may elect to move to the next order of business.

9.    An opportunity to practice voting will be offered in the convention on a question that has no impact on the policy of the organization.

Motions and Nominations from the Floor

1.    Only delegates will be able to make motions, second motions, and nominate candidates from the floor during the convention.

2.    Should a member of a delegation wish to make a motion or nominate a member for election by the Convention, their delegate must bring it forward on their behalf.

3.    A member may petition another delegate to support their motion, especially if the delegate from their own state will not support the motion.

Resolutions

1.    Resolutions to be presented to the Convention must proceed through the resolutions committee process as usual.

2.    Resolutions being recommended to the Convention by the committee will be posted to the web at nfb.org/resolutions by 8:00 p.m. EDT or three hours after the committee meeting (whichever is later) on July 15, 2020.

3.    Affiliate delegations will be encouraged to discuss resolutions during their state caucus on July 17.

4.    Those wishing to speak for or against a resolution on the floor of the Convention must submit their interest in doing so by sending an email to resolutions at nfb.org by 5:30 p.m. EDT on July 17. The email must contain the individual’s full name, state affiliate, the number of the resolution they wish to discuss, whether they are for or against the resolution, and a phone number where they can best be reached in case there is an issue with the Zoom platform.

5.    Reminders will be given at each of the general sessions prior to the deadline regarding the above process.

6.    In determining the amount of debate a resolution requires, the chair may use the Zoom polling option to get a sense of the crowd, ask the delegates for their feeling on cutting off the debate, or engage some other strategy outside of the voting system to gauge the sense of the Convention.

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