[Ohio-talk] Reading Minutes at Meetings

[grob702 at gmail.com]

The Miami Valley chapter have always had our minutes ran by the secretary we have it any problems we haven't had any problems with the situation so why should it become one right now it should not be you are secretary, and we appreciate our board members in our chapter so what is there going to be a problem with you reading the minutes in our meeting

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On Feb 17, 2016, at 9:04 AM, Robert Spangler via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thanks everyone for your responses.  Deborah, was this something on which
> your chapter voted or did you make an executive decision?  Carol made a good
> point that, if there are many seniors in the chapter who are not accustomed
> to using computers and the internet, then it is probably worth continuing
> the practice.  On the other hand, if there are just a couple of members who
> are having issues, then they need to resolve the problem themselves or find
> another means of reading them.  Given that we are supposed to be a
> democratic organization, I'm thinking that it's something that should be
> discussed and a vote had.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deborah
> Kendrick via Ohio-talk
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> Cc: Deborah Kendrick <dkkendrick at earthlink.net>
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> 
> Rob,
> For some time now, we in the Cincinnati chapter have distributed minutes via
> email, and then approved them at the meetings.
> For those few who do not use computers, others are sharing with them.
> Hope this helps.
> Deborah (president of Cincinnati chapter)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Ohio-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:02 AM
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> Cc: Karen
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Reading Minutes at Meetings
> 
> 
> 
> RobbYThis us Karen I was secretary for years for our chapter I do believe it
> is necessary to read the minutes you forget not everyone has a computer and
> they still deserve just as much information as the next person I do believe
> minutes need to be very thorough this to me is just all about keeping good
> recordsWhen I did minutes we had an introduction with a prayer then old
> business new business telephone report entertainment report as well  just an
> example for u Wanda Sloan has problems with a computer as I type so
> individuals like her would never hear the minutes unless you read them aloud
> at the meeting Thank you,Karen Noles 
> 
> 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Robert Spangler via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: 2/17/2016  12:28 AM  (GMT-05:00)
> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List' <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Robert Spangler <spangler.robert at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Reading Minutes at Meetings 
> 
> Hello all:
> 
> 
> 
> I am now the Secretary for the NFB of the Greater Miami Chapter in Dayton.
> I am curious to know if Secretaries of chapters around the state are reading
> their minutes at each meeting.  I personally feel like this is an
> unnecessary practice since we send the minutes out via email and I maintain
> that it is the responsibility of each member to read the minutes themselves.
> Plus, I'd like to use our time more effectively.  I write pretty detailed
> minutes.  While I do not write out everything that is said, I do provide
> enough information so that someone who was unable to attend can get a very
> good idea of what was discussed at the meeting.  That being said, however, I
> do understand that there are some people who may not have access to email.
> My thought was to put this as a question before our chapter but I was asked
> to do some research on it first.  So, please let me know what you think!
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robby
> 
> 
> 
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