[Nfbf-l] Call for resolutions

[Joe Minichiello]

Attention, NFB of Florida Chapter Presidents, Division Leaders, and all NFBF Members: This letter concerns Resolutions for the NFBF 2010 State Convention.
Please read it carefully and circulate it as widely as possible.

Dear fellow NFBF Members:

NFBF President Dan Hicks has appointed me as chairperson for the 2010 NFBF
Resolutions committee
The Resolutions Committee meeting will take place, probably on Friday evening, May 28, following the NFBF Board Meeting. (Please consult your convention
agenda to confirm the date and time.) I will serve as chairperson of the committee. We will be inviting Dr. Mark Maurer, our National Representative, to sit
in with us. All convention attendees may also attend the meeting, space permitting.   Additional meetings of the committee may be necessary, although this
almost never happens. We will do our best to take care of all business before or during this one meeting.

I am sending you this letter to request that all proposed resolutions be sent to me at the address below, as soon as possible. E-mail is preferred, but
faxes and the Post Office will also do just fine.

If you have an idea for a resolution but are not sure how to develop it, now is the time to get help in turning that idea into a resolution. Numerous examples
of Resolutions can be found in past issues of the Braille Monitor and the Florida Federation Focus, as well as on the NFB of Florida Website, at

http://www.nfbflorida.org/resolutions/

There is also a "Guidelines for Resolution Writing" at:

http://www.nfbflorida.org/resolutions/guidelines.html

I am stressing all of this because we need people to turn in written resolutions, not just ideas for resolutions.

I am asking that all resolutions be sent to me in advance, at least one week  before the Convention. Because this letter is going out a bit later than in
past years, proposed resolutions may be turned in any time until the start of the Resolutions Committee Meeting. Please bring one hardcopy (Braille or
Print) to read or have read, and it would also be helpful if you could bring the resolution in electronic format, such as a on a USB flash drive or SD
flash card.

Resolutions MUST be in writing and they must be in resolutions form. This does not mean that the committee cannot or will not propose changes to the resolution,
however these changes are subject to the approval of the person or group presenting the resolution to the committee. The committee will vote either to
recommend or not to recommend that the resolution be approved and adopted by the Convention, but you, the presenter of the resolution, have the option
of bringing your resolution to the floor of the Convention, even if the committee has voted not to recommend it.

Please keep in mind that each and every resolution must have a person at the Resolutions Committee meeting and at the Convention to speak for and take responsibility
for that resolution. If you plan to submit a resolution, but are unable to attend the Convention, then you must find someone who will speak and take responsibility
for your resolution before the committee and the Convention.

Resolutions are one of the most important means by which we, the members of the NFBF, set the policies that will govern our organization for the coming
year and beyond. That is why it is very important that all chapter presidents share this letter with your members. I encourage you to start thinking about
Resolutions you would like to see adopted and get them written and send them to me as soon as possible.  Let's look forward to making the resolutions process
run as smoothly at this convention as it has in the past.

I look forward to seeing all of you in Orlando. Please remember to contact me if you have any further questions or would like further information.

Sincerely,
 Joe Minichiello, Chairperson

2010 NFBF Resolutions Committee

Contact information  phone 904-608-0105
Fax 904-367-8673 E mail address jbmini at comcast.net 
mailing address 4102 Piper drive Jacksonville Fl 32207-7166.Joe Minichiello, Second Vice President
National Federation of the Blind of Florida
President, Greater Jacksonville Chapter 
904-608-0105
jbmini at comcast.net