[nfb-talk] ACB members in NFB

[joe harcz]

Mike,

You and this policy are in strictest violation of Section504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Now, I frankly don't mind such things so long as 
NFB and others who practice such illegally discrimanatory activities desist 
from receiving any federal funds whatsoever.

In short if you wish to be such an exclusive entity then desist from 
receiving federal funding. If not you have to take all comers.

Ditto for all NFB Centers. If they wish for taxpayer funding then they must 
follwo all applicable federal laws including Section504

If they wish to practice other things then again foregoe federal funding.

An exsample: a college can violate federal civil rights laws related to 
color or race or religion if they wish to foregoe federal funds. But they 
can't accept federal funds and violate existing civil rights statutes.



Joe Harcz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] ACB members in NFB


> Dear Samira:
>
> Technically, it is against NFB policy for members to simultaneously be
> members of ACB and NFB although at the national level, this is not spelled
> out in so many words. It is implied by the NFB Pledge and the NFB
> Constitution which both say that members should actively support the
> policies and programs of the Federation (policies and programs which ACB
> almost invariably opposes). Thirty years or so ago, I remember some local
> chapters with explicit prohibition of dual membership but haven't seen 
> this
> sort of thing in chapter or affiliate constitutions of late.
>
> Having said this, though, our affiliate has tolerated a few members who
> joined both ACB an NFB and were "trying them out" as it were. We gave such
> members something like six months to make up their minds as to which
> organization they wished to join permanently. After that six-month grace
> period, we asked them to leave our organization if they did not wish to
> resign from ACB.
>
> Of course, this pragmatic policy did not apply if the dual members held
> office in the ACB local chapter or state affiliate or were otherwise
> politically important within either NFB or ACB. WE required them to choose
> which organization they wished to remain part of forthwith.
>
> Bottom line: if your dual member isn't politically prominent, I wouldn't
> sweat it; give him/her a few months to make up his/her mind. But if he/she
> is an ACB chapter or affiliate officer, I'd ask him/her to choose which
> organization he/she wishes to remain with immediately. And of course if
> he/she participates in ACB activities which oppose NFB activities, he/she
> should immediately be given the choice of ceasing such activities or 
> leaving
> NFB.
>
> HTH!
>
> Mike Freman, President
> NFB of Washington
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: S Farwaneh
>  To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>  Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 6:51 PM
>  Subject: [nfb-talk] ACB members in NFB
>
>
>  Hello Everyone,
>
>  I have a question about how to best accommodate active ACB members who 
> try
>  to join the NFB. My understanding is that NFB policies prohibit ACB/NFB
>  dual membership. We have an ACB member in our midst who was informed 
> about
>  the policy, whereupon she denied her affiliation with ACB. We have
>  philosophical differences concerning this issue: Some members believe 
> that
>  we should take her word for it and allow her to participate fully in NFB
>  activities in the hopes that she will ultimately become a functional
>  member; others request that her terminated affiliation with ACB be
> verified
>  to  ensure that our chapters are not infiltrated by ACB members who
> believe
>  that their mission is to 'reform' the NFB.
>
>  I wonder if you have a similar experience to report, and what the best
>  strategy is to expand our membership without jeopardizing our philosophy
>  and policies.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Samira Farwaneh
>  Tucson Chapter, NFBA
>
>
>  Samira Farwaneh
>  Assistant Professor, Arabic Language and Linguistics
>  Department of Near Eastern Studies
>  Department of Linguistics
>  Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program
>  Louise Foucar Marshall Building
>  845 N Park Avenue, Room 440
>  PO BOX 210158B
>  University of Arizona
>  Tucson, Arizona  85721-0158B
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>  Fax: (520) 621-2333
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