From: sojacobson@mmm.com
Subject: Re: Why The NFB
Harvey,
I did not mean to imply that anyone was "against" the national leadership 
in my note, I guess that was unclear.  We're getting into a more 
theoretical discussion in some ways, and I was trying to figure out if 
the problem that Steve Z. was describing was really one of structure, or 
if it might be that the leadership has too much influence.  He could 
honestly feel that there should be limits on the influence of a leader 
without necessarily feeling that leader is wrong.  When I reread my 
message, it was not very clear.
> In a message sojacobson@mmm.com typed to All  
>  s> Isn't the impact of your comments here that one really can't trust the 
>  s> membership?  On the one hand, you are advocating for greater democracy, 
>  s> while on the other you are saying that the membership should not have 
the 
>  s> right or power to accept the recommendations of the leadership. 
> I think what we are saying is that the convention should have just as 
realistic and reasonable a chance to reject the recommendations of our 
leadership as we do to accept them.  We are not anti national leadership; we 
support it when we feel it is corre
ct and oppose it when we feel it is wrong, but in recent years the deck has 
become too stacked in favor of the national leadership and it is getting 
worse all the time.  I wonder if we had electronic voting where each 
convention attendee could vote any is
sue up or down what would happen.  I think in such a situation the national 
leadership would do well to pass half its agenda.
> 
> Harvey 
> 
> 
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          Steve Jacobson
          National Federation of the Blind
          3M Company 
          E-mail:  SOJACOBSON@MMM.COM
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the 3M Company.
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