From: Steve Zielinski 
Subject: Re: Why the NFB
Harvey,
	Yes, this sounds about right.  No longer workable translates to 
"we on the boared saw how things can get a bit out of hand if we allow it 
so this will help keep things under wraps."  I certainly remember how 
livid Mr. Jernigan was and how he seemed quite upset when he saw how 
things were transpiring without his direct control.  I think.  And you 
are correct in that the members as a whole will need to evaluate 
themselves and look at all issues with an open mind.  They can make 
mistakes too, but hopefully there is enough of the membership with a 
clear head to know when they are doing so.  But we're speaking quite a 
bit into the future I think.  The one thing that will cause the 
leadership to take notice is if lots of members quit the organization for 
whatever reason.  Then they will take notice I believe. There needs to be 
a different cultural milieu in the federation.
On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Harvey Heagy wrote:
> 
> 
> I remember sitting at the 1993 Washington Seminar kickoff
> briefing when we were told by President Maurer that the new
> resolutions procedure was being instituted because the old one
> was no longer workable.  As far as I know, the changes never
> officially became part of the constitution.  I don't know how many
> have made it out of committee with the necessary support of 5 state
> presidents, but I would think few if any.  I remember feeling as
> you do that this was nothing more than a further attempt by the
> national leadership to consolidate its power.  As I see it,
> currently the convention is supreme authority only on paper and
> this will change only if enough participants finally
> get enough of the status quo and do something about it.  There have
> only been a few miner issues like the Horoscope calendars that the
> convention was able to overrule, and I wonder if like Nac revoking
> the accreditation of a small agency only once in its history, this
> was done just to build a record and say later that the convention
> prevailed over the board on this issue.  
> 
> Harvey
> 
> 
> 
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