From: Richard Webb 
Subject: Change isn't bad
Karl Smith wrote:
   >I guess I'll put my two bits in here.  I'll probably wish I hadn't
   >but, oh well.
   >Some suggestions for tightening up convention sessions.
It's only words on your screen, so you don't need a big layer of
asbestos to keep the flames away .
   >1. Combine the roll call of states so we don't have to suffer
   >through this rather lengthy exercize on tuesday when we first start
   >and on Friday when we are making pledges.
I can buy into this.  It's nice to know the x state has y members of
their delegation, etc.  But, with the increasing activity of our
national conventions, the time could be better spent.
For the pledges, this can be easily published in the monitor.
   >2. Cut some of the fluff out of the agenda.  I. E. a couple of
   >years ago we had some guy who went on and on about his cars and all
   >the money he had. And then there was the lady with the marshal arts
   >school to help the poor disabled population.  give us all a break.
Fitting maybe for a monitor article, and an anouncement that the lady
with the Martial arts school will do a talk after hours some evening,
if folks are interested, so I can see this too.  Others will probably
say we need some lighter notes and human interest stuff throughout the
convention, but I'm with you a hundred percent on that one.
   >3. I've never quite understood why if resolutions are "policy
   >statements of the NFB" and vital guidelines for the future
   >direction of the organization, we push most of them off until
   >Friday afternoon and then rip through them in a frenzy at the end.
   >I've attended twenty consecutive conventions and it seems to me
   >that we didn't always do this.
In 1975, I think we considered resolutions throughout the week.  I
haven't attended 20 consecutive, but I've made a few over the years.
IF one really has a desire to discuss a resolution, I guess folks
figure the resolutions committee is the place, but, it's the
committee, and the membership as a whole needs to deliberate
thoroughly on some of these.
   >4. Although it always seems to be a joke, we do seem to give much
   >less attention to our own Jim Gashel than some of the bags of air
   >politicians we must listen to.  Now having said this I understand
   >that it is important to let them see us in our numbers and that
   >even air bags sometimes head up important commettes.
It's nice to be nice to the politicos, but I'd say if they can't say
the usual "I'm with you, call on me anytime" and other plattitudes in
five minutes, they can't say it.
Give the political animal five minutes, then get him off the podium
and let's get down to business .  Politicians will talk and
ramble as long as you let them.
   >5. And why did we have to sit through Lary King?
Larry has been considered a friend for many years, but there again,
give 'em five to ten minutes, if they can't say it in that length of
time, we've got important things, such as resolutions and
presentations by folks of real importance to us, such as Mr. Cylke,
the people from Rehab and SSA, others.
You're quite right, what's one man's meat is another's poison, so it's
a tough balance, but there's still fluff we could cut and get down to
the real meat.
Regards,
Richard Webb
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