by Donna Seliger
Over the past several months members have requested complete copies of the minutes taken during the ACB board of directors’ meetings. Although summaries of meetings appear in “The Braille Forum,” the consensus was that complete sets of minutes be made available to members.
A motion was made during the 2004 mid-year ACB meeting as follows: “Ms. Ruschival moved that complete sets of minutes of open meetings of the board of directors of the American Council of the Blind shall be distributed to members upon written request to the secretary in the preferred format of the individual making the request. A fair and reasonable fee may be set to cover the cost of such distribution.” The motion carried on a voice vote.
Therefore, if you are a member of ACB and wish minutes sent to you, please follow these instructions.
- For each set of minutes you wish, send $3 (no cash please) to Donna Seliger, secretary, 3912 SE 5th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315. Make checks or money orders payable to ACB.
- Indicate which minutes you wish by date: 2001 post-convention, 7/7/01; 2001 fall board meeting, 9/22-23/01; 11/6/01; 11/20/01; 2002 mid-year, 2/17-18/02; 3/17/02; 4/30/02; 2002 pre- convention, 6/29/02; 2002 convention sessions; 2002 post- convention, 7/6/02; fall board meeting, 9/21-22/02; 11/25/02; 1/16/03; 2/2/03; 2/11/03; 2003 mid-year, 2/16-17/03; 3/4/03; 4/15/03; 2003 pre-convention, 7/5/03; 2003 post-convention, 7/12/03; 2003 fall board meeting, 9/20-21/03; and 11/25/03.
- Include which format you prefer: braille, large print, disk or CD.
You may also view the above-mentioned minutes at www.acb.org under the Speeches link.