Resolution 2024-06 - Decisions Impacting ACB Members

Submitted by Alice Ritchhart

Whereas, in our “age of information,” it is a reasonable expectation that when leaders of a member-driven organization make decisions directly impacting the membership, they will do so by first obtaining member input to attempt to make the most informed decisions possible; and

Whereas, this expectation certainly applies in the case of decisions made by the Board of Directors of the American Council of the Blind (ACB); and

Whereas, decisions directly impacting ACB members may include, among others, member benefits, conventions, and ACB channels of communication; and

Whereas, ACB has several methods for obtaining member input, including, but not limited to, ACB community calls, conferring with state and special interest affiliate leaders, conducting surveys, and publications;

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the American Council of the Blind in convention assembled virtually, that this organization direct the ACB Board of Directors to establish a mechanism to inform the membership regarding upcoming Board decisions, collect member input, and disseminate that member input to the Board prior to making decisions.

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