(Editors' note: There was one resolution presented and passed at the 2013 Connecticut State Convention of the National Federation of the Blind.)
RESOLUTION: Regarding President Emeritus
WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind sets high expectations for the organization and by doing so sets high expectations for its leaders; and
WHEREAS, affiliate presidents cannot be afraid to set high expectations for state leaders; and
WHEREAS, affiliate presidents must be good communicators, teachers, and model Federationists, and encourage members to read, study and digest Federation literature; and
WHEREAS, part of being a good communicator and teacher is being a good listener; and
WHEREAS, a good affiliate president understands organizational policy and encourages members to speak their minds in the name of democracy: Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut in Convention assembled this third day of November, 2013, in the City of Meriden, Connecticut, that this organization thank Betty Woodward for her positive and stalwart leadership during her years as president of the Connecticut affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind and for leading the members in ways consistent with standards set forth by the national leadership of the National Federation of the Blind; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization bestow on Betty Woodward the title of President Emeritus of the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut.