These are the focus topics presented at the 2000 board of commissioners meetings. As always, your comments are welcomed and encouraged by sending email to your board of commissioners.

Business Enterprise Program - (November 3, 2000)

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1. There will be no public comments outside of public comment time. If a Commissioner or the Executive Director has a question about the current topic and someone in attendance can answer it, that person may be called on for information. However the person may only speak to the question at hand and must be called on to speak.
2. Names will be taken at the beginning of the public comment time.  Those individuals will get a turn to speak in the order the names were received. At the end of that series of speakers, names will again be asked of those wishing to speak. This process will continue until the public comment time has elapsed.
3. Persons who raise their hand to speak will not be recognized.  Names should be given verbally. 
4. Only the recognized person may speak. The speaker will address the commissioners from the podium or table designated for this purpose.
5. If the Executive Director or Commissioners have questions for the recognized speaker, discussion may proceed with only that speaker.  No one else from the public may make comments at this time.
6. If individuals from the public attending the meeting insist on speaking during a time when they are not recognized after being warned, they will be asked to leave.   Likewise if there is any other behavior the Chairperson deems inappropriate, i.e. excessive shouting, threats, obscenities etc. that person will be asked to leave.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Meeting

The Board of Commissioners to the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired will meet Saturday, November 7, 2020, beginning at 9:00 A.M.  The Focus Topic will be Surviving COVID-19 – What NCBVI has learned and what they will carry forward. 

The meeting will be held via video conferencing at the Omaha State Office Building, 1313 Farnam Street, Room 227, Omaha, Nebraska and the NCBVI Lincoln Office, 4600 Valley Road, Lincoln District Conference Room, Lincoln, Nebraska.  Everyone attending at the Omaha location must enter the building from the east doors (13^th Street). 

If reasonable accommodations are needed, please contact NCBVI at 402-471-8101 as soon as possible.  Every effort will be made to arrange the needed accommodation.  An agenda can be obtained by calling 877-809-2419 during regular business hours.

Mission Statement of the NCBVI Board of Commissioners:

Empowering blind individuals, promoting opportunities, and building belief in the blind.

Commissioners shall:

1. Employ an Executive Director who is the administrative officer of NCBVI and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
2. Annually evaluate the Executive Director using a specified performance tool created by the Board and approved by State Personnel under the Department of Administrative Services.
3. Provide guidance to the Executive Director in carrying out the mission of NCBVI.
4. Seek input from both consumers and staff through public meetings, correspondence, surveys, etc.
5. Approve rules, regulations and policies adopted and promulgated by NCBVI.
6. Have a working knowledge of the Rehabilitation Act (WIOA), rules and regulations, and other materials necessary for the operation of NCBVI.
7. Serve as a liaison between the public and NCBVI.
8. Annually elect a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and an Executive Secretary.
9. Attend and participate in NCBVI functions whenever possible, meeting with the entire staff as often as feasible.
10. Receive, read and respond in a timely manner to materials from the Executive Director, NCBVI staff, consumers and fellow Commissioners, asking for follow-up materials and/or clarification as needed.
11. Receive both written and in-person agency reports from NCBVI staff, asking for follow-up materials and/or clarification as needed.
12. Receive and read NCBVI budgetary information and monitor that process, asking for follow-up materials and/or clarification as needed.
13. Answer questions from consumers, NCBVI employees and the general public about NCBVI programs, processes, policies and procedures, seeking input from appropriate staff in order to provide accurate and up-to-date information.
14. Receive, only for purposes of her/his evaluation and guidance, reports from the Executive Director on unresolved personnel matters, including a description of the situation, a synopsis of progress toward resolution, and a summary of any policy changes implemented to address the problem, only when such matters reach a level requiring her/his intervention. The Board will not intervene in personnel issues, recognizing that there is a labor dispute process for State employees in place in the State of Nebraska.
15. Make suggestions and recommendations to NCBVI that will improve its operation and that will lead to better services to its consumers.
16. Communicate as a body only after reaching a consensus and only over the signature of the Chairperson.
17. When Communicating as an individual Board Member, a Board Member should use good judgment and discretion, and with a clear indication that they are speaking for himself/herself rather than as a spokesperson for the Board.
18. Develop and maintain a Commissioner Information Packet that will facilitate training of new Board Members.
19. See that new Commissioners become familiar with the materials in the Commissioner Information Packet, that they become familiar with the programs and office locations of the Commission, and review Commission Reports and Board motions involving NCBVI operations.