[humanser] Greetings

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Ms. Schoch,

Keep the lists separate--they are different animals!
Thank you for listening. Car:18 AM 12/7/2014, Alyssa Munsell via 
humanser wrote:
>Good morning Ms. Schoch,
>
>Thank you for the update. My personal opinion is that I would like to see
>the Division remain a human services group without including healthcare
>professionals. I completely agree that physical and mental health are very
>interconnected. However, I think the professional needs of healthcare
>personnel are different than mental health professionals, and it would make
>more sense to have medical professionals have a separate group. I'm
>surprised a group for those in the medical field doesn't exist yet.
>
>That is just my two cents!
>
>Warmly,
>AM
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Merry
>Schoch via humanser
>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2014 8:48 AM
>To: Human Services Mailing List
>Subject: [humanser] Greetings
>
>Greetings to All Listserv Members,
>
>
>
>Not sure if you notice a pattern, but the majority of messages from me are
>sent out on Sunday mornings as this is my most peaceful time of the week.
>My thoughts swirl around the Human Services Division and the tasks to do.
>Admittedly, there are many times I feel more than overwhelmed and wonder if
>our goals are obtainable.  Then the essence of who I am speaks loudly and
>reminds me this type of thinking will accomplish nothing.
>
>
>
>The Board of the Division will meet privately during the month of December.
>Unlike most meetings this will not be open for membership involvement, but I
>will present to our members and listserv the plans so you are informed.
>One of the topics at our meeting is a name change for the division.
>
>
>
>I would like to get immediate feedback from this list an our members
>regarding a name change for the division.  While I attended  the "Leaders
>and Ledgers" seminar at the Jernigan Institute, someone repeatedly referred
>to the division as the "Health and Human Services Division".  Since I have
>received quite a few inquiries from individuals who are seeking to go into
>the medical field and there is currently no division for medical
>professionals, I thought I would put the idea out to you all.  It brings
>more diversity to our division which we have a great deal of now; however,
>physical and mental health (in my opinion) are interconnected on many
>levels.
>
>
>
>Please respond to your thoughts on the name change.  It will mean a
>Constitutional  change and I am seeking input before we go further with the
>idea.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Merry C. Schoch
>
>NFB Human  Services Division
>
>President
>
>
>
>Merry C. Schoch, MSW ISW#6961
>
>Professional Social Worker/Counselor
>
>(813) 523-6573
>
>Merryschoch at verizon.net
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>
>
>
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