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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Sidney,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not only was there considerable planning involved in preparing to give a robust collaborative networking seminar, a significant expenditure of resources went into the groundwork in that the state organization paid for Buna to come to the Lawrence/KC areas to recruit representatives from state and local governments and private companies to meet and network with rehab counselors and job placement contractors. I’ve talked somewhat extensively with Buna about the situation and her theory is that the NFB’s credibility is being impuned. The sad irony is their ideas about us would be quikly debunked if they would come to the workshop and see representatives from about 20 hiring entities. If that isn’t a full-blown job fare, I don’t know what is. But the redeeming happy truth is that Donna is not giving up and neither is Buna. The game plan is to reset the seminar for this fall, which will give us another opportunity to promote it very aggressively with VR.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I hope you’re doing well and I look forward to seeing you on Saturday at the picnic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Warmest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rob<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jayhawk-chapter [mailto:jayhawk-chapter-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>shroedel@sunflower.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jayhawk Chapter list, Lawrence, Kansas<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Jayhawk-chapter] Seminar Cancelled<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Rob,<br><br>What a shame -- I'm sure a good deal of planning effort has gone in to this seminar. I think indifference = reluctance to tackle the subject. Thanks for your work on this.<br><br>Sidney<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Rob Tabor <<a href="mailto:rob.tabor@sbcglobal.net">rob.tabor@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>To: 'Jayhawk Chapter list, Lawrence, Kansas' <<a href="mailto:jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org">jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org</a>><br>Sent: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:28:10 -0400 (EDT)<br>Subject: [Jayhawk-chapter] Seminar Cancelled<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Good evening Jayhawk federationists,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>I regret to have to tell you the collaborative strategies seminar scheduled for Tuesday, June 11 has been cancelled. The news came to me via Donna Wood who informed me of this unfortunate development in a telephone call this evening. This decision was driven by an attitude of complacency and indifference at the district management level in the ranks of Kansas Rehab Services, who was willing only to send VR counselors from nearby KRS offices. It was determined by the executive committee of our state affiliate board that going ahead with the seminar with five or frewr VR counselors attending would not have been an efficient utilization of resources. It should be noted we were offering this very powerful employment networking seminar free of charge to the state of Kansas, and this makes this attitude of indifference at the mid management level very puzzling to say the very least. IN any event, You have your day back now, so I’ll see you at the picnic at Centennial Park next Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>