<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Greetings all,</div><div><br></div><div>In starting the letter writing blitz to AER I forgot to include 1 crucial item of info, the email adddress which is <a href="mailto:nac@aerbvi.org">nac@aerbvi.org</a>. Of course the snail mail address is included in my letter, which you are free to use, but I thought you might appreciate saving paper and postage stamps.</div><div><br></div><div>So enjoy the laugh on me and happy writing.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Rob </div><div><br>On Feb 20, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Rob Tabor via Jayhawk-Chapter <<a href="mailto:jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org">jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings Jayhawk Federationists,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You may recall that at our January Jayhawk chapter meeting I asked for and got a directive from you all to write a letter in protest of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the BBlind and Visually Impaired (AERBVI) in its attempt to revive the old National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind (NAC). Howeer, on further consideration I decided that our message would speak much louder if we all wrote letters as concerned blind individuals and allies. At our meeting on February 17 I stated I would write the first letter and would send it to you to give you some ideas as to how this letter should be approached.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The letter is posted below and is also attached as an MS-Word document. I do not commend you to match the letter I sent, but I offer it as an example from which you may glean certain basics, such as making the letter brief and to the point. Be natural in your communication style and choice of words while taking care to avoid obvious mistakes in spelling, grammar, ssyntax, and punctuation. Although I did not mention my nFB affiliation in my letter, you are totally free to do so if you feel it is appropriate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">So let’s make our voices of Federation uhity heard loud and clear, and happy letter-writing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Rob Tabor | president Jayhawk Chaptre National Federation of the Blind of Kansas<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">(785) 865-9959<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> And Visually Impaired<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">1703 N. Beauregard St., Suite 440<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Alexandria, VA 22311-1744<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">February 20, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear AER Executive Director and board members,,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It has come to my attention that your organization has chosen to undertake the accreditation of rehabilitation agencies and other public and private organizations serving the blind, and that this is being accomplished by reconstituting the National Accreditation Council (NAC). As a concerned blind American I am aware that NAC as previously constituted persistently failed or refused to include blind persons in the development and enforcement of qualitative standards for the agencies that provides services to us. I am also deeply disturbed that AER has no intention and no plans to include us in the formation and enforcement of such accreditation standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Therefore, I join thousands of my blind colleagues across the nation in calling upon your organization to cease and desist from establishing AER as the standards and accreditation body for agencies for the blind in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Robert L Tabor, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Lawrence KS/USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><Letter2AER-NAC.docx></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Jayhawk-Chapter mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Jayhawk-Chapter@nfbnet.org">Jayhawk-Chapter@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/jayhawk-chapter_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/jayhawk-chapter_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Jayhawk-Chapter:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/jayhawk-chapter_nfbnet.org/rob.tabor%40sbcglobal.net">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/jayhawk-chapter_nfbnet.org/rob.tabor%40sbcglobal.net</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>