[musictlk] Resuime Bank for Musicians Who Are Blind

[Linda Mentink]

>Hi All,


Michael got back to me. Here's his explanation. Maybe it's legitimate 
after all.

Blessings,

Linda



>From: Michael Jackson <visionarypersonnel at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Michael Jackson <visionarypersonnel at yahoo.com>
>
>I am sorry about the confusion.   My middle name is Jackson.   Some 
>of my friends call me "Jack".   I guess when I created the account, 
>I left off my last name.   We have in the past won a variety of very 
>substantive contracts creating high paying jobs for people who are 
>visually impaired.   We are branching out from attorney, paralegal, 
>and human resources type of contracts into all professional 
>occupations.   Reducing unemployment for people who are visually 
>impaired is the organization's focus, is a topic which I studied as 
>a gradute student in social work, and is my life long mission.   A 
>great many people still hold stereotypes about people who are blind 
>are unable to perform professional occupations.   We place members 
>in high profile jobs such as an administrative judge at the Equal 
>Employment Opprotunity Commision.   We believe that by skillfully 
>performing these contract we have begun in a small way to reduce 
>negative stereotypes about people who are blind.   Surprisingly, the 
>federal government does issue contracts for musicians such as 
>individuals to play music at military chapels.    Expansion of the 
>resume bank to include musicians is therefore a serious 
>endeavor.    Thank you for your assistance.
>Respectfully,
>Michael Beattie
>
>
>From: Linda Mentink <mentink at frontiernet.net>
>To: Michael Jackson <visionarypersonnel at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2011 9:43 PM
>Subject: Re: Resuime Bank for Musicians Who Are Blind
>
>Michael,
>
>I passed your message on to a list of blind musicians. However, I'm 
>not sure that you are really legitimate, since your header says 
>you're Michael Jackson, and your signature says you're Michael 
>Beatie. Who are you really. If this is a scam, I won't be pleased.
>
>Miss Mentink
>
>At 01:59 PM 9/6/2011, you wrote:
> > Dear Mrs Mentink
> >
> >
> > I am contacting you because you are Chair of National Federation 
> of the Blind, Musicians Division. I am forming a new non-profit 
> organization that may of interest to your members. Visionary 
> Personnel helps job seekers who are visually impaired by creating a 
> resume bank and then searching for federal government contracts 
> matching the skills of the people in the resume bank. I am 
> contacting you specifically because the federal government has and 
> will continue to several contracts for musicians to perform at 
> events sponsorred by federal agencies and music teachers to teach 
> in schools for children of military families which are operated by 
> the Department of Defense.  For reasons unknown, the government 
> chooses to contract with companies rather than hire individuals directly.
> >
> >
> >
> > The Javitz-Wagner O'Day program gives non-profit organizations 
> with employees who are legally blind the chance to 
> non-competitively win federal government contracts. The program has 
> been renamed the Ability One program. Historically, the program has 
> been used to create menial low paying jobs in factories producing 
> office supplies. However, our organization has proven for the first 
> time that the program can be used to create professional jobs such 
> as attorneys, paralegals, and mediators. I hope you will forward 
> the announcement flyer and the membership application to your 
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> > We would greatly appreciate if you would encourage your members 
> to submit resumes for inclusion into our resume bank.  Together we 
> can work toward eliminating the high unemployment and poverty 
> experienced by people who are visually impaired.
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Michael Beatie, President
> > Visionary Personnel
> >
>
>
>