[nagdu] discussion concerning my letter to the board of directors of Guide Dogs for the Blind

Tina Thomas judotina48kg at gmail.com
Mon Jun 10 18:52:56 UTC 2013


I'm really starting to understand the magnitude of the issues that GDB is
facing. Just this morning I heard about a GDB grad who is having veering
problems with her dog and she  called the school a week ago  and as of now,
no one has returned her call  This is unacceptable! Having a dog who veers
in the street and or has any kind of traffic issue shouldn't be ignored.
It's sad to say, but if this kind of treatment continues, guide dog teams
are going to seriously be hurt and or killed. So if you haven't signed the
petition please go do so. Also, most of you know that I am not a GDB grad
but I am a guide dog user and just listening to some of the grads and what
they are going through makes me very angry because ultimately they could
face some very serious consequences because of  poor service from their
school. 
Tina and the girls          

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Margo and Arrow
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 11:10 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] discussion concerning my letter to the board of
directors of Guide Dogs for the Blind

>From what I hear, students are being served on and off campus and, as many
of you know, Seeing Eye housed the training in a hotel while dealing with
infrastructure and mechanical matters at the main campus.  And, that
happened just fine.  Students are back at the campus now, and, even some of
the things started at the hotel have been brought back to the main campus.  


>From what I hear, students are given follow-up as needed.

Folks, I was at The Eye in 1981 the first time.  We did not have field reps.
Still, students got to talk things over on the phone, we used snail mail,
students got visits.  It still happened.  

Margo and Arrow

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hingson
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:51 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] discussion concerning my letter to the board of
directors of Guide Dogs for the Blind

Also,

The Seeing Eye cuts took place, I believe, last year.  We have not heard of
drastic changes in service at TSE while we are hearing such about GDB.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 09:47 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] discussion concerning my letter to the board of
directors of Guide Dogs for the Blind

I think the issues with Seeing Eye are somewhat different. With GDB, I think
the issue is, at least in part, the firing of employees, but more to the
point, the lack of transparency and communication with the graduates and
staff about changes. It is clear to me that Seeing Eye made all such
personnel changes clear to staff, and the need for same, long before the
cuts actually happened, and after they happened, the school was very
forthright and transparent in explaining the reasons for the cuts. Yes,
there is a group of Seeing Eye students making some noise about their cuts
as well, but I don't see it the same way at all. 
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jun 10, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Passle Helminski <passle at roadrunner.com>
wrote:

> If we sign and write to the board for this school shouldn't we do it 
> for
See Eye too?
> 
> Passle
> 
> On Jun 9, 2013, at 6:54 PM, "Michael Hingson" 
> <Mike at michaelhingson.com>
wrote:
> 
>> Buddy,
>> 
>> That's enough for sure.  You done good.  Please also sign and write 
>> to the board.
>> 
> 
> 
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