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

[Passle Helminski]

Mike,

We should have written as soon as we heard about the lay offs.

Passle

On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:16 PM, "Michael Hingson" <Mike at michaelhingson.com> wrote:

> Passle,
> 
> The thing is that the Seeing Eye stuff is old now.  It seems to me that
> there is no sense in writing unless there are problems with what they did.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Passle Helminski
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:48 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
> 
> Buddy,
> 
> I was only talking about the staff lay off at Seeing Eye and GDB not about
> the communication issues at GDB.  Sorry I wasn't clear on my last post.
> 
> Passle
> On Jun 10, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:
> 
>> The other issue is that this latest from Guide Dogs appears to be a
> pattern of detrimental behavior eroding trust and lines of communication
> with graduates. Seeing Eye has no such pattern, and its reasons for the
> staff cuts are pretty clear, where GDB's are not at all clear. Nor are they
> seeming to make any effort towards remedying this. Inthis economic client, I
> don't think anyone would fault staff cuts if they're needed, as rotten for
> some people as they may be. Again, I think there's a bigger issue at play
> with GDB. 
>> --
>> 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
> Seeing 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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