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

[Cindy Ray]

Also, I think that, particularly after the conference calls and the expressions of concern after the cuts at TSE, they have been quite forthcoming about what is going on there.

Cindy Lou

On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:50 PM, "Tina Thomas" <judotina48kg at gmail.com> wrote:

> There was a letter sent the SE board of directors by the graduates and the
> board responded to questions both in writing and via conference. Also, staff
> was made aware that there would be cut backs as well as layoffs  way ahead
> of  time and most importantly, graduates are continuing to receive follow up
> services via telephone and in home visits. The situation  with SE   is
> totally different from what's going on with GDB. 
> Tina and the girls  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Passle Helminski
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 1:40 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
> 
> 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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