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

[Tina Thomas]

Absolutely. As a matter of fact, SE is hosting a conference call on June 15
to update graduates and answer questions and it will be the CEO who is a
Seeing Eye dog graduate himself along with the Director of training and
instruction who has 30 years of training Seeing Eye dogs. 
Tina and the girls  

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steven Johnson
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 3:27 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

Tina,
Leader Dog did the same a few years back when the financial crisis started
to impact the organization.  However, with good graduate student input and
support from everyone, it is a much stronger organization now than ever.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tina Thomas
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 4:50 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

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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