[Nfb-or] Action Needed: OCB Proposed Plan

[T. Joseph Carter]

At this point, I think the commissioners are the ones who need to see 
it, not me.

Joseph

On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 05:21:32PM +0100, linjaynes wrote:
>Thank you Joseph: II have already expressed my  opinion of Ms.Mock's ,oh so obvious Intent, by letter,I am sure the president has seen it, as I forwarded it to him yesterday ,as well as to the BECC Board, should you & or any of my NFB member's wish to have it, ask the president & or e/mail me for a copy. Sincerely Lin
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Apr 2, 2010 7:37 AM
>>To: nfb-or at nfbnet.org, oregon-l at acb.org
>>Subject: [Nfb-or] Action Needed: OCB Proposed Plan
>>
>>Art Stevenson asked me to post this:
>>
>>Tomorrow (Friday, April 2nd), Oregon Commission for the Blind
>>director Linda Mock intends to present her plan to remove
>>state-operated facilities from its Randolph-Shepperd vending program
>>in this state.  This would reduce the program from its current size
>>to just four people.
>>
>>Any program Ms. Mock might propose in its place would operate without
>>the legal protections afforded by the Randolph-Shepperd Act and its
>>companion state legislation.  These protections include the loss of
>>priority access to vending sites, the requirement that the blind
>>themselves are given full participation in the administration of the
>>program, and a prescribed remedy for redress of grievances.
>>
>>As such, it seems this plan directly contradicts the stated mission
>>of the Oregon Commission for the Blind, and Ms. Mock's mission as its
>>director.  Moreover, Ms. Mock appears to be working to fast-track the
>>approval of this plan before its impact is realized.  It affects not
>>only those in the program today, but also the blind youth still
>>reeling from the loss of our School for the Blind.
>>
>>Only we can prevent this detrimental plan from moving forward now.
>>If you can be in the Portland area at the Commission for the Blind
>>for the 4pm meeting at which Ms. Mock will present this plan, please
>>attend.  If you cannot attend, please call the Commission's Portland
>>office at 971-673-1588 or toll free (within Oregon) 888-202-5463.
>>Tell them what you think of this plan, and ask them to pass the
>>message on to Ms. Mock and to the Commissioners.
>>
>>If you call, PLEASE DO BE POLITE!  The people who answer the phones
>>are not responsible for this plan, and they do not deserve the brunt
>>of anyone's anger.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>
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