[nfb-talk] FW: letter to the board of directors of Guide Dogs for the Blind

[Michael Hingson]

Is it even relevant to considertraining are well established and can work
well.  What we need to do is to get good successful blind leaders with the
appropriate knowledge into leadership positions in these schools. 


Best,


Michael Hingson this?  We found the money to establish three centers so we
could find the money to create a guide dog school if it were sensible to do
so.  However, one does not learn travel while obtaining a guide dog.  The
schools that provide such

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Peter: 
You prattle on incessantly about this but you always seem to leave out an
essential consideration: where do you suggest we find the money and
personnel who are both qualified and espouse nfb philosophy to staff such an
entity? 

Mike Freeman


On Jun 6, 2013, at 7:49, "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> Good morning Mike and everyone,
> 
>    It's also another reason why the NFB needs to take a serious look 
> at creating its own guide dog program. Perhaps more behavior of this 
> kind by multiple guide dog programs will get us off of our behinds and 
> giving this idea serious discussion and action! Once again this 
> subject is not on NAGDU's convention agenda although the subject of 
> guide dogs in zoos is a topic for discussion. Perhaps someone should 
> raise the subject of an NFB guide dog program during NAGDU's business 
> meeting. If we were coming to the convention or could join via a 
> remote connection we would do it. All the best.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hingson" <info at michaelhingson.com>
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> of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>; "'NFB Talk Mailing List'"
> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>; "'NFB of California List'" 
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 11:05 PM
> Subject: [nfb-talk] FW: letter to the board of directors of Guide Dogs 
> forthe Blind
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> The following is a letter I just sent to the board of directors of 
> Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.  Although it may appear that the 
> content of this letter is guide dog specific I believe you all should 
> be aware of this issue as it reflects on how agencies which should do 
> better are in fact treating blind people and their own staffs.
> 
> There are now significant problems within the Guide Dogs for the Blind 
> organization which stem from bad leadership by a relatively new CEO.  
> The problems in part are due to a poor attitude about blindness and 
> partly they stem from his lack of competence in managing well a 
> nonprofit organization, at least as far as I am concerned.  Actually, 
> hundreds of consumers have already sent letters concerning this issue 
> to the board and many others have signed a petition concerning this.  
> The petition is located at 
> http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-the-board-its-time?source=c.em.m
> t&r_by

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