[Nfbf-l] Message from Martha Harmon Pardee

[David Andrews]

No, it has been on a bunch of lists, and others have written.

Dave

At 02:16 AM 11/28/2016, you wrote:
>How many have written? If I write a letter, will mine be the only one?
>Just asking,
>Holly
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 28, 2016, at 3:03 AM, Sherri via Nfbf-l <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Just be sure and write in her behalf. Thanks so much!
> > Sherri
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "JD Townsend" <townsend.lcsw at gmail.com>
> > To: "Sherri via Nfbf-l" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 7:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Message from Martha Harmon Pardee
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you for forwarding this message. It is a sad story. I can not count
> > the number of books I have listened to of her voice.
> >
> > jd
> >
> >> On Nov 26, 2016 11:25 AM, Sherri via Nfbf-l <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I saw this on another list. Martha Harmon Pardee is a noted Talking Book
> >> reader and has been a guest at our NFB of Florida conventions several
> >> times.
> >> She sent the following message and I hope you will honor her request.
> >> Thank
> >> you.
> >>
> >> Sherri Brun
> >>
> >>> Hi friends,
> >>>
> >>> Please excuse the group/impersonal nature of this text, but I'm reaching
> >>> out in all humility with a request from folks like you who have been so
> >>> encouraging over the years.
> >>>
> >>> I won't bore you with all of the sordid details, but last week, as a
> >>> result of just feeling misunderstood and extremely frustrated, I
> >>> resigned
> >>> as a narrator. It was an impetuous and regretful decision made in the
> >>> heat of passion and I regretted it almost immediately.
> >>>
> >>> Within days, I asked the owner of the studio from my job back. I
> >>> explained
> >>> that the thought of not having a relationship with people like you was
> >>> too
> >>> much for me to contemplate. I have spent just three years short of half
> >>> of
> >>> my life narrating audio books for NLS. I love it and I love you and I
> >>> want to keep doing it.
> >>>
> >>> So the favor I'm asking, right before a very busy weekend, is if you
> >>> feel
> >>> so inclined to write to our head of human resources here and express
> >>> your
> >>> desire for me to be kept on as a narrator, I would really appreciate it.
> >>> Also, if you wouldn't mind forwarding this request to anyone else who
> >>> might be in support of my employment.
> >>> Melissa Savage is our human resource person and her email address is
> >>> msavage.tbpi at gmail.com
> >>>
> >>> My hope is that positive words from the people who matter most in this
> >>> operation, which is to say all of you, might help Mr. Gregg Savage to
> >>> forgive me my outburst and allow me to continue doing the work I love.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Your humble servant,
> >>> Martha Harmon Pardee
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> >> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> >> expectations
> >> of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind
> >> people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not
> >> what
> >> holds you back.
> >>
> >> Sherri Brun
> >> flmom2006 at gmail.com
> >> President NFB of Central Florida
> >> NFBF Newsline Marketer
> >> Phone: 877-334-2069