[nfbmi-talk] Agenda, December 16, 2010 Board Resolution Suggestion for discussion

Thu Dec 16 20:26:01 UTC 2010

Hi, Joe. This is Tanya. My goodness I saw you full of information, stories information and everything. Are you like this secretary of the NFE, I mean I'm just curious. Wanting to wish you a Merry Christmas and hope you've done all your Christmas shopping I know I have.

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> From: joe harcz Comcast <joeharcz at comcast.net> 
> Sent: December 16, 2010 2:31:54 PM
> To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Agenda, December 16, 2010 Board Resolution Suggestion for discussion
> 
> I love it but you knew I would...Smiles...
> 
> Joe
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
> To: "'Marcus Simmons'" <Marcus.Simmons at interbizusa.com>; "'NFB of Michigan 
> Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Agenda, December 16,2010 Board Resolution 
> Suggestion for discussion
> 
> 
> >                Hello, attached and included below is a draft of a board
> > resolution suggestion.  The resolution is pretty self-explanatory, but a
> > digest version is to have the Commission's Committees and Design teams to
> > meet on weekends to improve consumer access and free up work time for 
> > tasks
> > like case management, finding jobs and returning phone calls.What do you 
> > all
> > think?
> >
> >
> >
> > Warmest Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
> >
> > Board Resolution
> >
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS:     mcb has many committees or design teams which meet 
> > periodically
> > to advise the administration on various policy issues; and,
> >
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS      These committees include a significant number of staff from 
> > all
> > levels within the agency; and,
> >
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS:     It is desirable to have input from all areas of staff in 
> > policy
> > matters; and,
> >
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS:     Various indicators as reviewed in the RSA monitoring report,
> > including competitive closures, incomplete or out-of-date data in System 
> > and
> > a number of other serious items, such as returning client phone calls, 
> > that
> > need staff attention; and,
> >
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS:     It is clear that more time needs to be devoted to core MCB 
> > work
> > activities; and,
> >
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS:     Design team and similar advisory activities could be moved 
> > out
> > of the standard work day and efficiently conducted on weekends; and,
> >
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS:     Such a change would level the playing field for consumers by
> > allowing working consumers to more easily participate; and,
> >
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS:     Such a change would be a win/win by freeing up more work time
> > for basic core tasks and would improve accessibility for working 
> > consumers.
> >
> >
> >
> > .         THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the board of the National Federation
> > of the Blind of Michigan on this blank day of blank that this organization
> > call upon the Board of the Michigan Commission for the Blind and the
> > Director to begin to hold all optional advisory internal advisory policy
> > related committees such as the Services Delivery Design Team, The Planning
> > and Quality Team, the Communications Design Team, etc On weekends in 
> > places
> > convenient to staff and consumers.
> >
> > BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this organization suggest that no comp time 
> > nor
> > overtime be allowed for such meeting attendance in order to truly level 
> > the
> > playing field for consumers and staff and fully utilize the time for
> > additional client and other core MCB business.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> > On Behalf Of Marcus Simmons
> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 10:17 AM
> > To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Agenda, December 16, 2010
> >
> >
> >
> > Please add update on the lawsuit against the MCB commission board.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry Posont" <president.nfb.mi at gmail.com>
> > To: "NFBofMichigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:32 AM
> > Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Agenda, December 16, 2010
> >
> >
> >> Agenda, December 16, 2010 8:30 P.M
> >>
> >> Call 605-475-4333 902855 pound .
> >>
> >> Quorum
> >>
> >> Secretary's Report. Terri Wilcox
> >>
> >> Treasurer's Report,Mary Wurtzel.
> >>
> >> Introduction of participating Members
> >>
> >> President's Report. Larry Posont.
> >>
> >> Washington Seminar, J.J. Meddaugh
> >>
> >> Training of Staff.
> >>
> >> Summer 2011 National Convention Transportation
> >>
> >> Quarterly Board Meeting Update
> >>
> >> Discussion of December 10 Commission Board Meeting.
> >>
> >> Appointments to the Commission Board
> >>
> >> Nature's Finest Bounty Report
> >>
> >> Web Page
> >>
> >> Monitoring Report?
> >>
> >> New Business
> >>
> >> Old Business
> >>
> >>
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