[nfbmi-talk] Fw: request for draft minutes etc

[joe harcz Comcast]

    Here is just one ludicrous response from MCB Chair Jo Anne Pilarski who 
is bound to follow the OMA and FOIA. Her response to my request is to 
forward my request to Patrick D. Cannon the MCB Director who I already 
copied on this request. Regardless this is typical of this Chair who defers 
everything to Cannon and thus routinely violates her charge under the 
Rehabilitation Act and Public Act 260 to be an "autonomous" commission 
representing consumers.

As a second grade teacher I wonder if she would find it acceptable for one 
of her students to foward a homework assignment on to the principal without 
doing it?

Of course I finally got draft minutes under the Freedom of Information Act 
after some denials of this by Cannon himself.

Sincerely,

Joe Harcz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Ann Pilarski" <pilarskij at charter.net>
To: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
Cc: "Patrick Cannon" <Pat.Cannon at Comcast.Net>; <cannonp at michigan.gov>; 
"Luzenski, Sue (DLEG)" <LuzenskiS at michigan.gov>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: request for draft minutes etc


> Hellow Joe,
> Are you entering this as official Board Correspondence or would you just 
> like an answere via e-mail.  In either case, I will refer you to Pat on 
> this issue.
> Sincerely,
> Jo Ann Pilarski
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
> To: "Patrick Cannon MCB" <cannonp at MICHIGAN.GOV>
> Cc: "Jo Anne Pilarski" <pilarskij at CHARTER.NET>
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:22 PM
> Subject: request for draft minutes etc
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> March 11, 2010
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> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
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> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
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> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
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> (Cell: 810-516-5262)
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> E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net
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> Re: Request for accessible “Proposed” or “Draft” MCB Board Meeting Minutes 
> on n ongoing basis pursuant to obligations under the Michigan Opened 
> Meetings Act with corollary accommodations pursuant to the ADA and Section 
> 504
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> LANSING, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
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> Phone, voice: (517) 373-2062
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> Toll-free voice (800) 292-4200
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> TTY (517) 373-4025; toll-free TTY (888) 864-1212
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> Fax: (517) 335-5140
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> DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
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> Cannon, Patrick D., Director
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> (via e-mail)
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> Ms. Jo Ann Pilarski, MCB Commission Chair
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> pilarskij at charter.net
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> Mr. Michael Geno, MCB Commission Vice Chair
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> luzenskis at michigan.gov
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> Ms. Velma P. Allen, MCB Commissioner
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> luzenskis at michigan.gov
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> Ms. Geraldine G. Taeckens, MCB Commissioner
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> geri.taeckens at isahealthfund.org
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> Ms. Margaret Wolfe, MCB Commissioner
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> margwolfe at usa.net
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> Dear Director Cannon, MCB Chair, Pilarski, and MCB Commissioners:
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> I am writing you all today to formally request “Proposed” or “draft” MCB 
> Board Meeting minutes within eight working days pursuant to obligations 
> under the OPEN MEETINGS ACT
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> Act 267 of 1976. Specifically I cite this reference to this requirement 
> (something I’ve pointed out in the past to Director Cannon on several 
> occasions by the way)):
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> “15.269. Minutes; contents, corrections, open to public inspection
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> Sec. 9. (1) Each public body shall keep minutes of each meeting showing 
> the date, time, place, members present, members absent, any decisions made 
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> meeting open to the public, and the purpose or purposes for which a closed 
> session is held. The minutes shall include all roll call votes taken at 
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> meeting. Corrections in the minutes shall be made not later than the next 
> meeting after the meeting to which the minutes refer. Corrected minutes 
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> be available no later than the next subsequent meeting after correction. 
> The corrected minutes shall show both the original entry and the 
> correction.
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> (2) Minutes shall be public records open to public inspection and shall be 
> available at the address designated on posted public notices pursuant to 
> section
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> 4. Copies of the minutes shall be available to the public at the 
> reasonable estimated cost for printing and copying.
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> (3) Proposed minutes shall be available for public inspection not more 
> than 8 business days after the meeting to which the minutes refer. 
> Approved minutes
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> shall be available for public inspection not later than 5 business days 
> after the meeting at which the minutes are approved by the public body.”
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> While Director Cannon has in the past stated that only approved minutes 
> need be made accessible to the public he is clearly in error on that 
> account as the above language clearly indicates.
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> Now, as a legally blind person I make the request to receive these minutes 
> in the same eight (8) day period in a format that I can readily read 
> pursuent to obligations of this public entity under The Americans with 
> Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504, of the Rehabilitation Act of 
> 1973. As, Director Cannon is the State of Michigan ADA Coordinator I 
> assume that he is intimate with the obligations and citations here so I 
> won’t bother to cite statute and regulation. Regardless this ongoing 
> request for accessible “Proposed” minutes can be met by simply sending 
> them to my e-mail address listed above as either plain text enclosures or 
> as a Word attachment. I would also accept as a reasonable accommodation 
> (and in the interest of public disclosure and open government) that these 
> minutes are routinely put on MCB’s web site within eight (8) working days 
> after each and every meeting of the board.
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> Thank you in advance for your consideration of this matter and of your 
> joint attention to both the letter and spirit of all the laws of this 
> country and our great State of Michigan.
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> Sincerely,
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> Paul “Joe” Harcz, Jr.
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