[nfbmi-talk] The Last Minute Late Night College Policy

[joe harcz Comcast]

Hello Again,

Read it fast but where in the heck is the maintainence?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth" <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>
To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:11 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] The Last Minute Late Night College Policy



Hello List,

I know you may be getting tired of receiving all of my messages about the 
college policy, but with knowledge comes power, and with power, we can stop 
the Michigan Commission for the Blind from adopting bad policies. In an 
email dated Thursday, June 10, 2010, Geri Taeckens said, “it will be 
important that we consider all input at the work group meeting,” and “no one 
document that is offered prior to the meeting will be taken in full.” 
However, this is not what happened at the meeting.

When we arrived to the meeting, we were asked if we wanted print, large 
print, or Braille documents. There was also a thumb drive available for 
those who wanted the documents in electronic format as well. I thought these 
documents were either a copy of what was put up on the website or a copy of 
the policy that was voted down at the March Michigan Commission for the 
Blind Board meeting. However, to everyone’s surprise, it was neither one of 
these documents, but rather a copy of a totally new policy that was written 
by Geri Taeckens at the last minute the night before the meeting.

Attached to this message, you will find a copy of the policy that was 
presented to us at the meeting on Monday. I know there are a few things that 
were either changed or deleted, but I do not remember what they were without 
referring to my notes. Geri Taeckens is going to polish up what was 
presented to us by incorporating all of our feedback and suggestions, and 
will be posting a copy of it on the Michigan Commission for the Blind 
website on July 1, 2010. People will then have until July 15, 2010 to 
provide feedback on the policy before a final draft is written and presented 
to the Commission Board. She gave a date by which all of this needed to be 
completed by, but I cannot remember it at the moment. However, it was 
emphasized that the Commission Board “absolutely has to pass” this policy at 
the next Commission Board meeting.

I am honestly not quite sure what to do next as this issue has become a lot 
more complicated than I ever imagined, and it appears as though most of what 
I have to say or anything I write is automatically discounted without much 
consideration. I have already revised one of their poorly written policies, 
and I would rather not do it again. If any ideas on what we should do next 
would greatly be appreciated.

Elizabeth


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