[nfbmi-talk] The Latest On The College Policy

Fred Wurtzel f.wurtzel at comcast.net
Sat Jun 26 01:26:38 UTC 2010


Hello,

It is our right to appoint anyone we wish to represent us.  If you cannot
get to a meeting Larry can send someone in your place.  

Geri is worried she will be accused of being in our pocket if she listens to
us, too much.  We just need to keep up the pressure.  Listening to the
recording as I worked on it, made me mad all over, again.  

By the way, sorry for the cell phone noise in there.  I skipped over that
part when I was editing out bathroom breaks, food orders and other
peripheral stuff.  I did not edit any of the actual meeting. The next
portion will be a little better, though some of the recording is a little
rough.  The last portion of the afternoon should sound pretty good.  No one
will hurt my feelings if they make suggestions for improvements.


Warmest Regards,

Fred
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On Behalf Of Elizabeth
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 7:48 PM
To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] The Latest On The College Policy


Hello List,
 
Here is the most recent copy of the college policy that I received this
evening from Geri Taeckens. I never read the policy that we worked on during
the meeting on my own outside of the meeting, so I am not quite sure how
these two drafts compare to each other. When I received an email from her
earlier in the day, I noticed she mentioned how much time it was taking her
to revise the draft policy. After receiving this message, I sent her another
copy of the policy we approved during our May board meeting as a way to help
simplify the revision process. However, she declined this offer stating that
she had incorporated several of our ideas into the draft she presented on
Monday, and could not work from what we submitted because it was not agreed
upon by the work group on Monday.
 
I will be speaking with Geri personally on Sunday evening as I cannot make
the meeting on Tuesday, and she did not like the idea of appointing someone
else to attend this meeting in my place. She stated that our draft was
excellent, but for some reason she still does not want to use it. I am not
quite sure what I should say to her when I talk with her on Sunday because I
believe this draft is just overall a bad policy, but I am not quite sure how
I can explain this to her. I seem to judge how well something is written
based more on how it sounds when I read it rather than on rules, grammar,
and punctuation. 
 
I suppose I could simply tell her that I think the policy is poorly written,
and should be rewritten all over again. However, I know this is not
necessarily constructive feedback because it really does not provide any
suggestions on how to make it better when rewriting it. Do I simply tell her
that despite her greatest efforts I still think our policy is better and
they should be working off of what we presented them rather than trying to
reinvent the wheel? Or do I present her with comparisons of what has been
presented in our policy that do not appear in the policy that she has
written? 
 
I am really nervous about doing this, and if it were up to me, I would
rather not be on this writing committee.  It just seems to me like no one in
that group agrees with me, and I am not quite sure how well I am at
diplomacy. I am already nervous about going to convention as traveling to
convention never seems to agree with me. I was hoping that all of this would
be done and over with by now, but apparently that was just some wishful
thinking. Your thoughts would greatly be appreciated.
 
Elizabeth
 
 
 		 	   		  
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