[nfbmi-talk] The Latest On The College Policy

[joe harcz Comcast]

TThings on the recording were pretty good Fred over all.

I didn't have any rreal problems with it and thanks for the fine work.

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] The Latest On The College Policy


> 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
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> 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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