[nfbmi-talk] The Latest On The College Policy

[Mary Ann Rojek]

Hi Elizabeth,

Don't sell yourself short.  You know what you are talking about.  You 
expended a lot of time and effort that resulted in an excellent document 
that our affiliate reviewed, tweeked and now wholeheartedly supports. Geri 
is capable of comparing the documents herself.

Here are two possible things you can do.  First, you can tell her that 
you've read all of the drafts, that you believe our policy is the best to 
work from and the Federation concurs.  Second, if you would like to give her 
more feedback, you could mention any positives in her draft that you see, 
but also mention areas that the
Federation believes are important that aren't included.

Remember, if the choice is made to work from her draft and the NFB doesn't 
like the results we will oppose it.  Just some thoughts to consider.

Mary Ann
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth" <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>
To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 7:48 PM
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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