[nfbmi-talk] Yesterday's Closed Commission Meeting

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Here is something related to that meeting for the Open Meetings act requires 
that all meetings including this one take minutes...

FOIA Request May 3, 2010 MCB Meeting





May 5, 2010



Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI  48458

E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net



Melvin Farmer, DELEG FOIA

farmerm at michigan.gov

Carla Haynes, Michigan Commission for the Blind, FOIA

haynesc at michigan.gov





Dear Mr. Farmer and Ms. Haynes,



I am writing today to request the draft or proposed minutes of the Michigan 
Commission for the Blind, Special Board meeting, held Monday May 3, 2010 
pursuant to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act. I request that they are 
sent to me at my e-mail listed above in the Word document format they are 
in.



Moreover, I am requesting any recordings of this meeting in the medium they 
were recorded on. That recording may be sent to my mailing address.



Thank you for your prompt response to this FOIA request.



Sincerely,



Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.



Cc: Michael Cox, Attorney General, State of Michigan

Cc: National Federation of the Blind of Michigan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "'NFB of Michigan List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:03 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Yesterday's Closed Commission Meeting


> Greetings Fello Federationistss,
>
>
>
> Yesterday's Commission meeting was quite gratifying for those of us, (the
> NFBM) who have been working to reform the Commission.  Everything 
> discussed
> in the public part of the meeting, (we cannot say for certain what was
> discussed in the closed meeting) was on our agenda for the Board.  We
> presented our issues at the march meeting and they were considered in a
> special closed meeting yesterday.   We have succeeded in causing them to
> deal with our issues. The best part is that they decided to do the things 
> we
> asked.
>
>
>
> 1. We told the Board they had the power to write policy for the agency.
> Their attorney General representative told them in the public meeting, in
> answer to a direct question from Mike Geno, that they, indeed may write
> policy.  This is huge!  The board can now deal directly with such policy
> matters as the college policy without the misguided, mean-spirited and
> hateful input from Pat Cannon through his staff.
>
>
>
> 2. As we have said, the Board must review the full transcript from BEP
> administrative hearings.  They decided they would do so.  They were also
> advised they have the power to reverse a "final agency Decision" in a BEP
> case.  Again this is very powerful.
>
>
>
> Through the organized and persistent work of the NFBM power is shifting 
> from
> the MCB administration to the board where it belongs.  We created the
> Commission so consumers may have a voice in the direction of services to
> blind people.  Yesterday's meeting proved that the system does work.
>
>
>
> It must be stated that Pat Cannon will not give up easily.  He will try to
> set us back.  We must keep up the pressure.  We must use all means of 
> public
> opinion, the legal system and our moral compass to keep on making gains.
> President Posont and the Board are doing an awesome job.  I want to 
> express
> my personal gratitude and admiration for the good job.
>
>
>
> Remember, we may lose a skirmish or battle, but we never lose the war
> because we don't quit until we win.
>
>
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> Fred
>
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