[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Tomorrow's CIC meeting: Thursday, January 12, 9:00 a.m. to noon, 877-873-8017, Passcode 7085546

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Turney, Susan (LARA)" <turneys at michigan.gov>
To: "'Marianne Dunn'" <dunkaz at ameritech.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:16 AM
Subject: RE: Tomorrow's CIC meeting: Thursday, January 12, 9:00 a.m. to 
noon, 877-873-8017, Passcode 7085546


Marianne, thanks for your email.

I left a voicemail message for Richard Bernstein on December 15 with the 
date and location of the CIC meeting, thanking him for agreeing to speak to 
the CIC at our January 12 meeting and suggesting that he arrive about 10:00 
a.m. at the Victor Building, 201 N. Washington Square in Lansing.  I also 
asked if he had any handouts for me to produce in alternative formats, and 
what format he'd prefer for our meeting materials.  He left me a voicemail 
that evening saying he was looking forward to speaking at our meeting on the 
twelfth, and he said that he would have no handouts to distribute.  He 
didn't ask me to contact anyone else about this, although he did say that I 
should feel free to call him at any time.  I'd planned to call him again 
this morning to reconfirm the specific time and make sure he had directions 
to the Victor Building for tomorrow's meeting.

Based on your note saying that he'll try to call in at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow 
during our meeting, I'll contact all of the CIC members asking them to have 
specific questions ready (about the problems with transportation for blind 
individuals in the Detroit Metro Area) for Mr. Bernstein's phone 
presentation.  I'm sending a cc of this email to all CIC members who use 
email, and I'll phone the other members this morning.

Thank you for providing Mr. Bernstein with the call-in number and passcode. 
If he's unable to call in to the meeting tomorrow from New York, we can 
certainly invite him to attend the next meeting.

Susan Turney
Communications & Outreach Coordinator, Michigan Commission for the Blind
Michigan Department Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
desk:  517-241-8631; cell: 517-243-3858; fax:  517-335-5140
MCB toll-free: 1-800-292-4200
201 N. Washington Square, Second Floor,
P.O. Box 30652; Lansing, MI 48909
www.michigan.gov/mcb

-----Original Message-----
From: Marianne Dunn [mailto:dunkaz at ameritech.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:44 AM
To: phyllismagbanua at comcast.net; Turney, Susan (LARA)
Subject: Tomorrow's CIC meeting

Hello,
I spoke yesterday with Richard Bernstein about tomorrow's meeting.  He did 
not receive confirmation about the meeting, agenda, etc.  Perhaps that was 
my responsibility as I invited him to speak about the problems with 
transportation for blind individuals in the Detroit Metro Area.  I am not 
aware of how this is typically handled.

As a result, he did not get the meeting into his schedule.  He is traveling 
tomorrow morning to NYC and will make every effort to get to a location by 
11:00 to phone in to the meeting.  I have relayed the phone number and 
passcode to him so we can anticipate his involvement late in the meeting, 
possibly running over a bit into the public comment time.

I would suggest we have very focused questions ready for Mr. Bernstein so 
that we make the best use of the short time he will have to share his 
experience and knowledge of the transportation concerns with us.

If you both feel this arrangement will work, could you inform the other 
members of the group so they are aware and can formulate thoughts and 
questions for Mr. Bernstein?

Thanks very much.  I look forward to tomorrow's meeting.
Marianne