[nfbmi-talk] Funding for National Deaf Blind Equipment Distribution Program

[Martha Moore]

Wow, Christine, it's happening so fast!  Please share your new address so that we all can keep in touch. :)
Congratulations to Doug.


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From: Christine Boone <christineboone2 at gmail.com>
To: Marcus Simmons <president at map-n.org>; NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org> 
Cc: Mark Morer <officeofthepresident at nfb.org>; Leamon Jones <jonesl2 at michigan.gov>; Karen Adams-Powell <KPowell at senate.michigan.gov>; Cynthia Caldwell <CALDWELLC at michigan.gov>; Joe Naulty <jnaulty at cfl.rr.com>; "Rodgers, Edward (LARA)" <rodgerse at michigan.gov>; NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>; Arline Naulty <AmNaulty at aol.com>; "Yingling, Valerie" <Vyingling at nfb.org> 
Sent: Monday, December 9, 2013 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Funding for National Deaf Blind Equipment Distribution Program


Well done Marcus. Isn't it a shame that any agency should be allowed to operate in this shameful manner? I surely did not have all the answers when I had the privilege of serving the people of my state as a leadBureau chief, but I was willing to say those 3 little words "I don't know", followed by the next vital words "I'll look into it and get back to you". Most important of all, I meant every word and you know what? As you have proven Marcus, I was, with the help of a most excellent staff, always able to find just the information that was asked for and together we were able to come to a win-win. It will never get easier for me to know that I was not good enough for the leadership within LARA when I applied for the position that Ed Rodgers holds today, but harder to bear than this is the fact that he is so unable to reach even the lowest level of competence as an administrator and is also seemingly unable and/or unwilling to learn. Edward Rodgers swears
 that he is not going to be a short timer. That when his contract expires he will get another and serve for maybe 8 or 10 years before he is ready to retire. So there you have it. I know that some day, wiser heads and warmer hearts will prevail here in Michigan and that the light will return to the lives of blind people in this state that the Lord has blessed with such beauty in nature. I am sorry that I will not be here to celebrate that day with you but I will certainly be with you in spirit. Please know that y'all are welcome to visit us any time.  I am so proud to tell you that my own Doug Boone will begin to serve as administrator of VR services for the blind, the library and the school for the blind in our new home state of Oklahoma on January 6th, 2014.  
Boone Christine Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:09 PM, "Marcus Simmons" <president at map-n.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Concerned Persons,
> 
> Please find attached, the receipt for the $31,261.74 from Rolka Loube Saltzer Associates sent to BSBP for services rendered in the National Deaf Blind Equipment Distribution Program in which Mr. Edward F. Rodgers told me he had no knowledge of...    
> 
> Changing what it means to be blind,
> Marcus Simmons, President,
> Wayne County chapter NFBMI
> Second Vice-president, NFB Deaf/Blind Division
> 28179 Brentwood
> Southfield, MI 48076-3069
> president at map-n.org
> (248) 552-8928
> <MI_Administrative Reimbursement Summary_297N.pdf>
> <MI_Jan-Jun_2013_297N.pdf>
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