[nfbmi-talk] information and access please basic directory and minutes

Mon Oct 21 19:11:05 UTC 2013

October 21 2013 to Rodgers on BSBP Info including Directory

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

joeharcz at comcast.net            

To Ed Rodgers, BSBP

And BSBP Commissioners

(via e-mail)

Dear Mr. Rodgers,

You said at Saturday’s NFB MI meeting that BSBP routinely posts information related to commissioners meetings including minutes/transcripts and State Plan information which I’ve requested. Simple fact that you and it does not do so and all one needs do is visit the web site which I do.

Moreover even the office and staff directory has not been updated (see it and the link after my signature line for your convenience). In fact it doesn’t even include you.

Now can you send me this stuff in accessible format without another ludicrous and illegal abuse of the FOIA? Or should I begin charging this federally funded entity for all the work and research I do like getting an accurate staff directory, minutes/transcripts and State Plan information  for crying out loud?

Sincerely,

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

Cc: MPAS

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: RSA

Link:

http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-61256_28313_33130-15006--,00.html

Office Locations & Staff Directory:

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

LARA - Office Locations & Staff Directory:

(Updated 10-1-12)

The Bureau's Central Administrative Office and the Braille and Talking Book Library are both in Lansing. The residential BSBP Training Center is in Kalamazoo.

The Bureau's Regional Offices are located in Detroit, Escanaba, Flint, Gaylord, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Saginaw. Office contact information

and a complete staff directory (alphabetical by name and then alphabetical by name at each location) are listed below:

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CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

201 N. Washington, 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 30652

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone (voice): (517) 373-2062

Fax: (517) 335-5140

TTY (517) 373-4025

Toll-Free Numbers:

1-800-292-4200 (voice, answered in Lansing)

1-800-323-2535 (voice, answered in Escanaba)

TTY 888-864-1212

BRAILLE AND TALKING BOOK LIBRARY

(Located two blocks west of the State Capitol, with parking entrance on Kalamazoo between Pine and Butler)

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

Michigan Library & Historical Center Building

First Floor

702 West Kalamazoo St.

P.O. Box 30007

Lansing, MI 48909-7507

Phone: (517) 373-5614

Toll-free phone: 1-800-992-9012

In-state fax: 1-800-726-7323

Out-of-state fax: (517) 373-5865

BSBP TRAINING CENTER

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

1541 Oakland Drive

Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Phone: (269) 337-3848

Fax: (269) 337-3872

DETROIT REGIONAL OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

Cadillac Place

3038 W. Grand Blvd.

Suite 4-450

Detroit, MI 48202-6038

Phone: (313) 456-1646

Fax: (313) 456-1645

ESCANABA REGIONAL OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

State Office Building, 1st Floor

305 Ludington

Escanaba, MI 49829

Phone: (906) 786-8602

Fax: (906) 786-4638

FLINT REGIONAL OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

Flint State Office Building

125 E. Union, 7th Floor

Flint, MI 48502

Phone: (810) 760-2030

Fax: (810) 760-2032

GAYLORD REGIONAL OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

209 W. First Street, Suite 102

Gaylord, MI 49735

Phone: (989) 732-2448

Fax: (989) 731-3587

GRAND RAPIDS REGIONAL OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

State Office Building, 4th Floor

350 Ottawa Ave., N.W.

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Phone: (616) 356-0180

Fax: (616) 356-0199

KALAMAZOO REGIONAL OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

1541 Oakland Drive

Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Phone: (269) 337-3875

Fax: (269) 337-3872

LANSING REGIONAL OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

201 N. Washington, 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 30652

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone: (517) 373-6425

Fax: (517) 335-0254

SAGINAW REGIONAL OFFICE

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

Jerome T. Hart Building

411 E. Genesee

Saginaw, MI 48607

Phone: (989) 758-1765

Fax: (989) 758-1405

BUREAU STAFF

Alexander, Cherrelle (616) 356-0180

Andrews, Therese (269) 337-3771

Angerman, Patricia (269) 337-3276

Barber, Diana (269) 337-3768

Betz, Bonnie (269) 337-3858

Beville-Sprinkle, Rose (269) 337-3760

Blakes, Bob (517) 373-5602

Blankenship, Samantha (517) 241-6290

Boone, Christine (269) 337-3852

Bowden, David (269) 337-3201

Brink-Chaney, Marcie (313) 456-1643

Burdgick, Julia (517) 373-9415

Burkert, Tom (517) 373-5614

Caldwell, Cynthia (517) 335-7124

Carson, Ashley (517) 373-5329

Carter, Mary Agnes (269) 337-3853

Castor, Cherice (313) 456-1646

Chinault, Sue (517) 373-5353

Clark, Julie (989) 732-5814

Cook, Tammy, (269) 337-3848

Cornell, Karen (269) 337-3863

Cove, Cathy (313) 456-1650

Crawley-Asibey, Taletha (313) 456-1642

Crooks, Pam (269) 337-3858

DeBacker, Angela (906) 786-8602

Denaway, Charles (269) 337-3029

DeVera, Karen (269) 337-3873

Doane, Jenny (269) 337-3029

Duell, Elsie (517) 335-6224

Duthie, Patrick (616) 356-0189

Dykstra, Randy (269) 337-3770

Ebbitt, Kathy (269) 337-3768

Edmonds, Lucy (517) 373-3459

Elliott, Christopher (810) 760-2860

English, Donna (517) 373-2062

Fitton, Pat (269) 337-3601 ext. 256

Fluri, Sue (269) 337-3041

Ford, Leanne (989) 732-2449

Furton, Dan (517) 373-6034

Gaston, Diamalyn (517) 335-4956

Gibson, Renae (313) 456-1657

Gonzales, Laura (517) 241-1467

Goodrich, Jessica (517) 373-5357

Greenacre, Lee (269) 337-3759

Grover, Dan (269) 337-3770

Haines, Ed (906) 789-6895

Hall, Tamieka (989) 758-1765

Haney, Wilda (313) 456-1646

Harrington, Karen (269) 337-3863

Harrison, Kristopher (313) 456-1641

Haynes, Carla (517) 373-2063

Henshaw, Connie (313) 456-1648

Hoskins, Josh (517) 335-4263

Hough, Tami (313) 456-0442

Hoy, Tina (989) 758-1493

Hull, James (517) 373-2064

Ippel, Mary (616) 356-0181

Irish, Katie (269) 337-3865

Jones, Leamon (517) 373-0579

Kisiel, Lisa (269) 337-3238

Klimp, Hertha (269) 337-3851

Knapp, Marie (269) 337-3851

Lurry, Alicia (313) 456-1658

Luzenski, Sue (517) 335-4265

Marshall, Phyllis (810) 760-2030

Martin, Carrie (517) 373-9424

Martin, Ronda (517) 373-2062

Masion, Shelley (269) 337-3758

McCall, Roberta (517) 335-7231

McClure, Marla (269) 337-3865

McInnis, Janet (989) 758-1457

McNeal, Gwen (313) 456-1655

McVoy, Shannon (269) 337-3449

Meadows, Faith (269) 337-3855

Mitchell, Daniel (616) 356-0188

Moriarity, Alison (810) 760-2036

Moss, Corda (269) 337-3854

Nelson, King (313) 456-1653

Neubaum, Marla (269) 337-3875

Nichols, Sharron, (517) 373-5329

Njoroge, Phyllis (313) 456-1724

Norris, Scott (517) 373-5516

Oberlin, Sarah (989) 732-2448

O'Connor, Kate (517) 241-9671

Ott, Holly (989) 758-1469

Pada, Christine (906) 789-6896

Pelle, Joe (313) 456-1661

Robertson, Bob (517) 373-8829

Rodgers, Edward F. II (517) 335-4265

Rose, Terence (517) 373-0501

Rush, Betty (313) 456-1644

Schmelzer, Laura (269) 337-3851

Schneider, Jenna (517) 373-5329

Shaffer, Julie (517) 373-4120

Silky, Karyn (616) 356-0185

Silvey, Amber (517) 373-6425

Simmons, Karen (269) 337-3768

Singleton, Euan (313) 456-1652

Smith, Danielle (269) 337-7897

Smith, Joan (616) 356-0182

Spencer, Margaret (269) 337-5288

Szczepaniak, Kim (517) 373-7133

Toda, Gail (269) 337-3758

Toda, Shigeru (269) 337-3201

Turney, Susan (517) 241-8631

Twitty, Leslie (313) 456-1646

VanElk, Wendy (269) 337-3767

Verburg, Nancy (517) 373-7132

Visscher, Michelle (616) 356-0186

Wade, Marcianna (810) 760-2933

Wallace, Judy (517) 373-2706

West, Tina (313) 456-1649

White, Elizabeth (517) 335-5521

Wilborn, Leon (313) 456-1656

Willard, Amber (269) 337-3767

Williams, Leah (517) 335-2871

Wilson, Andrew (517) 373-9467

Wilson, Debbie (810) 760-2035

Woodward, Joann (313) 456-1654

Wright, Nichole (517) 335-4262

Zanger, Constance (517) 335-3639

Zemlick, Mary (269) 337-3862

BUREAU STAFF BY LOCATION

DETROIT

Phone: (313) 456-1646

Fax: (313) 456-1645

McNeal, Gwen, Regional Manager

Brink-Chaney, Marcie

Castor, Cherice

Cove, Cathy

Crawley, Taletha

Gibson, Renae

Haney, Wilda

Harrison, Kristopher

Henshaw, Connie

Hough, Tami

Laury-Johnson, Shawnese

Lurry, Alicia

Nelson, King

Njoroge, Phyllis

Pelle, Joe, BEP

Rush, Betty

Singleton, Euan

Twitty, Leslie

West, Tina

Wilborn, Leon

Woodward, Joann

ESCANABA

Phone: (906) 786-8602

Fax: (906) 786-4638

Kisiel, Lisa, Regional Manager

DeBacker, Angela

Haines, Ed

Pada, Christine

FLINT

Phone: (810) 760-2030

Fax: (810) 760-2032

White, Elizabeth, Regional Manager

Wilson, Debbie, Assistant Regional Manager

Elliott, Christopher (BEP)

McInnis, Janet

Moriarity, Alison

Marshall, Phyllis, Secretary

Wade, Marcianna

GAYLORD

Phone: (989) 732-2448

Fax: (989) 731-3587

White, Elizabeth, Regional Manager

Wilson, Debbie, Assistant Regional Manager

Oberlin, Sarah, Secretary

Clark, Julie

Ford, Leanne

GRAND RAPIDS

Phone: (616) 356-0180

Fax: (616) 356-0199

Kisiel, Lisa, Regional Manager

Alexander, Cherrelle

Duthie, Patrick, BEP

Ippel, Mary, Secretary

Mitchell, Daniel

Silky, Karyn

Smith, Joan, Secretary

Visscher, Michelle

KALAMAZOO, BSBP TRAINING CENTER

Phone: (269) 337-3848

Fax: (269) 337-3872

Boone, Christine, BSBPTC Director

BSBPTC Assistant Director, vacant

Andrews, Therese

Barber, Diana

Betz, Bonnie

Beville-Sprinkle, Rose

Bowden, David

Carter, Mary

Cook, Tammy, Receptionist

Cornell, Karen

Crooks, Pam

Denaway, Charles

Doane, Jenny

Dykstra, Randy

Ebbitt, Kathy

Fluri, Sue

Greenacre, Lee

Grover, Dan

Harrington, Karen

Irish, Katie

Klimp, Hertha

Masion, Shelley

McClure, Marla

Meadows, Faith

Moss, Corda, Secretary

Schmelzer, Laura

Simmons, Karen

Spencer, Margaret

Toda, Gail

Toda, Shigeru

VanElk, Wendy

Wesley, Regina

Willard, Amber

Zemlick, Mary

KALAMAZOO, REGIONAL OFFICE

Phone: (269) 337-3875

Fax: (269) 337-3872

Kisiel, Lisa, Regional Manager

Angerman, Pat

Cook, Tammy, Receptionist

DeVera, Karen

Fitton, Pat

McVoy, Shannon

Neubaum, Marla, Secretary

Smith, Danielle

LANSING, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

Phone, voice: (517) 373-2062

Toll-free voice (800) 292-4200

TTY (517) 373-4025; toll-free TTY (888) 864-1212

Fax: (517) 335-5140

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

Rodgers, Edward F. II, Director

Gonzales, Laura

Luzenski, Sue

Martin, Ronda, Receptionist

Robertson, Bob, Manager

Turney, Susan, Communications & Outreach

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION

Duell, Elsie, Administrative Services Manager

Burdgick, Julia

Haynes, Carla

BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM

Zanger, Constance, B E P Manager

Hull, James, Assistant B E P Manager

Edmonds, Lucy, Secretary

Hoskins, Josh

Wallace, Judy

CONSUMER SERVICES DIVISION

Jones, Leamon, Director

Gaston, Diamalyn, Secretary

DEAFBLIND/INDEPENDENT LIVING UNIT

Caldwell, Cynthia

Martin, Carrie, Secretary

McCall, Roberta

LANSING, BSBP BRAILLE AND TALKING BOOK LIBRARY

Phone: (517) 373-5614

Toll-free phone: 1-800-992-9012

In-state fax: 1-800-726-7323

Out-of-state fax: (517) 373-5865

Chinault, Sue, Librarian Manager

Blakes, Bob, Library Assistant

Blankenship, Samantha, Student Assistant

Burkert, Tom, Volunteer

Carson, Ashley

Goodrich, Jessica, Librarian

Nichols, Sharron, Student Assistant

Norris, Scott, Librarian

O'Connor, Kate, Student Assistant

Rose, Terence, Librarian

Shaffer, Julie, Library Assistant

Schneider, Jenna, Student Assistant

Szczepaniak, Kim, Library Technician

Verburg, Nancy, Library Assistant

Wilson, Andrew, Librarian

LANSING, REGIONAL OFFICE

Phone: (517) 373-6425

Fax: (517) 335-5140

White, Elizabeth, Regional Manager

Wilson, Debbie, Assistant Regional Manager

Alexander, Cherrelle

Furton, Dan

Nichole Wright

Silvey, Amber, Secretary

Williams, Leah

SAGINAW

Phone: (989) 758-1765

Fax: (989) 758-1405

White, Elizabeth, Regional Manager

Wilson, Debbie, Assistant Regional Manager

Hall, Tamieka, Secretary

Hoy, Tina

Ott, Holly

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