[nfbmi-talk] Announce-Executive Director, New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Vision-Impaired

[joe harcz Comcast]

I echo yyour sentiments including the congratulations to Dan.

I am more than sad though that the rascals in both RSA and here in Michigan 
will think they can act with impunity ....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christine Boone" <christineboone2 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Announce-Executive Director,New Jersey Commission 
for the Blind and Vision-Impaired


> This is wonderful news for folks in New Jersey.  I know that Dan Frye will 
> do a fantastic job directing the NJ Commission for the Blind.  He has 
> soldiered through at RSA for a long time now, and attempted as vigorously 
> as he could to educate the good folks at Michigan's BSBP about how to run 
> a proper Business Enterprise program.  Sadly that lesson did not take; and 
> Dan was prevented from continuing to insist upon strict adherence to the 
> law.  And so we find ourselves caught in a quagmire, with no one in a 
> position of authority having the slightest idea of what to do about it. 
> Meanwhile, those of us who actually have experience running a creditable, 
> honorable, upright BEP, treating blind operators of concessions, 
> cafeterias, cafe's and gift shops with the respect, dignity and fairness 
> that they deserve, can only watch in stunned horror as the scene grows 
> ever bleaker; fraught with wrong-doing, illegality and corruption.
>
> We look to New Jersey with hope for a brighter future than we Michiganders 
> can anticipate, and we join them in celebrating this appointment of a 
> highly qualified candidate to serve as chief of the agency serving blind 
> people in the Garden State!
>
> Congratulations to my friend Dan Frye!
>
> Christine
>
> On Sep 25, 2013, at 9:40 AM, joe harcz Comcast <joeharcz at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Jarvis" <carjar82 at gmail.com>
>> To: <blind-democracy at octothorp.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:32 AM
>> Subject: Announce-Executive Director, New Jersey Commission for the Blind 
>> and Vision-Impaired
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> Congratulations to a very dear friend of mine.  I'm mostly pleased to 
>>> see
>>> that Dan got out of RSA pretty much in one piece.
>>> In our long friendship, Dan has always been open and honest, and carried 
>>> his
>>> concerns for the well being of blind people foremost in his labors.
>>> Good success, my friend.
>>> Carl Jarvis
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Kathy Beachem
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 1:41 PM
>>> To: Marcus Stabile; Frank Scheick; John Walsh; Lorri Ghio
>>> Cc: Nicole Brossoie
>>> Subject: CBVI Executive Director
>>> Dear CBVI staff:
>>> I am pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Frye as the
>>> new Executive Director of DHS' Commission for the Blind and
>>> Visually Impaired (CBVI)..  He will start on October 21, 2013.
>>> Daniel will fill the vacancy created by Vito DeSantis' retirement
>>> last June.
>>> Daniel comes to us from Maryland, where he served as a management
>>> and program specialist with the Rehabilitation Services
>>> Administration with the US Department of Education.  There, he
>>> was responsible for the national administration of the Federal
>>> Randolph-Sheppard program and the Helen Keller National Center
>>> for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults.
>>> Prior to his employment with the US Department of Education,
>>> Daniel served in successive management positions on the national
>>> staff of the National Federation of the Blind and as national
>>> advocate for the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand.
>>> Daniel earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of
>>> Washington, School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree at
>>> Erskine College in South Carolina.  He is a certified mediator
>>> and has authored several publications and articles.
>>> Kathy Beachem
>>> Office of the Commissioner
>>> Department of Human Services
>>> (609) 292-6232
>>>
>>>
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>>> Blind-Democracy at octothorp.org
>>> http://www.octothorp.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-democracy
>>
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