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

Thu Sep 26 16:56:37 UTC 2013

Gotta listen to the meeting which is streamed and now is on lunch break.

Incredable!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christine Boone" <christineboone2 at gmail.com>
To: <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>; "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" 
<nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Announce-Executive Director,New Jersey Commission 
for the Blind and Vision-Impaired

> Sadly, we now stand below many combined agencies that serve blind persons.
>
> On Sep 26, 2013, at 12:54 AM, "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, good news and lucky blind persons of the Garden State of New 
>> Jersy.
>> That appointment likely translate to Michigan further slipping down one 
>> more
>> spot on the quality of rehabilitation services to the citizens, as 
>> another
>> Federationist assumes the helm of a state with a separate agency serving 
>> the
>> blind.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Christine Boone
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 11:11 AM
>> To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
>> 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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