Re: [nfbmi-talk] Board Meeting, minutes National Federation of the Blind of Michigan October 20 2014
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On Feb 17, 2014, at 6:46 PM, "Marcus Simmons" <president at map-n.org> wrote:
> The minutes for the state board meeting should be corrected to reflect the following:
> "Marcus Simmons announced that any vehicle that is substantially complete, and can be be towed can be donated to the National Federation of the Blind. You must have the title and key. The NATIONAL Federation of the Blind will transport the vehicle to an auction site and the proceeds go to the National Federation of the Blind".
>
> Thank you.
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>> Board Meeting, minutes National Federation of the Blind of Michigan October 20 2014
>>
>> Quorum yes, Larry Posont, Mike Powell, Joe Sontag, Terri Wilcox, Mark Eagle, Nick Wilcox, Dave Robinson, Mary Wurtzel, and Sarah
>> Norwood.
>> Introduction of Participating Members
>> SECRETARY's Report, Terri Wilcox. Mike Powell moved to adopt the Secretary's Report. Joe
>> Sontag, seconded the motion. The Secretary's Report was approved.
>> Treasurer's Report, Mark Eagle. $468 was raised at the auction. $715 was raised during State Convention. 72 people registered for
>> Convention. The general fund contains 96,142.26. The youth grant and Newsline have not changed. The PayPal account contains
>> 1,668.12. Dave Robinson moved to adopt the Treasurer's Report. Fred Wurtzel seconded the motion. The Treasurer's Report was
>> approved.
>> ELECTION of Board Position 1 Dave Robinson was elected to Board Position 1. ELECTION of Board Position 2 Derek More was elected to
>> Board Position 2. ELECTION of Board Position 3. Sarah Norwood was elected to Board Position 3. ELECTION of Board Position 4.
>> Mary Wurtzel is elected to Board Position 4.
>> PRESIDENTIAL REPORT ON NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF MICHIGAN, Larry Posont, President, National Federation of the Blind of
>> Michigan. I am finding that patience and waiting to make major decisions is better. Larry Posont allowed Ed Rodgers to bury
>> himself. The Federation was quiet and said things but did not issue a press release. The Federation hired a public relations
>> company. We thanked people. Biggby Coffee and others did the work. The Federation is correct about the State Plate. Zimmer said
>> the State Plate will be run by a licensed vendor. The effort of the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan on the State Plate
>> will give a job to a blind person. We cannot accept the prevalent work to welfare attitude in Michigan. The National Federation of
>> the Blind of Michigan will look at options and protect the interests of the vending and rehabilitation program. We will continue to
>> document and prevail. The current administration will be gone but the Federation will still be here. We are willing to go to the
>> streets to write letters to hire attorneys and to meet with anyone. The National Federation of the Blind of Michigan gave the
>> Governor everything to make the agency top notch but he did nothing. Both Democrat and Republican administrations did nothing. Ed
>> Rodgers is writing his legacy. National Federation of the Blind of Michigan history is good and we know rehabilitation.
>> Rehabilitation works if it is done properly. If you are blind and black and poor in Detroit you do not get services. Qualified
>> blind people must be hired but it will take time. A separate agency is correct. We are blamed but that is okay. There is a
>> vending location at the Capitol' with a snack bar and internet site' but what record does the agency have in following through. A
>> blind person can do any job in the country. When the National Federation of the Blind visits the legislature, visuals are good like
>> the tin cup. The government and the agency do not want to see signs and pencils and the tin cup. Protests should occur at ten so
>> that it can be reported on the news at 6:00. The tin cup will be paraded from 12:00 to 1:00 when the Legislature is in session.
>> The web site is developing every day. Someone wanted to know about rehabilitation choice. As a result, it is on our web site.
>> Larry Posont is concerned about Newsline funding" This must be solved with all of us working together. Larry Posont says being
>> President is a high honor after having five children. He learns from each of us. This organization is a great organization to
>> belong to. Larry Posont thanks all of us.
>> Resolutions, Dave Robinson.
>> NATIONAL Convention Where and When?
>> National Convention will be in Orlando in early July at one of the Rosen properties. Fund Raising for National Convention will be
>> worked on during the next quarter.
>>
>> STATE CONVENTION Locations for Next Year? The Holiday Inn Gateway in Flint is not junk. It is $89.00 per night for next year.
>> Suggested State Convention dates include the third week end in October or the first week end in November.
>> WASHINGTON Seminar 2014? J.J. Meddaugh moved to have the Affiliate pay for two rooms for three nights for Washington Seminar. Dave
>> Robinson seconded the motion. The motion was adopted. Elizabeth Mohnke moved to allocate 1,000 at the discretion of the President
>> to anyone seeking assistance to attend Washington Seminar. Fred Wurtzel seconded the motion. The motion passed.
>> STUDENT DIVISION REPORT. The Student Division Board includes Jordyn Castor, President, Vice President, Kim Mohnke, Secretary, Matt
>> McCubbin, Treasurer, J.J. Meddaugh. The Board includes: Donna Posont, Lizzie Kazmiarski and Cheryl Stahl.
>> Merchant's Division Report, Terry Eagle. The Merchant's Division Board includes: President, Terry Eagle, Vice PRESIDENT, Joe
>> Sontag, A general Council and a special appointed council were appointed to deal with our law problems.
>> The Guide Dog Committee set up a conference call for the first Sunday of the month around seven. Welcome to Derek and Ozzie from
>> Grand Rapids. CHAPTER Reports: Ann Arbor is growing, but needs members. A new person who showed up was sent to the training center
>> for just five weeks and needing skills of blindness. Leonard Gross, PRESIDENT of the Detroit Chapter, says they meet at 261 Mac.
>> Meetings are the second Saturday of the month. Detroit has six new members. Grand Rapids intends to communicate on Tv and radio
>> about the new chapter. Derek Moore is the new President. The new chapter will meet on the third or fourth Saturday of the month.
>> The Jackson Information Resource Fair at Westwood Mall will be developed and expanded. At Guys was there. The Jackson Chapter has
>> eighteen members. A thirteen-year-old won a Cctv. The Chapter meets the second Thursday of each month at Seas Ranch. Six people
>> are going to Baltimore from the Jackson Chapter. The Kalamazoo reorganization meeting occurred. Five or six people attended. The
>> Kalamazoo Chapter will meet on the second Tuesday of each month, at the Trinity Reform Church, from 6:00 to 8:00 Pddm.. The Lansing
>> Chapter meets the third Monday of the month, at the Sparrow Professional Building. Lansing is having a fund raiser at Noodles and
>> Company. The President will speak to local organizations about the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan. The Lansing
>> Christmas Party is on December 7. The Members at Large Chapter is inactive because the President is not able to continue. A new
>> date will be set for meetings. It is a chapter over the phone. The white cane list is provided by Nick Wilcox and can be used for
>> membership. The Wayne County Chapter has 17 members. Seven are at State convention. Wayne County meets the first Saturday of each
>> month at Leon's. The Wayne County Chapter is fund raising selling 2014 calendars with 18th and 19th century paintings on them.
>> NEW Business: The next birding class is November 3, at the Leslie Science Center. Donna Posont asked the NATIONAL Federation of the
>> Blind of Michigan to fund the winter birding week end. Elizabeth Mohnke moved to allocate 1,000 for the Winter Birding week end put
>> on by Donna Posont. The motion was seconded and approved. Fred Wurtzel moved to hold a Senior Fair at the 2014 State Convention.
>> The motion passed. Marcus Simmons announced that any vehicle that is substantially complete, and can be be towed can be donated to
>> the National Federation of the Blind. You must have the title and key. The NATIONAL Federation of the Blind of Michigan will
>> transport the vehicle to an auction site and the proceeds go to the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan. Amanda Markum and
>> Jeff Crouch did an excellent job with the sound. The position papers will be placed on the web site. The NATIONAL Federation of
>> the Blind of Michigan will be placed on social media. A group must be appointed to update the mailing list. Mike Powell, Dave
>> Robinson and Kim Mohnke will update the mailing list.
>> Mike Powell moved to adjourn at 12:12. The meeting was Adjourned.
>>
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-01
>> A Resolution to Re-establish the Michigan
>> Commission for the Blind through an Act of the Legislature
>> WHEREAS, Executive Order 2012 - 10 abolishes the Board of Commissioners,
>> established by Public Act 260 of 1978, as amended, section 393.352 of Michigan Compiled
>> Laws; and
>> WHEREAS, The abolition of the Michigan Commission for the Blind Board
>> of
>> Commissioners under Executive Order 2012 - 10 eliminates the Commission board's
>> participation to develop and set the policies that affect the lives of blind citizens
>> both
>> personally and professionally; and
>> WHEREAS, Executive Order 2012 -10 does not comply with PA 260 of
>> 1978
>> and the Executive Organization Act of 1965 and other federal regulations required
>> under the Rehabilitation Services Administration as the Board of Commissioners has
>> been
>> abolished and replaced with an Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is only to advise
>> the Director of the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons; and
>> WHEREAS, Executive order 2012-10 grants to The director of Licensing
>> and
>> Regulatory Affairs the authority to make final agency decisions related to grievances
>> filed under due process rights granted by promulgated rules against the department
>> providing no fair and impartial review and judgment of such adjudication, thereby
>> creating an unethical conflict of interest: Now, therefore,
>> BE
>> IT RESOLVED that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan in convention
>> assembled this 20th day of October, 2013, in
>> the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan causes the Michigan
>> Legislature to enact a bill to abolish the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons and
>> the
>> position of Director and to re-establish the Michigan Commission for the Blind, The
>> Board of Commissioners and position of Director, and all other rights to the Commission
>> Board found in P.A. 260.
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-02
>> A Resolution Related to Program Access and BSBP
>> WHEREAS, all Vocational Rehabilitation entities, including the Michigan
>> Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, (BSBP) have long ago been required to provide
>> "program access" to all the facilities it uses on a daily basis and to hold hearings,
>> meetings and events in fully accessible facilities, even to the point of signing
>> assurances with the Rehabilitation Services Administration annually that it does
>> fully comply with these long-standing obligations; and
>> WHEREAS, one of those long-standing requirements was, and is to have
>> raised character Braille signage mounted on every permanent room, nearest the latch
>> side of each door in accordance with American with Disabilities Act Guidelines (3.40.1,
>> 4, 5, and 6); and
>> WHEREAS, all such barriers were to have been removed under the required
>> ADA transition plan by no later than July 26, 1995, exist to this very day in most,
>> if not all, facilities used by the BSBP; and
>> WHEREAS, the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are civil
>> rights laws requiring affirmative action; and therefore these inactions by the BSBP
>> constitute not only gross dereliction of known duties and deliberate indifference
>> to these civil rights laws, but also must be considered malicious and intentional
>> acts of mass discrimination; and
>> WHEREAS, members of, and indeed the entire state affiliate of the
>> National Federation of the Blind of Michigan (NFBMI), have promoted the full application
>> of these requirements repeatedly over the years along with documenting violations;
>> and
>> WHEREAS, the NFBMI has long promoted Braille, including its use in
>> the building environment, for reasons obvious to all: Now, therefore
>> BE IT RESOLVED
>> that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan in convention assembled this
>> 20th day of October, 2013, in
>> the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan will
>> lodge a formal Complaint forthwith with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the
>> United States Department of Education, along with supporting documentation, on behalf
>> of all its members, and indeed all people who are blind in the State of Michigan,
>> against the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and the Bureau
>> of Services for Blind Persons as an entity; and
>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as a part of this Complaint, the NFBMI
>> urges OCR to promptly enforce our individual and collective civil rights and to make
>> the class whole as its charge.
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-03
>> Bureau of Services for Blind Persons Lack of Compliance
>> WHEREAS, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires the following:
>> 1. Public hearings for the gathering of information regarding the State Plan for
>> provision of rehabilitation services;
>> 2. The State Rehabilitation Council requires representation from all disability groups;
>> 3. Information related to the provision of services
>> . and consumer rights be provided in an accessible format as the preferred format
>> of the individual;
>> 4. Consumers are afforded choice in development and implementation of their Individualized
>> Plan for Employment with regard to career choices and service providers;
>> 5. Individuals who are beneficiaries of SSI and SSDI shall not be required to contribute
>> such benefits toward the fulfillment of their individualized plan for employment;
>> and
>> WHEREAS, the experiences of blind consumers of rehabilitation services
>> and the most recent findings of the Federal Monitoring Report of 2009 demonstrates
>> a total lack of regard for the above requirements; and
>> WHEREAS, not withstanding the individual and collective pleas of
>> blind consumers to the Rehabilitation Services Administration, including to the Commissioner
>> of RSA directly, to address and to correct failure to comply with the provisions
>> of the Act, and nothing has been done: Now, therefore,
>> BE IT RESOLVED
>> that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan in convention assembled this
>> 20th day of October, 2013, in
>> the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan
>> calls upon the Rehabilitation Services Administration to take immediate and affirmative
>> steps to fully enforce the Rehabilitation Act and its regulations with regard to
>> the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSB P) to ensure ongoing oversight of BSBP
>> operation and administration, including particular attention to consumer choice,
>> public input, the illegal requirement that SSI and SSDI beneficiaries contribute
>> to their employment plan, the appropriate composition of the State Rehabilitation
>> Council and remediation of all findings of the Federal Monitoring Report.
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-04
>> Right to Due Process Administrative Hearings
>> WHEREAS, all entities of State and local government are required
>> to follow the effective communications requirements of the Americans with Disabilities
>> Act of 1990, including the obligation to affirmatively, let alone upon request, remit
>> information in alternate formats to people who are blind; and
>> WHEREAS, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires that
>> all recipients of federal funds provide auxiliary aids and services to those who
>> are blind; and
>> WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court found in
>> Tennessee v Lane
>> that state and local courts are not immune from these obligations and, indeed, have
>> high responsibilities in these regards, for lack of access fundamentally denies "due
>> process and equal protection under the law"; and
>> WHEREAS, the Michigan Administrative Hearing Systems (MAHS) is both
>> a Title II entity, federal fund recipient and an administrative law program where
>> blind Business Enterprise Program participants and advocates, as well as others,
>> routinely appear to seek justice and receive due process and equal protection under
>> laws, including Public Act 260 of 1978 as well as major aspects of the Rehabilitation
>> Act; and
>> WHEREAS, MAHS, in documented fashion and principals therein, have
>> repeatedly denied advocates, petitioners and respondents who are blind information
>> in accessible formats and in a timely manner; and
>> WHEREAS, these are systemic, chronic, pervasive and fundamental violations
>> of the civil rights of all
>> Michigan
>> citizens who are blind, as a class, by failure to act affirmatively in these regards;
>> and
>> WHEREAS, the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons has also
>> been complicit in not only ensuring that MAHS follows these laws, but rather, has
>> repeatedly violated these very same provisions of the law in these administrative
>> proceedings which are in and of themselves conscious and malicious acts of discrimination
>> perpetuated repeatedly against numerous blind individuals: Now, therefore,
>> BE IT RESOLVED that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
>> in convention assembled this 20th day of October, 2013, in
>> the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan
>> will lodge a Complaint forthwith against the Michigan Department of Licensing and
>> Regulatory Affairs (MAHS's parent), MAHS, and The
>> Bureau of Services for Blind Persons within the United States Department of Justice,
>> Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, and the civil rights office of
>> the United States Attorney for Michigan.
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-05
>> Effective Communications and the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
>> WHEREAS, Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires that all
>> Vocational Rehabilitation agencies, including the Michigan Bureau of Services for
>> Blind Persons (BSBP) communicates effectively through "appropriate modes of communication:
>> with all customers; and
>> WHEREAS, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Subpart
>> e, Communications) requires that all entities of State and local government provide
>> information to all people who are blind in their most effective format and in a timely
>> manner, including, of course, all those engaged with the Michigan Bureau of Services
>> for Blind Persons; and
>> WHEREAS, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires the
>> same; and
>> WHEREAS, it has been documented over the years that BSBP does not,
>> in all cases, remit timely materials in Braille, audio, electronic, or large print
>> even after continued requests from customers, Business Enterprise Program licensees
>> and members of the public who are blind; and
>> WHEREAS, these documented and ongoing breaches of civil rights laws
>> delay, deny and otherwise inhibit delivery of required services and "due process
>> and equal protection" under these laws and thus constitute systemic, chronic and
>> pervasive acts of discrimination against people who are blind in the State of Michigan;
>> and
>> WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan is the
>> leading advocate for the rights of all the blind of Michigan, and believes such violations
>> of the law by the BSBP denies blind persons of their right to equal access and such
>> violations could be readily corrected by the BSBP: Now, therefore,
>> BE IT RESOLVED
>> that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan in convention assembled this
>> 20th day of October, 2013, in
>> the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan
>> will file a Complaint forthwith to the United States Department of Education's Office
>> of Civil Rights against the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons detailing
>> the chronic acts of discrimination and demanding prompt compliance with all applicable
>> laws in these regards.
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-06
>> A Resolution to Promote
>> STEM and Braille
>> WHEREAS, there is national recognition that Science, Technology, Engineering
>> and Math (STEM) fields of study are not being engaged in by sufficient numbers of
>> all students; and
>> WHEREAS, historically, blind students have been excluded or limited
>> in their participation in STEM careers and fields of study in K-12 and higher education;
>> and
>> WHEREAS, such pioneers as Dr. Abraham Nemeth Gereig Vermeij and Cary Supalo, among
>> many others have shown that given the opportunity and training blind people can excel
>> in STEM careers on terms of equality with their sighted peers; and
>> WHEREAS, Dr. Abraham Nemeth resided in Michigan for most of his adult life and was
>> the world's premier inventor and innovator of the Braille reading and writing system
>> after Louis Braille, himself; and
>> WHEREAS, The National Federation of the Blind of Michigan (NFBMI declares its ongoing
>> commitment to Braille as a fundamental means of access to equality with our sighted
>> peers; and
>> WHEREAS, Braille literacy in America and in
>> Michigan
>> has decreased to a morbidly unacceptable rate; and
>> WHEREAS, the NFBMI has actively been engaged in the support and promotion of Braille
>> by sponsoring a Braille Literacy law; and
>> WHEREAS, for the past 4 years the NFBMI has been a leader in providing opportunities
>> for blind youth to gain experience in and learn about STEM and Braille activities
>> through summer science and Braille camping programs and birding and nature education
>> programs; and
>> WHEREAS, our primary base of operations has been
>> Camp Tuhsmeheta
>> through various agreements with Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind (OUB); and
>> WHEREAS, Camp Tuhsmeheta
>> remains an attractive and rich possible site for future STEM activities; and
>> WHEREAS, ongoing attempts to negotiate satisfactory agreements with OUB have yielded
>> less than satisfactory results; and
>> WHEREAS, the NFBMI wishes to use its energy to focus on programming and not to have
>> to be concerned with tangential contractual and philosophical matters; and
>> WHEREAS, the OUB Board has continued to drift further from an acceptable philosophical
>> base for working with blind adults and youth; and
>> WHEREAS, a tipping point has been reached which makes it preferable to seek new
>> relationships and create STEM programs which meet our academic standards and are
>> presented within a positive philosophy of blindness which affirms that any blind
>> student can successfully engage in STEM activities and enjoy a supportive, encouraging
>> environment and understand that all activities, policies and practices maintain the
>> highest expectations for all participants and employees: Now, therefore,
>> BE IT RESOLVED
>> that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan in convention assembled this
>> 20th day of October, 2013, in
>> the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan
>> adopt as an ongoing project the active presentation of STEM and Braille training
>> to youth in any setting or season deemed appropriate for such teaching; and
>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization actively seek out and
>> expend funds and enter into contractual or other agreements necessary to provide
>> high quality teaching programs, employees and goods and services which conform to
>> the principles set forth herein; and
>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization support STEM and Braille
>> teaching staff and administrators by funding board approved positions, salaries,
>> training, acquiring equipment and materials and paying reasonable expenses including
>> travel, room and board and related expenses under the guidance and oversight of the
>> President and board of this organization.
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-07
>> Reopening and Expanding Business Employment Opportunities for the Blind through the
>> Michigan Business
>> Enterprise Program
>> WHEREAS, the Michigan Business Enterprise Program (BEP) of the Bureau of Services
>> for Blind Persons (BSBP) has a rich history of providing business employment opportunities
>> to blind persons through the Randolph Shepherd Act and Regulations, and Public Act
>> 260 of 1978 as amended and
>> WHEREAS, the BEP is the single largest employer of blind persons within
>> the state of
>> Michigan
>> ; and
>> WHEREAS, over a period of years the business employment opportunities
>> for the blind have gradually declined from a program high of 119 vending facilities
>> to a current low of 72 vending facilities due to systemic factors as well as unqualified
>> and incompetent management and unethical and illegal business and administrative
>> practices; and
>> WHEREAS, such practices have resulted in the closure of locations, the failure to
>> appropriately maintain and remodel existing facilities, discrimination against qualified
>> blind individuals and the ongoing use of ineligible unqualified sighted persons:
>> Now, therefore,
>> BE IT RESOLVED that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan (
>> NFBMI) in convention
>> assembled this 20th
>> day of October, 2013, in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan condemns and deplores
>> the actions of the BEP leading to the decline in the number of business employment
>> opportunities for blind persons; and
>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NFBMI demand compliance with all applicable program
>> laws, rules and regulations; and
>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization demands that Governor Snyder take
>> immediate action to protect job opportunities for blind people in
>> Michigan
>> by ordering that all state officials comply with all BEP laws, rules and regulations
>> and re-establish sound business practices in the BEP.
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-08
>> Guide Dog Statute Changes
>> WHEREAS, the Michigan penal code Michigan Compiled Laws 750.502 includes
>> a provision making it a misdemeanor for any responsible person to prohibit a person
>> who is blind or disabled from entering a public facility with a guide dog or service
>> dog; and
>> WHEREAS, this same statute includes a number of provisions that violate
>> The Americans With Disabilities Act and stand in stark contrast to white cane type
>> statutes in other states; and
>> WHEREAS, these include but are not limited to:
>> 1. Requiring a guide dog handler or trainer to carry a photo ID certifying that the
>> animal is a guide dog or service dog;
>> 2. Requiring that guide dogs must wear a vest, harness, backpack or leash of blaze
>> orange, identifying it as a service animal;
>> 3. Requiring that the Department of Labor maintain a list of all schools and/or trainers
>> That are certified to train guide dogs; and
>> WHEREAS, the statute improperly refers to blind people and/or dog
>> trainers as being led by their guide dogs rather than simply using the term "accompanied"
>> and repeatedly uses the term "leader dog" which is a term of art used by one particular
>> school and should not in the generic sense refer to a guide dog: Now, therefore,
>> BE IT RESOLVED that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
>> in convention assembled this 20
>> th
>> day of October, 2013, in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan take all appropriate
>> and necessary steps, including working closely with the state legislature to amend
>> Michigan Compiled Law 750.502 to bring it into compliance with the Americans With
>> Disabilities Act and consistent with similar statutes in other states by removing
>> the requirements involving specific identification or certification and eliminating
>> references to guide dogs "leading" their handlers and removing the term "leader dog"
>> from the language of the law.
>>
>> RESOLUTION 2013-09
>> Abraham Nemeth Commendation
>> WHEREAS, Dr. Abraham Nemeth has changed the lives of countless blind
>> people through his pioneering work, creating the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics
>> and Scientific Notation; and
>> WHEREAS, the Nemeth Code continues to make it possible for blind
>> men and women to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering
>> and mathematics, supporting themselves and their families and changing the public
>> perception of blindness in a positive way; and
>> WHEREAS, Michiganders blind and sighted, would profit by knowing
>> about the life and work of this inspiring man who happened to be blind: Now, therefore,
>> BE IT RESOLVED that the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
>> in convention assembled this 20
>> th
>> day of October, 2013, in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan call upon the Michigan
>> Legislature to formally and officially recognize the pioneering work and remarkable
>> life of Dr. Abraham Nemeth and designate October 16 of each year as Dr. Abraham Nemeth
>> Day in Michigan in remembrance of his birthday and accomplishments.
>>
>>
>>
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