[Nfbmt] (no subject)

Thu Jan 9 13:21:53 UTC 2014

Rebecca,

Julie said you are starting after Washington Seminar, and we're
looking forward to having you as a student!
Dan

On 1/8/14, Rebecca Stewart <becca33 at bresnan.net> wrote:
> Hi Ted.  CCB; I applied for the center in September.  I applied by u. s.
> mail.  I didn't hear anything on my app so I began trying to get ahold of
> someone over there via phone.  I left multiple messages for Julie, the
> director, because I had met her when I was in Denver for the gala
> celebration and she was the one who encouraged me to apply when I expressed
> my strong interest in what I could obtain from CCB.  I attempted to get
> ahold of both Julie and Dan for several weeks, to no avail.  I was
> uncomfortable bugging Dan about it because I don't think it's really his
> department, he's just someone I knew of who might be able to talk to Julie
> because I wasn't having any luck getting ahold of her.  I left her multiple
> phone messages with no reply back.  I Left Dan messages on his phone and on
> fb.  I also sent Julie a message on fb.  All I have gotten in return from
> CCB was a phone call from Julie in early December, finally acknowledging
> that she had received my application and asking me when I wanted to come to
> the center.  I repeated for her what I thought would be a good tentative
> start date for me at CCB.  She said she would be calling me back the
> following week but I still haven't heard back from her.  Julie did tell me
> at one point that she thought she could arrange a cost deduction for  me
> because I will be paying out of pocket for services I receive at CCB but
> she
> never said anything else about it.  I'm not sure if this offer is causing
> the hang up or what.  If it is, I don't want a discount, I just want to
> receive the services, I really need the training and I don't know where
> else
> to go to get it.  I'm frustrated because there are things we want to plan
> as
> a family and I am hesitant to plan any of these events with my family
> because I'm worried that I will plan something and then Julie will call me
> and expect me to drop my plans with my family and come running to CCB.  I
> can't keep putting my life on hold waiting for her to give me a date when I
> need to be committed to CCB for nine months.  I have small children and a
> husband who's lives will be turned upside down by my departure from their
> lives when I go to CCB and I want to be able to make the transition as
> smooth as possible for my family.  Julie doesn't seem to understand this.
> Becca
> 0-----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Edward Robbins
> Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:24 AM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)
>
> Becca,
> 	I installed ms 2013 in my computer and faught it until I had to
> unload it, going back to 2010.  You might check with Freedom Scientific to
> see if they hav a tutorial for JAWS with Word 2013.
> 	Has there been any contact from CCB to you about your application?
> If not, I suggest you recontact them via phone to find out what any problem
> there might be.  Perhaps its just a communication problem.
> Ted
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca Stewart
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:22 PM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)
>
> Hi Joy.  I have Word 2013 in my computer.  No.  I'm sure the problem lies
> with the operator.  I'm not very good at using a computer.  I had hoped to
> learn better computer skills and so much more at CCB since they offer all
> of
> that but for some reason they appear to not want me to come to CCB so I
> don't know what I'm going to do. I'm in quite a pickle.  I don't know how
> to
> use a computer beyond a few things my friend showed me, I can't read
> Braille
> and I'm not very competent at cooking.  These are all things I had hoped to
> get at CCB.  Did you get training at CCB or some other school for the
> blind?
> Just tell me if it's none of my business.  I'm curious because you and
> Bruce
> are both blind.  It must be difficult for you guys to manage unless one or
> both of you received training.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bruce&Joy
> Breslauer
> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:53 PM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)
>
> I'm wondering if, since these are in Microsoft Word and you don't have that
> on your computer, (I don't think), that's why you can't access them.
> Otherwise, I don't have any other bright ideas.  But we got it solved
> anyway.  Joy
>
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