<div dir="ltr">Thank you so much for keeping up the fight and keeping us aware.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 8:20 AM Jan Lattuca via NFBP-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org">nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks for clarifying, Joe.<br>
<br>
Jan<br>
<br>
On 10/30/19, Drenth, Joe <<a href="mailto:Joe.Drenth@jbtc.com" target="_blank">Joe.Drenth@jbtc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Jan and all,<br>
><br>
> On the surface, the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation is not pursuing the<br>
> merger of BBVS into BVRS, but we should not let down our guard against any<br>
> step they take in that direction. This position paper is strong evidence<br>
> that any such merger would be detrimental to Pennsylvanians with vision<br>
> loss, so we need to equip ourselves with the arguments it makes in order to<br>
> be prepared with at least an elevator speech when we encounter legislators<br>
> or anyone with influence over this matter.<br>
><br>
> Thank you,<br>
> Joe<br>
><br>
> Joseph Drenth<br>
> Senior R&D Software Engineer<br>
> JBT Corporation | Automated Systems<br>
> 400 Highpoint Drive<br>
> Chalfont, PA 18914, USA<br>
> E: <a href="mailto:joe.drenth@jbtc.com" target="_blank">joe.drenth@jbtc.com</a> P: 215 822 4457<br>
> <a href="http://www.jbtc-agv.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jbtc-agv.com</a><br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: NFBP-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfbp-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbp-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> On Behalf Of Jan Lattuca via<br>
> NFBP-Talk<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 9:29 PM<br>
> To: NFB of Pennsylvania Talk, state list <<a href="mailto:nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
> Cc: Jan Lattuca <<a href="mailto:jrlattuca@gmail.com" target="_blank">jrlattuca@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [NFBP-Talk] BBVS Position Paper<br>
><br>
> **This email is from an external sender**<br>
><br>
> Hi, Joe. Looking forward to reading this. Is there still hope that it will<br>
> do any good, or have all the mucky-mucks already seen and rejected it?<br>
><br>
> Jan<br>
> On 10/29/19, Drenth, Joe via NFBP-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hello everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> A few months ago, a group of people representing the blindness-related<br>
>> organizations in Pennsylvania, led by Steve Pennington of the Client<br>
>> Assistance Program, wrote a position paper for keeping the<br>
>> Pennsylvania Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (BBVS) strong and<br>
>> independent. This paper presented the arguments against merging BBVS<br>
>> into the general disability vocational rehabilitation program.<br>
>><br>
>> Please find attached a copy of this position paper. For those of you<br>
>> who will be attending the NFB of Pennsylvania convention in person or<br>
>> via the stream, Steve Pennington will be referring to this position<br>
>> paper in his presentations about how to help BBVS accomplish its<br>
>> purpose of helping blind and visually-impaired individuals attain<br>
>> employment.<br>
>><br>
>> We will also place this position paper on our web site for easy access.<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you,<br>
>> Joe<br>
>><br>
>> Joseph Drenth<br>
>> First Vice-President, National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania<br>
>> Pennsylvania State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation Senior R&D<br>
>> Software Engineer, JBT Corporation, Automated Systems Division<br>
>> Cell: 215-827-7787<br>
>> Email: <a href="mailto:joe.drenth@gmail.com" target="_blank">joe.drenth@gmail.com</a><br>
>><br>
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>><br>
>><br>
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