[nfbwatlk] Commission for the Blind to tap new exec, The Portland Tribune, March 13 2013

[Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)]

Yes.

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From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Don Mitchell
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Commission for the Blind to tap new exec, The Portland Tribune, March 13 2013

The article does not say what Saturday. Is it March 16?

Don Mitchell

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From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Freeman
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Portland Tribune, March 13 2013

I wouldn't care to speculate publicly as what's said here might adversely
affect the decision.. Uwg

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone

On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:19, "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Interesting, back when I was hanging more with the NFB people in PA, I 
> thought Christine Boone was the darling.  Wonder why the OR NFB choose 
> Cordova over her.  Her husband is the structured discovery teacher
trainer.
> 
> Any idea why she is less in favor? Her past is a bit, but she is a 
> really neat personable person.
> 
> Becky and Jake    
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Nightingale, Noel
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:53 AM
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Commission for the Blind to tap new exec, The 
> Portland Tribune, March 13 2013
> 
> The below article identifies the finalists for the Oregon Commission 
> director position and provides a way to access the meeting where the 
> director will be named.
> 
> Noel
> 
> Link:
> http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/129946-commission-for-the-blind-t
> o-tap-
> new-exec
> 
> Text:
> Commission for the Blind to tap new exec Created on Wednesday, 13 
> March 2013 Written by Steve Law
> 
> The Oregon Commission for the Blind will select a new executive 
> director for the state agency at a special Saturday meeting. The 
> commission will select from among four finalists, two of whom are blind.
> 
> Former administrator Linda Mock, who had worked for the agency for 37 
> years, retired on Jan. 30.
> 
> The agency has been embattled in recent years, rocked by a series of 
> state audits that were highly critical of its management and financial
dealings.
> The new director will take the hot seat in time to interact with 
> lawmakers and plea for the agency's state funding requests during the 
> 2013 Oregon legislative session.
> 
> The commission interviewed four finalists Friday and is set to name a 
> new director during a one-hour meeting beginning at 9 a.m. at the 
> agency offices on 535 S.E. 12th Ave. in Portland.
> 
> The four finalists are Christine Boone, director of the Michigan 
> Commission for the Blind training center; Joe Cordova, administrator 
> of the division of vocational rehabilitation for the Hawaii Department 
> of Human Services; Imara Jabari, former executive director of 
> workforce integration for Chemeketa Community College in Salem; and 
> Dacia Johnson, the Portland agency's director of rehabilitative services
and interim director.
> 
> Johnson is the insider candidate, while Jabari also worked in Oregon. 
> Boone and Cordova, both from out of state, are the two blind candidates.
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind of Oregon, an advocacy group 
> often at odds with the state agency, supports Cordova, said the 
> group's vice president, Art Stevenson. The group prefers the agency 
> have a qualified blind person at the helm, he said. "That person could 
> further enlighten the public of the capabilities of a blind person,"
Stevenson said.
> 
> Those who want to dial in to the meeting may call 877-214-5010, and 
> mention participants' code 943611.
> 
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