[Nfbwv-talk] Mentoring

[Ed McDonald]

Maybe I need to learn how to insert smiles into my messages!

I have known Sheri a long time and was, of course, giving her a good-natured 
hard time in my "resolute" sort of way.

If she chooses to retire next year--or at any other time, for that 
matter--she certainly has the right to do so.  If I had tried to work within 
the framework of a bureaucracy for as long as she has, I would probably be 
happy to retire as soon as it became possible.  Regardless of when she 
chooses to step down, she has managed to infuse the DRS training programs 
with a lot of positive ideas, many of which have grown out of her experience 
as a Federationist.  When she leaves her position, it will likely fall to 
those of us in the NFB who try to monitor the performance of state agencies 
to do what we can to ensure that DRS continues on the positive course that 
Sheri has set.  I just hope that whoever succeeds her is equally committed 
to the goals and objectives she has envisioned for the programs she 
oversees.

The truth is that when she retires--as she has indicated that she plans to 
do--we will probably adopt a resolution commending her for all she has done 
for the training and rehabilitation of blind West Virginians.  Nevertheless, 
I'd still kinda like to "deplore and condemn" her for leaving.

Somehow I knew when I wrote my original message that I might eventually need 
to clean it up.

Cordially,

Ed


PS: For those who are relatively new to the Federation, perhaps I should add 
that "deplore and condemn" is a phrase which we have used in resolutions 
over the years to express our extreme displeasure with the most despicable 
behavior of an individual or an agency.  Back in the "bad old days" when our 
relations with many agencies around the country were much more adversarial 
than they are today, we did a lot more "deploring and condemning" than we do 
now.  It's a little like bringing out your biggest guns to fight a verbal 
battle.  Nevertheless, I suspect it still makes a few of us old-timers smile 
just a bit when we have an opportunity to deplore and condemn something or 
someone whose behavior has been particularly offensive to us as blind 
people.

Glory, Glory Federation!!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Yahnke" <jack at seeinghandassociation.com>
To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbwv-talk] Mentoring


> Pretty harsh Ed.
>
> Jack
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed McDonald" <ed at eioproductions.com>
> To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbwv-talk] Mentoring
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>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Koch, Sheri L" <Sheri.L.Koch at wv.gov>
>> To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbwv-talk] Mentoring
>>
>>
>> I'd love to work with high school kids next year after I retire.
>>
>> If, indeed, you choose to retire next year, it is quite likely that the 
>> NFBWV state convention will adopt a resolution condemning and deploring 
>> your action!  Bear that in mind as you plan for your future.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
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