[Nfbwv-talk] Mentoring

[keri]

ed and to others:

for those that don't know what the face emmoticons mean that some of us use. 
here is a list for you

:) = smiley
:( = sad face
;) = winking smiley
:P = smiley with tongue out
:d = big smiley
:O = open face smiley
keri

"Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to 
say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak 
my heart."
--Robert Sexton

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is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to 
receive it."
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Find that guy that will pick up every piece of your shattered heart & put it 
back together; Replacing it with a piece of his.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed McDonald" <ed at eioproductions.com>
To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbwv-talk] Mentoring


> 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
>>
>>
>>>
>>> ----- 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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