[Ohio-talk] Fw: OSU O&M Advisory Board - Please Respond!

Tue Oct 27 22:58:01 UTC 2009

Cindy,
Thanks for making me REALLY laugh at the end of an exhausting day!  HOLY 
SMOKE!  I've made a number of strange reversals in my too-rapid typing of 
late, but that was definitely the funniest -- and I would have completely 
missed it!  And I *am* old, but um, I actually meant 1980s.  Smiling--
Deborah

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cconley at fuse.net>
To: "NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Deborah Kendrick" <dkkendrick at earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Fw: OSU O&M Advisory Board - Please Respond!

Wow, you must really be old if you were teaching in the 1890's!
---- Deborah Kendrick <dkkendrick at earthlink.net> wrote:
> JW,
> Wow!  Yes, please count me in on this one!  In the early 1890s, I taught 
> in
> a master's program for VI teachers here ath the University of Cincinnati,
> and loved it.  Sadly, the grant money ran out, and thus so did my job, and
> the not-quite-finished teachers had to go elsewhere to finish their
> certification.
> At any rate, this is thrilling news, and something I would truly love to 
> be
> involved in.  I think my patchwork career background -- the UC teaching,
> developing and working in programs for college-bound blind kids, the 
> current
> mentoring program, and a passion for finding alternate ways of 
> communicating
> environments to blind kids and adults -- fits right in with this.
> This is such fabulous news! And I am going to cross my fingers and toes 
> that
> you want me to be involved with it!
>
> Deborah
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dr. Smith" <jwsmithnfb at verizon.net>
> To: "NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 5:30 PM
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fw: OSU O&M Advisory Board - Please Respond!
>
>
> Read this one carefully and tell me if you are interested in this
> opportunity because I don't think I will have the time to do it.
>
> jw
>
> Dr. J. Webster Smith
> President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
> Phone Number - 740-592-6326
> "Changing What it Means to be Blind"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Kay Clarke
> To: jwsmithnfb at verizon.net
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:21 PM
> Subject: OSU O&M Advisory Board - Please Respond!
>
>
> Hi Mr. Smith,
>
> I am an O&M specialist (presently serving as the Infant/Preschool Outreach
> Specialist at OSSB) and a part-time instructor at the Ohio State 
> University.
> I am writing to you with good news and with a request.  The good news is
> that the Ohio State University has recently received state funding to 
> start
> an Orientation and Mobility Training Program to increase Ohio's pool of
> qualified O&M specialists!  We are presently in an organizational phase,
> preparing to start the first group of university students in the Summer
> quarter of 2010.  As the O&M Program Director, my job is to develop the
> program, get it up and running and teach some of the courses.  Other COMSs
> will teach courses as well.  This is an exciting opportunity that we want 
> to
> be sure is done right.  This is where the request comes in.
>
>
>
> Our first task is to pull together a core group of O&M consumers and
> practicing O&M specialists from around the state to serve on an Advisory
> Board for the planning phase of the program (now until June 2010).  We 
> would
> be very interested in having a representative from NFB (such as you) on 
> the
> Advisory Board to offer feedback as courses are developed and the
> organization of the program takes shape.  The time and travel commitments
> will entail:
>
>
>
> 1)  attending 3 or 4 meetings in Columbus (scheduled in evenings or on
> weekends;
>
>      possibly one or two daytime meetings); and
>
>
>
> 2)  reviewing program materials for comment prior to the meetings.
>
>
>
> A stipend will be paid to each participating Advisory Board Member to help
> to defray some of the costs for time spent on Board duties and for travel 
> to
> meetings between now and June 2010.  Please let me know if you are
> interested and able to participate on the O&M Advisory Board.  If you are
> unable to be a part of this Board, I would appreciate it if you could
> suggest another member of your organization who may fill this role.  Firm
> meeting dates will be set as soon as our Board has been formed.
>
>
>
> If you have any questions, please let me know and I would be happy to talk
> with you about them.  Please respond to me no later than Thursday, October
> 29th  about your participation.   Thank you for your consideration of this
> request and I look forward to hearing from you soon, Mr. Smith.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kay Clarke, Ph.D.
>
> Program Director
>
> OSU O&M Training Program
>
> (614) 216-5007
>
>
>
>
>
>
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