[Ohio-Talk] good news!!!

[Andra Stover]

Excited for you Mike!

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> On Sep 9, 2019, at 5:25 PM, Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Mike, Thanks for all the work that you have done for the affiliate and as
> you told me that you would be willing to help in any way. Ohio understands
> that you must move to the next chapter in your life and I will tell Dorthey
> to watch out. 
> 
> Richard Payne,  President
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> 937-396-5573 or 937/829/3368
> Rchpay7 at gmail.com
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk On Behalf Of Mike Leiterman via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Monday, September 9, 2019 4:45 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Mike Leiterman <leitlaw at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Ohio-Talk] good news!!!
> 
> Hello fellow Federationist,
> Over the last couple of weeks I have had some really good news in regards to
> my hunt for employment. I had been in talks with a company to join their
> international trade legal team. However, just a day before we were to meet
> to talk about compensation, I was contacted by a government agency, who had
> received my resume and was interested in talking with me about possibly
> joining their agency's legal team.
> Well the unimaginable happened, within twenty-six hours of being contacted
> by the federal government I was offered a position with The Center for
> Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working in their Appeals and
> Litigation division. This position is located at their agency headquarters'
> in Atlanta Georgia.  This put me in the unusual position of having multiple
> job offers. After evaluating the pros and cons of both positions, I made the
> choice of taking the job with the CDC in Atlanta Georgia. I then did one of
> the most difficult things I had ever done, and that was writing the
> international trade company and informing them, that my circumstances had
> changed and was no longer in a position to take the first employment
> opportunity. This was truly a difficult thing for me to do based on how hard
> it can be to find a really good job At this time I am at the beginning of
> the onboarding process to join the federal government. This is a process
> that does not have a set time period, but can take a while. Heather and I
> are at the planning stage of relocating, and starting a new life in Georgia.
> As I am sure that everyone can imagine this will take sometime and a great
> deal of planning both on Heather and my part.
> Heather and I both plan to be as involved as we have always been with our
> NFBO family as long as we are still in Ohio. At this time we plan to keep
> are Columbus condo, so we will be back from time to time. If anyone is
> familiar with Atlanta heather and I could use suggestions as to where we
> should look for housing, and with what types of things we can do in Atlanta
> So, any guidance would be very much welcomed.
> Heather and I will keep everyone updated as to our upcoming move, and I
> would like to thank everyone in the NFBO for being such a good group of
> friends and colleagues to Heather and I over the last three and a half
> years.
> 
> Michael LeitermanJ.D. LL.M
> Co-legislative Chair
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