[rehab] RSA Rules

Tami Kinney tamara.8024 at comcast.net
Wed Jan 11 03:38:03 UTC 2012 

RJ,

Bingo! You got it! Only in this state, it's not the counselors, or not 
just them. It's the whole shebang. I'm trying again because I keep 
hearing all this talk about accountability and responsibility from the 
Board...

Yet they have demonstrated so far that they have not taken the one key 
step they should have taken years ago... And probably the funding for 
the agency is doomed because of it. Sigh.

Still, according to the "I'll believe it when I see it" rule, one must 
arrange to be able to see it to determine whether or not to believe it...

Also, I have all these really advanced skills that are highly 
marketable, and the market is picking up in my field... Especially for a 
contractor/consultant or telecommuter... Only the equipment package, 
which my employer was prepared to buy so I could continue working for 
them and advancing as I was, is a tad on the spendy side. Since the 
agency declared me unemployable before even getting around to what they 
called a formal assessment, instead of getting out to my work site to 
finish up some details with my employer who was prepared to purchase as 
soon as that was taken care of... I now need to have the toolkit here at 
home to start picking up work in my field at anywhere close to my skill 
level. And income level... Last gig I did here paid $100/hour, using the 
low end of my skills; only I needed JAWS 10 (that long ago!) to continue 
with the project... So I ended up having to bow out. Which says it all, 
because under those circumstances, there is no IPE required, since the 
license for JAWS professional is under the spending limit.

So... I'm not very patient with them. Given the cost of the tools I 
need, which their people have already agreed I need for my work, and the 
value of the skills I can use to earn money in the returning market for 
those skills...

I might as well give it a shot and see what happens.

Also, I do my regular market research update and all this time of year 
anyway, whether I need to or not, so doing my regular prep for this 
won't take any time I would be spending anyway. /lol/ Not much changes, 
but I do like to keep track. It is always instructive, also, to observe 
the reaction of a VRC from the agency to a consumer who arrives at the 
meeting with her homework done and in a nice, neat, well-organized 
information packet as if it were some sort of professional project or 
something... Then when I remind them of this or that rule which I have 
memorized, or pick out that part of the packet by feel of where I put 
the stapel or clip...

That's another reason I like to record these meetings. Peole prefer to 
think I must be misunderstanding something or being oversensitive when I 
describe the response as "hostile.

On 01/10/2012 07:31 AM, RJ Sandefur wrote:
> Sounds like this councilor is incompetent! RJ
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jane.Lansaw at dars.state.tx.us>
> To: <rehab at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [rehab] RSA Rules
>
>
>> Shhhhh, don't tell him/her/it.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of RJ Sandefur
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:01 AM
>> To: Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [rehab] RSA Rules
>>
>> Well then my councilor is in violation of the rules then! RJ
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jane.Lansaw at dars.state.tx.us>
>> To: <rehab at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [rehab] RSA Rules
>>
>>
>>> Good point.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Jan Bailey
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:12 AM
>>> To: Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [rehab] RSA Rules
>>>
>>> Tell her you want to see the rule in writing. I'll bet she can't produce
>>> it.
>>> Jan
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gabe Vega" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:03 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [rehab] RSA Rules
>>>
>>>
>>>> unless they changed very recently, I find this hard to believe.
>>>> Gabe Vega - Sent from my Apple Mac Mini
>>>> Hit me up Voice/Text: (623) 565-9357
>>>> Email: theblindtech at gmail.com
>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/blindtech
>>>> FaceBook: http://facebook.com/blindtech
>>>> Website: http://thebt.net
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Tami Kinney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey, everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> I just talked to the new VRC for my area in Oregon. She told me
>>>>> that RSA
>>>>> rules say that communications between VRC and consumer must occur
>>>>> face-to-face and cannot be done at all over e-mail. I can see why an
>>>>> initial meeting would be best done one-on-one; however, I prefer all
>>>>> communications occur via e-mail because that gives me a clear
>>>>> record of
>>>>> everything, date and time stamped, with all that other lovely header
>>>>> information. Also, honestly, e-mail communications are so much more
>>>>> efficient for everyone! Easier on the state budget, too, and all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is what the VRC told me about RSA rules requiring that all meetings
>>>>> with
>>>>> consumers be conducted one-on-one in person and that e-mail or other
>>>>> forms of written communication are not allowed?
>>>>>
>>>>> If so, how long has that been the case?
>>>>>
>>>>> Assuming that the majority of you are Braille Monitor readers, perhaps
>>>>> the mention that I am in Oregon will reveal why I don't believe a word
>>>>> anyone from that agency says unless I find out from at least three
>>>>> other
>>>>> sources. Or even one, since I usually can't find even that many.
>>>>> Sheesh!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Tami
>>>>>
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