[rehab] RSA Rules

Wed Jan 11 13:33:02 UTC 2012

You go girl.   Sounds like you are very prepared.  A lot of us on this list used to be consumers and we learned from other Federationists how to maximize the system.  We either make them play by the rules they have written or go to Washington and change the rules.  Grin.  

Also it sounds like you have some pretty high end talents if you can command $100 an hour.  Did you know that NFB offers low interest tech loans?  There is a limit to how much you can borrow at a time but I think I only paid around 3 percent on a $5000 loan and it took me about two years to pay it off.  If you can borrow enough to get the tech you need to start pulling down that kind of income again, you could pay off even faster and cheaper.

Jane

-----Original Message-----
From: rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Kinney
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:38 PM
To: Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List
Subject: Re: [rehab] RSA Rules

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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