<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Good evening All,<div><br></div><div>Tonight the Governor’s office held a listening session to gather additional input regarding qualities to look for in a new IDB director. The commissioners, interim director Willeford, and the NFBI and ICUB presidents were invited to this private session. One positive I saw from the session is that there is general agreement on necessary qualities, in particular blindness philosophy.</div><div>While we were not provided any specifics or timeframes, it sounds like they will be moving forward at some point in the near term with creating a job description and sharing it widely to solicit applications.</div><div>That’s all I know at this time.</div><div><br></div><div>Helen</div><div><br></div><div><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Helen Mejia, President</div>National Federation of the Blind<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of Iowa<br>hmejia@nfbi.org<br>(570) 983-7867</div>
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