[Vendorsmi] do the BEP promulgated rules really matter?

[joe harcz Comcast]

Amen. If I listen to another PA or Hull whine one more second about simply doing their jobs as established I'll hurl!

What Joe and others constantly point out is that rules need to be applied evenly and not ad hoc.

And that goes to the agency too in spades.

They are the ultimate scofflaws going all the way to upper management.

Personally I think there should be a license revocation process for PAs and for the BEP administration.

In fact there is. It's called firing them for cause.

Also why don't we entertain holding up their paychecks until they come into compliance themselves.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Robinson 
  To: 'Joe Sontag' ; 'NFB of Michigan Vendors List' 
  Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:50 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vendorsmi] do the BEP promulgated rules really matter?


  Dear Joe, 

   

     This is an excellent example of the problem throughout the program.  Larry does a good job of pointing out that part of the agency's role is to help the operator to stay in full compliance.  This is not a one sided issue however.  The agency has an obligation to adhere to the rules as well.  To carry out their responsibility as the SLA and to move a blind person from rehabilitation to employment.  In today's BEP, I suspect that the problem does not mean an unwillingness to follow the rules, but the training or lack of training, that operators have been given. I also contend that some of the rules are outdated and lacking any understanding of how the business world works.  If the training was good then many of the rules would not be necessary.  Finally, why is the discussion of rules only about the operator?  The agency is willing to break them when they need to do so.

   

  Dave Robinson

   


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  From: vendorsmi-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:vendorsmi-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joe Sontag
  Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:18 AM
  To: VENDORSMI List
  Cc: Steve Arwood
  Subject: [Vendorsmi] do the BEP promulgated rules really matter?

   

  I now offer you a clue as to why the Business Enterprise Program is so fouled up.  Listen carefully to the following discussion on the topic "Operators/Agency Staff consistently following rules as they are
  written," which is one of the issues before the ad hoc.  Mr. Hull's remarks are extremely revealing, as is the vote that was taken near the end of the session.

   

  This may be downloaded at the link below:

   

  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22266576/Ad%20hoc%20%2002032012%20excerpt1.MP3

   

   



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