[vendtalk] vendtalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 3
Kevan Worley
kevanworley at blindmerchants.org
Wed Sep 12 18:24:24 UTC 2012
Tim,
Who grades the applicant?
-----Original Message-----
From: vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tim Jones
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:30 AM
To: vendtalk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [vendtalk] vendtalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 3
WE in N.C. also have a point system and the last scoring portion of the interview process is discrectionary points and are given based on the operators overall exsprience ,accomplishments and how the panel feels he or she could handle the location beig applied for .your thoughts are appreciated.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM, <vendtalk-request at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Send vendtalk mailing list submissions to
> vendtalk at nfbnet.org
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/vendtalk_nfbnet.org
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> vendtalk-request at nfbnet.org
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> vendtalk-owner at nfbnet.org
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of vendtalk digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. award system (Tim Jones)
> 2. Re: award system (Manasco, Brenda)
> 3. Re: award system (Kevan Worley)
> 4. Christine Ha, Blind Chef from Houston wins MasterChef
> (Vandervoort's)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:54:29 -0400
> From: Tim Jones <tmjnc2 at gmail.com>
> To: vendtalk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [vendtalk] award system
> Message-ID:
> <CAM2QApbtG8dFb=eE1JnEdjASBk44pi47kwYxopD=
> TY0bM+gLEQ at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> anyone that can share awarding of location proceedures .
>
> how does your state wok for transfer and promotion? .thanks
>
> --
> Tim Jones
> North Carolina Food Service
> Fort Bragg, NC
> Office: 910-396-2297
> Cell: 704-491-1486
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:22:11 -0500
> From: "Manasco, Brenda" <Brenda.K.Manasco at dss.mo.gov>
> To: "'Vendor Talk Mailing List'" <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [vendtalk] award system
> Message-ID:
> <
> 26601903D3F6D64996EFDA983EB7A28601C931A0DF18 at EXCHVS5A.mx.state.mo.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> In Missouri, we send out bid letters to all managers. They are to
> return the bid letter, information release, and any accompanying
> documentation to central office within 14 days. Information on
> current facility, bimonthly facility inspections, accuracy and
> timeliness of reports, as well as the information provided by the
> manager is distributed to the members of the Blind Vendors Executive
> Committee. Each applicant is interviewed by the committee and they
> make a recommendation to the deputy director of the SLA after
> considering all information. He has the right to disagree with their
> recommendation; but if he does, he must provide them with a written
> explanation. The only caveat is that a vendor must be in good standing
> with BEP to apply for an open location. So, if they are behind in their set-aside payments or have other issues, they may not be able to bid.
> Also, all applicants bid in head-to-head competition. Seniority is
> only considered when all other factors are equal.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Brenda K. Manasco
> Assistant Supervisor, Business Enterprise Program Rehab. Services f/t
> Blind
> 615 Howerton Ct. / P.O. Box 2320
> Jefferson City, MO 65102-2320
> Ph 573-522-9347
> Fax 573-751-1281
> Brenda.k.manasco at dss.mo.gov
> This communication is being transmitted by the Department of Social
> Services (DSS) and is confidential, privileged, and intended only for
> the use of the recipient named above.? If you are not the intended
> recipient, unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or use of
> the contents is strictly prohibited.? If you have received this in
> error, please notify the sender and destroy the material received.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Tim Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:54 PM
> To: vendtalk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [vendtalk] award system
>
> anyone that can share awarding of location proceedures .
>
> how does your state wok for transfer and promotion? .thanks
>
> --
> Tim Jones
> North Carolina Food Service
> Fort Bragg, NC
> Office: 910-396-2297
> Cell: 704-491-1486
> _______________________________________________
> vendtalk mailing list
> vendtalk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/vendtalk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> vendtalk:
>
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/vendtalk_nfbnet.org/brenda.k.manasco
> %40dss.mo.gov
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:43:14 +0000
> From: Kevan Worley <kevanworley at blindmerchants.org>
> To: Vendor Talk Mailing List <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [vendtalk] award system
> Message-ID:
>
> <18EEA4F4AA1CA9429369286A90775514033028 at EXCHANGE-9.gothamemail.net
> >
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Thank you Brenda. My experience is that many states have a very
> similar selection process. In Colorado, the entire committee does not
> interview the applicant. We have a transfer and promotion committee
> which consists of one agency rep, and two blind vendors. Blind
> vendors are from the committee and rotate. Chairman of the committee
> chairs the panel and may provide input. The chair does not have a
> vote. The agency provides performance evaluations which, in our
> state, are pretty extensive and relatively accurate. Each blind
> vendor gets 20 minutes to give us an oral business plan or any other
> comments he/she wish to make. They are also encouraged to send a
> written business plan prior to the bid panel. The written plan is
> given considerable weight. We have a scoring system, which I will not
> bore you with. Of course, the agency has final authority on the
> selection, but in my 20 years here the agency has never overruled a
> bid panel choice. This is likely because there is an agency representative on the panel itself.
>
> Tim, and everybody, I hope this is helpful. I will enjoy reading
> other comments about your transfer and promotion systems. We, in
> Colorado, are not opposed to change. If you have a better mouse trap,
> we would love to hear about it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Manasco, Brenda
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:22 PM
> To: 'Vendor Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [vendtalk] award system
>
> In Missouri, we send out bid letters to all managers. They are to
> return the bid letter, information release, and any accompanying
> documentation to central office within 14 days. Information on
> current facility, bimonthly facility inspections, accuracy and
> timeliness of reports, as well as the information provided by the
> manager is distributed to the members of the Blind Vendors Executive
> Committee. Each applicant is interviewed by the committee and they
> make a recommendation to the deputy director of the SLA after
> considering all information. He has the right to disagree with their
> recommendation; but if he does, he must provide them with a written
> explanation. The only caveat is that a vendor must be in good standing
> with BEP to apply for an open location. So, if they are behind in their set-aside payments or have other issues, they may not be able to bid.
> Also, all applicants bid in head-to-head competition. Seniority is
> only considered when all other factors are equal.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Brenda K. Manasco
> Assistant Supervisor, Business Enterprise Program Rehab. Services f/t
> Blind
> 615 Howerton Ct. / P.O. Box 2320
> Jefferson City, MO 65102-2320
> Ph 573-522-9347
> Fax 573-751-1281
> Brenda.k.manasco at dss.mo.gov
> This communication is being transmitted by the Department of Social
> Services (DSS) and is confidential, privileged, and intended only for
> the use of the recipient named above.? If you are not the intended
> recipient, unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or use of
> the contents is strictly prohibited.? If you have received this in
> error, please notify the sender and destroy the material received.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Tim Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:54 PM
> To: vendtalk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [vendtalk] award system
>
> anyone that can share awarding of location proceedures .
>
> how does your state wok for transfer and promotion? .thanks
>
> --
> Tim Jones
> North Carolina Food Service
> Fort Bragg, NC
> Office: 910-396-2297
> Cell: 704-491-1486
> _______________________________________________
> vendtalk mailing list
> vendtalk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/vendtalk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> vendtalk:
>
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/vendtalk_nfbnet.org/brenda.k.manasco
> %40dss.mo.gov
>
> _______________________________________________
> vendtalk mailing list
> vendtalk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/vendtalk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> vendtalk:
>
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/vendtalk_nfbnet.org/kevanworley%40bl
> indmerchants.org
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:48:03 -0500
> From: "Vandervoort's" <vandervoorts at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'Vendor Talk Mailing List'" <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: nickycolorado at netscape.net, 'Kevan Worley'
> <kevanworley at blindmerchants.org>
> Subject: [vendtalk] Christine Ha, Blind Chef from Houston wins
> MasterChef
> Message-ID: <004d01cd9077$ef0bac40$cd2304c0$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> FYI -
>
> From: Madrigal,Barbara J. (Texas DARS/Division for Blind Services)
>
>
>
> Those of you who are regular viewers of FOX television's
>
> MasterChef series may already be aware of this news, but we're
>
> pleased to let you know that one of our Houston consumers,
>
> Christine Ha, is the newly crowned MasterChef! Christine, who is
>
> legally blind, competed against 100 other home chefs for this
>
> honor during the course of this reality television show's third
>
> season. Christine takes home a nice trophy, a $250,000 cash
>
> prize, and an opportunity to publish her own cookbook.
>
>
>
> Congratulations go out to Christine and to the DBS staff in the
>
> Houston region who provided training and support to make this
>
> possible.
>
>
>
> Barbara J. Madrigal
>
> Assistant Commissioner
>
> DARS - Division for Blind Services
>
>
>
> Celebrating Over 80 Years of Legendary Service to Texans who are
>
> Blind!
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> vendtalk mailing list
> vendtalk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/vendtalk_nfbnet.org
>
>
> End of vendtalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 3
> ****************************************
>
--
Tim Jones
North Carolina Food Service
Fort Bragg, NC
Office: 910-396-2297
Cell: 704-491-1486
_______________________________________________
vendtalk mailing list
vendtalk at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/vendtalk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for vendtalk:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/vendtalk_nfbnet.org/kevanworley%40blindmerchants.org
More information about the VendTalk
mailing list