[Nfbf-l] My sincere apology!

Tue Dec 8 23:54:20 UTC 2009

Dear all,
There is no law that the leadership cannot be questions or judged. God knows
that many of the membership has been by the leadership in the past. I think
we all need to take a deep breath and put a smile on our face and keep
going.
Holly

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kirk <kvharmon54 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello to all that have been reading the nasty volley of  words from myself
> and Marion! I  am sincerely sorry for my poor judgment and allowing myself
> to get as low as I did by even responding to any of  the comments I was
> reading that was  posted  by Marion. I am  not trying to make excuses for
> my
> behavior, but at the time these comments went out last evening, I had been
> feeling  really bad and forced myself to meet with Ms. Brun for dinner and
> had just returned from dinner with Ms. Sherri  Brun. We had met to keep
> discussing  the TRIAD conference today and how we could make some wonderful
> contacts for Newsline, etc.
>  When I got home and opened my mail, feeling lousy and reading these
> comments that were addressed directly to me I got perturbed to say the
> least
> that I, without even posting on it prior to this one that I got  lambasted
> by, I responded! For this action, and of poor judgment  to boot, am forever
> sorry to all that  had to read and follow this unprofessional behavior!
> Therefore, after 6 years of trying to make the NFB  a better and more aware
> advocacy organization for the Blind, have gotten to tired to fight the
> powers that be that  have deliberately tried to make things  more difficult
> than they should of been in my opinion from sheer jealousy for some, and
> others doubting my intentions and why I guess I will never know ! I have
> been forced to fight every step I have had in this organization. Let me be
> clear however, It is not the Organization that I feel had  made my
> membership hard, but the leaders I happened to have been forced to work
> with. I was however able to have taken the Orlando treasury from a 3 digit
> treasury to a decent  4 digit  treasury, created a great repore with our
> Mayors offices as well as having our city Mayor come with his staff and sit
> down at my home with not just the leaders of the  local NFB, minus one, the
> Lighthouse officials including Joyce Hildreth, thepresident of the ACB
> chapter, the Blinded Veterans  assoc. rep, and others. I was given   a
> community center free of charge to our chapter through the relationship I
> havedeveloped on behalf  of the NFB, and had our Police Chief come and
> address all of our leaders and the blind community as to how well informed
> his traffic police and others are with  the  White  cane law. I created our
> first     spaghetti dinner and  rafflefor our chapter with great fun and
> success, and created the very first scholarship  luncheon and business
> partnership  for our Chapter, bringing many local business heads ther  and
> buying tables to help our NFB and our scholars to boot after graduation in
> hopes they will have a better chance  to have doors locally open for them
> easier.  I also formed a board downtown with all local blind leaders to
> discuss our city and county needs so we could all debate and discuss our
> needs with our media working with us only to have it  taken over by our
> Orlando President at the time and it went nowhere. To his, I  am sure,
> delight! All of  this without much help from any others on the board,
> except
> for Ms. Sherri Brun. I worked also with Tom Harding  with  the Newsline
> service and worked extremely hard signing up seniors and spreading the
>  word
> of  this wonderful  service. I even flew up to Baltimore on my own fare so
> as to learn more about the operations of Newsline to make me a  better and
> more aware contractor for the service! I also stayed there for a few days
> to
> meet with Mr. Mauer, the staff in the Library, the  Jernagen Institute, and
> the tech center. I was  happy to  have done  all of  this at the time. I
> was
> even told that I was talked about  by the  director of this service
> recently
> because I signed up the west  palm beach rehab for veterans and I e-mailed
> him  because I wasn't getting any pamphlets to the instructors for sign up
> and all of the sudden when Ms. Brun wanted me to help her  by taking calls
> and mailing  out welcome letters, I wasn't  wanted to have access to the
> site to sign  up members!  He told our State President that  I might be a
> risk and delete  subscribers if  I got mad at someone! I again spoke up and
> was given a character  assassination for  it! So, rather than come and
> discuss to me that he didn't like my e-mail letting  him  know I didn't get
> any help from his office with this, I got trashed instead! I other than
> him,
> signed  up more people in his own words to me, was the only other person,
> less himself to do this feat for Newsline! He called our State President
> and
> I was given a character assassination  for simply speaking out for not
> getting  the assistance  I needed  for signing up the rehab Veterans.I Have
> gone  long enough about how I have  been treated  by the NFB, but the only
> reason I am even saying all of  this is  that even though the NFB has  many
> wonderful members and I have been fortunate enough to have met many  really
> good friends, I have  come  to realize I  can't go on with this
>  unnecessary
> fighting  and squabbling amongst all! I am, though I don't speak of it
>  much
> a very ill person and have  been throughout my entire membership with  the
> NFB. I I am a long  time juvenile diabetic and have gone  through many, 8,
> surgery's in 2004, that  has saved my life more than once,  I have had many
> since  then as well  I have been  and am constantly fatigued and  am forced
> to move  forward each and every day to have been able to do what  I have
> done,Yet through it all I  have the backs of too many people that don't
> even know who I am, to continue any longer! However,  my belief in the NFB
> and their desire to improve the lives of people  all over our great country
> kept me working  never  the less!  Now it  is time for me to step out of
> the NFB and let  all go back to doing  what you do without my leprosy  you
> have been  forced to endure for the last 6 years and I wish nothing  but
> the
> very best for  this affiliate, it's people, and the improved lives of  all
> of  you for the future!Your friend in the cause, Kirk Harmon
>
>
>
>
> Kirk Harmon
> 1031 Lenmore Court
> Orlando, FL. 32812
> Home office: (407) 380-3371
>
> Cell: (407) 473-2176
> E-mail address: kvharmon54 at gmail.com
>
> BVA/FRG
> E.Central Florida
> Associate Director
>
> 911 cell phone
> bank
>  Chairperson
> BVA/FRG
>
> Mayors Veterans Advisory counsel
> member
>
>  Blind advocate
> and fundraiser
>
>
> " Smiles are nothing more than thirty second vacations!"
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