[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FYI, News Advisory - New Special Ed Director and Blind Consumer Groups Top MCB Commission Meeting Agenda

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From: Turney, Susan (DELEG) 
To: MCB2020-L at LISTSERV.MICHIGAN.GOV 
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 4:28 PM
Subject: FYI, News Advisory - New Special Ed Director and Blind Consumer Groups Top MCB Commission Meeting Agenda


FYI, the news advisory below regarding the upcoming June 17 MCB commission board meeting went out today to all Michigan media statewide.



Susan Turney

Communications & Outreach Coordinator, Michigan Commission for the Blind

Michigan Department Licensing and Regulatory Affairs 

direct line:  517-241-8631; fax:  517-335-5140

MCB toll-free: 1-800-292-4200

201 N. Washington Square, Second Floor, 

P.O. Box 30652; Lansing, MI 48909

www.michigan.gov/mcb





New Special Ed Director and Blind Consumer Groups Top MCB Commission Meeting Agenda



June 8, 2011 − The Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) will hold its quarterly board meeting in Lansing on Friday, June 17, at 9:00 a.m., at Constitution Hall, Conference Room A/B, 525 West Allegan.  The meeting is open to the public and will be of interest to MCB consumers, rehabilitation professionals, and others interested in the agency’s programs, services, and related topics.



Highlights of the meeting include presentations by guest speakers including Dr. Eleanor White, Director, Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services, who will speak on the topic of Transition Services for Blind Youth in the K-12 System and address collaborations between her office and the Michigan Commission for the Blind.  Other presentations will be by and about blind consumer groups, represented by these guest speakers:

·       Scott Ford, Director, Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind (OUB)

·       Lydia Schuck, Parents of Blind Children (POBC)

·       Gwen Botting, President, Michigan Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (MPVI)

·       Larry Posont, President, National Federation of the Blind of Michigan (NFB-MI)

·       Joe Sibley, President, Michigan Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired (MCBVI)



To listen to the commission board meeting over the telephone, please dial 1-877-873-8017 and enter passcode 7502991#.  In addition, live audio streaming of the board meeting will be available to the public on the MCB website at www.michigan.gov/mcb.  Public comment may be submitted by e-mail during the meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  via email to mcbpubliccomments at gmail.com to be read at 1:00 p.m.  Emails received outside of the 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. time frame are not considered part of Public Comment.  Public Comment is limited to three minutes per individual.



The meeting site is accessible.  Individuals attending the meeting are requested to refrain from using heavily scented personal care products in order to enhance accessibility for everyone. People with disabilities requiring additional accommodations (such as materials in alternative format) in order to participate in the meeting should call Sue Luzenski at (517) 335-4265 by June 13, 2011.



The commission’s five-member policy board, appointed by the governor, oversees MCB programs throughout Michigan. For more than 30 years, the Michigan Commission for the Blind has provided training and other services for individuals who are blind or visually impaired to achieve independence and/or employment in the careers of their choice, serving approximately 2,750 state residents in fiscal year 2010.  For more information, visit www.michigan.gov/mcb or call toll-free:  voice 1-800-292-4200; TTY 1-888-864-1212.



The Michigan Commission for the Blind is a part of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).  For more information about LARA, please visit www.michigan.gov/lara.  Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/michiganLARA, “Like” us on Facebook or find us on YouTube www.youtube.com/michiganLARA. 

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