CONCERNING HONORING MR. CRAIG KISER FOR EXEMPLARY
LEADERSHIP
WHEREAS
the Florida Division of Blind Services, under the direction of Mr.
Craig Kiser, has
taken bold steps to make major changes to bring increased equality,
opportunity
and security to blind Floridians; and
WHEREAS
the Director of Blind Services has worked collaboratively with key
staff to oversee
the critical remodeling of the State's Rehabilitation Center for the
Blind making it
free from hazardous environmental materials and far more aesthetically
comfortable for staff and students alike; and
WHEREAS
the Director of Blind Services has appointed and directed staff at
the State
Center to re-organize and re-name that State facility the Orientation
and
Adjustment Center thereby making the title more reflective of the center's
mission and more responsive to the individual needs of blind consumers;
and
WHEREAS
The Director of the Division of Blind Services has strongly supported
NFB-
NEWSLINE and the Braille and Talking Book Library; and
WHEREAS
the Director of Blind Services has boldly taken necessary measures
to
re-organize the Division within the state office to be more responsive
to the
needs and concerns of blind consumers having created new positions
within the
agency to protect client rights; and
WHEREAS
the Director of Blind Services has worked to re-organize the Division
Offices and
Counselors to be more responsive to the blind and to promote a much
improved
organizational structure; and
WHEREAS
the Director of Blind Services has hired qualified, competent blind
employees in
leadership positions thus bringing a new level of sensitivity to the
overall
operation of Blind Services; and
WHEREAS
the Director of Blind Services encourages input and feedback from the
organized
blind, both state and national, with regard to innovative changes to
better serve
the blind of Florida and to provide critical legislative support:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that the National Federation of the Blind of Florida in convention
assembled this
29th day of May, 2005, in the City of Boca Raton, voice our respect
and
appreciation to Mr. Craig Kiser, Director of the Florida Division of
Blind Services,
for his extraordinary leadership and vision; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Florida Affiliate endorses, approves and supports the many
positive
initiatives Craig Kaiser's leadership has brought to the blind of Florida
through
the state agency by the effective changes he has spearheaded to negate
an
outmoded and, sometimes, harmful system into a positive force in the
lives of
blind Floridians of all ages.