National Federation of the Blind of Florida
RESOLUTION 2008 - 03
Regarding the appointment of a Director for theFlorida Division of Blind Services
WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind of Florida
(NFBF) has written letters to the
Commissioner of Education and has participated in meetings with other consumer
groups and has provided critical language pertaining to the job description
regarding filling the vacant
position of the Florida Division of Blind services Director,
and
WHEREAS, at this time, no
answer has been received regarding the time period and method to be utilized for
the selection, interviewing and hiring process for this position;
and
WHEREAS, none of the other
interested stakeholders have been contacted, for participation in the selection
process: Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the
National Federation of the Blind of Florida in Convention assembled this
twenty-sixth day of May, 2008, in the City of Jacksonville, Florida, that this
organization Direct its president to seek an immediate meeting with the
governors office in order to obtain an answer from the Department of education
as to the time period and method to be used for the selection, interviewing, and
hiring of the new Division of Blind Services
director.