Over the last 24 months or so of my
retirement maybe even a little bit longer, I have kind of fallen off
a number of boards I have been involved with over the course of my
career. When I was out stationed over to 211 at the United Way, I
pretty much stopped going to my board responsibilities. I don't know
why I think I was just trying to adjust to the new work scenarios I
was involved in plus trying to figure out the end of work issues I
was facing at the time. However, I'm pleased to say I have found my
way back to a couple of the boards I really did want to stay involved
with. It was suggested that some of the boards lost my email address
and hence I did not get announcements of the meetings. You know,I'm
going to put energy in to thinking those comments through right now,
I will just say I have renewed my email addresses (none of the
emails of changed) and now and hope I will get the new emails as they
are posted.
Yesterday was A. T. Council or Utah
assistive technology Council. I like the Council have been part of
the Council for over 20 years and many of those 20 years I was
actually chair of the Council. I've never really given the Council it
to do I must admit, and that is my fault, and I realize the Council
is pretty much a rubberstamp Council, an entity that has to be in
place for larger programs to receive money and funding and validity
to some extent. What I have really been impressed with this Council
from the first days that I attended and served on the Council has
been it was one of the few platforms that a person with a disability
could actually have input and to some degree make a difference and
get a decent lunch. I still think the council is a lot of smoke and
mirrors but at least they are my smoke and mirrors. The Council is
held at the Judy Anne Buffmire building, a rehab fortress on the Salt
Lake City Westside. I cannot believe how long this is taken to set
up – – there is so much I need to write to really do justice to
this whole entrance. Suddenly get to the point and spend some time
developing the whole idea of assistive technology in the Salt Lake
Valley at another point time.
I am really not a bad boy, though there
are those who will argue that statement, I was kindly greeted by
colleagues and friends on my entrance to yesterday's meeting. I was
nice explained my absence and my adjustments to retirement, really
trying to say the things these folks wanted hear and I think I did
pretty good. There is always a moment at the end of each meeting
where comments are requested in the area of assistive technology
statewide. I just suggested that someone need to take up the slack
that was left when access Utah network was shut down. Everyone seemed
astounded that 211 did not pick up the slack. They all hid behind the
facade that 211 operators were being trained and handling the
problem—not! So I dropped the bomb and now all the agencies who
have to have information lines out in the committee are scrambling to
see what they could do.
I was not too worried at the time but
that's I thought about this problem since I am curious did I just cut
a huge fart? We shall see.
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