Thanks, Kerri, it was exciting. Best, Donna Sent from my iPad
On Apr 28, 2013, at 4:15 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: I would like to say congratulations, Donna et al. On 2013-04-28, at 12:03 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Well, the short answer is that we went over his head. > > We filed a complaint with the state, which resulted in a conference call with > the boss of the people who made the decision. the guy was kind of > frustrating. Initially he accused me of letting my personal biases interfere > with making a decision that was in the student's best interest, he still > insisted that Windows is the better choice b/c that is what 90% of employers > want, and when I said that if she ever really had to, she could install > Windows on her Mac, he said that no blind person should ever try to run an > installation of Windows on a Mac, because it's too difficult. I just ignored > the latter, but I thought it said a lot about how little he knows about blind > Mac users. He was also very hung up on the fact that MS Office isn't > accessible on the Mac, and I had to spend some time talking about why that > wasn't a problem. > > I think mostly the conference call was a show for the benefit of his > underlings, so that it didn't look like he just overruled them. So we went > through all the points, that we do have Macs on campus, that I can provide > training and support, that a Mac is an appropriate choice for her career,how > her exposure to a Mac was pretty much even with her exposure to Windows and > JAWS, etc. Toward the end of the call he pontificated about how using an > iPad or iPhone isn't the same as using an actual Mac--which of course she > already understood--and then said that given that having a Mac would not > present employment issues, and given that her experiences with both systems > are basically equivalent, they could go ahead and by the Mac. > > So that's how it happened. I'm thrilled for the student, and hoping that the > next time someone in the state requests a Mac, just maybe, we have made a > small in-road. > Cheers, > Donna > On Apr 27, 2013, at 5:36 PM, eric oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> WOOT! >> I bet that was definitely frustrating to start with. So, inquiring minds >> want to know… what convinced the VR rep to acquiesce to your demands? >> >> -eric >> >> On Apr 27, 2013, at 6:37 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> for those who followed my earlier inquiry, we had a meeting with the VR >>> powers that be yesterday, and after a very long, and sometimes frustrating >>> conversation they agreed to purchase an MBA for my student. She and I were >>> both thrilled. thanks again to all who gave input. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
