Kendell,
Thanks for offering some feedback. Speaking of the board of directors,
we know one's daughter, and they didn't even know it was in the talks
until the announcement was on the 10:00 news. I'm pretty sure the man
is trustworthy because he feels really bad. Three administrators
announced and I know at least two didn't have real good records to start
with according to employees. Another part is, they just hired on some
more administrators this fall, and one's salary is reductiusily high
(100 short of a million). They definitely have some questions to
answer, and I feel it's going to be hard for them to find a answer
totally sellable to everybody. I'm going to write another newspaper
letter, trying to get more people working on this for everybody not for
just people with disabilities. Everybody needs medical care nobody
should take the back seat.
Thanks,
Anthony
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From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kendall D. Corbett
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:11 AM
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Subject: Re: Different question
Anthony,
Most (if not all) community owned hospitals, are run by a board of
directors, which is elected. Day to day management is usually handled
by an administrator who's hired by this board. So, your first step
would probably be to find out who is on that board, and approach them
and the administrator.
The success stories that you and others have will be very helpful in
addressing this board. If possible, go beyond the human interest
aspects of the story (i.e., how you feel about the programs and what
they've done for you and others) and show the board how they have had a
positive financial impact for you and your community.
If it's a program that has made it possible for you to be employed, or
more fully employed, definitely point that out, or if you don't need
government assistance, or as much government assistance, point that out.
Don't leave the human side out, because programs that help people with
disabilities are often used by people who never thought they'd need
them. Being a person with a disability is the one minority group that
anyone can join at any time.
Kendall Corbett
Coordinator of Consumer Activities
Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities -WIND
PO Box 4298
Laramie, WY 82071
(307) 766-2853
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-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Arnold [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:15 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Different question
Friends,
I have a question I feel some of you can explain to me. I live in a
town with a hospital that they say is "community owned". Earlier in
December, they announced 5 programs are getting discontinued this coming
March. Two of the programs are programs I either use or have before, so
we will form our group now after the holidays to keep some of the
programs alive. Employees of the programs would like to have another
woman with CP and I to be the main people leading the effort because of
our success stories. In preparing what I want to say and what direction
I want to lead this group. I'm wondering what a "community owned
hospital" actually means? To me, it would mean the people of the
surrounding area would get to vote on the management of the hospital.
Thanks,
Anthony
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