Likely, but not necessarily, this would mean a direct
conversation with Sally on Saturday at the Bay Area Network
meeting. So I need support. My fondest wish is to entice
Bonnie to come to that meeting, given the transcendent
nature of the opening here. Anyway, working on this is
going to be important. And obviously, this is the available
time and place, but it isn’t the ONLY
time and place, so
lots of other scenarios might be imagined. ..
#2 is ‘union recognition’
I met today with Nancy Pena and we doped out the
‘educational retreat’ plan.
I’m writing this almost right
afterwards — I’m waiting for the gridlock going north to
abate — so this all hasn’t really been reflected on much.
But we would be training top managers &
the ‘stakeholders’
group. Total of maybe 20-22 persons PLUS
Tom J. and Barry
who are sitting “on all sides of the fence”
here. Includes
hehehe the head of Santa Clara County NAMI. Would (I project)
involve about 15 of us. Day would be a Friday. Would involve
Nancy working on providers like El Hogar (Maria), Sonoma Co.
Mental Health (Syl), Cal State San Bernardino School of
Social Work (Debi), etc. Turning Point in Modesto (B.J.)
also? Obviously it’s all paid and there’s honorariums and
hotel if need be as well as travel. As Nancy says,
“It will be great!”
Also to include Stephen Blum and Phil Cushman of CSPP. Coni
Kalinowski has demurred due to moving to Las Vegas, but I’m
still hoping maybe she would change her mind if Nancy called
her personally. Nancy is now starting to process the papers
involved in getting me hired on as a consultant (for this
event, plus an opening for more). Will have a followup
planning-meeting-in-detail, committee to consist of Nancy,
me, Jose, Alison, Stephen Blum, Teea and Luann (from M.H.
staff) and Barry. Visions, insights, organizational homilies,
please let me know!
So the traffic won’t abate soon
and I’ve got a pile of exams
to grade and I’m already exhausted.
:-( Phil though you’ll
be glad to hear that we’ve got 25 computers up and running
Windows 95/Office 97 at Autumn St.
