Tell Governor Crist to Keep Commitment to 30 Elderly/Disabled CLC Graduates

Tell Governor Crist to Keep Comittement to 30 Elderly/Disabled CLC Graduates

Dear Governor Crist

On Oct 29, 2009, at 1:48 AM, Gloria Hunt wrote:
This is a Real Live Story about 30+ Elderly/Disabled Americans who have worked very hard for the past 16 weeks to learn to appropriately use new technology(Personal Computer) Wide-World's Greatest Communications Tool, happily and patiently...earning their 1st Personal Computer. These senior/disabled Americans were told /assured by Florida's Governor's Appointed Representative(Director of Department of Management), that each of them would receive and have before or by graduation day, their very first Personal Computer...Now, approximately, 2 short weeks, away from Graduation Day, 2009, for over 30 continuing elderly and disabled, (all students range from 60-85 years old), the volunteer, disabled instructor was told that there will be only 15 personal computers, "set aside by the HR Commission", who, I just found out per telephone call, a few days ago, exists and have the right to decide, not to give these "hard working, sincere senior/disabled humanitarian Americans", their earned personal computers, used by Florida State Department(Information Technology Department), specifically, that are now, not being used at all. Watch the elderly and disabled in action class on http://actiog.ning.com... I'll get to the point.
My name is Gloria J. Keith. I am the Visionary-Volunteer Instructor of the proud happy, joyous and alive elderly/disabled computer literacy students. I feel very responsible. In good faith, I kept update with the Florida's Governor Crist appointed representative and was not told that the request for 40-50 personal(used) computers were impossible to acquire from the Florida State Department. Our request for 40-50 personal (state used) computer systems were not impossible to get. It has been done, many times, over, before....As Volunteer Instructor, over 50/disabled, I am in pain and very disappointed that I was misled, perhaps, not purposely, and truly believed that each grad student(senior/disabled) would receive their 1st home computer before/or upon graduation...Now...I am back @ the drawing board, reaching out to my family, friends, and acquaintances, strangers, concerned or American Humanitarians, to help me with acquiring 30-40 personal computer systems for the graduating elderly/disabled Americans before or upon Graduation Day 2009- November 14, 2009. Sure, I pray and hope that Governor Crist HR Commission will realize that the proposal was seriously requested since March, 2009. The process has been ongoing since that beginning, when I received the response email from the Florida Governor's office the name and other contact information of the person that would be working with me to make the proposal happen. Every update from the Governor's rep office kept saying the request for computers was not only possible, it is happening. The only question was "getting the computers to us", said the State Department Representative referred by Governor Crist.
Again, help us, seniors and disabled Americans that have, and are continually working to complete their computer Literacy Classes from Basics to advance(Levels 1-17), acquire the personal computer systems, the 30+ graduation students deserve and have earned through hard work and long hours after retirement, to be better consultants and continuing contributors to America's mainstream.
My contact emails are above. If you need a phone number, please request.
Sincerely,
Gloria Keith

P. S. Pass the word on to others who can help us get used and usable computer systems. I would even consider raising some funds to pay minimum for used computer systems.
Gloria Keith

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