Does anyone know who Joe Landson is? An advocate? Does anyone know where he stands on issues? I need some more info before I can endorse.
jspotila, any more nominations from your group?
Joe has given public comment at the last few CFSACs. He also spoke on a panel at the April 25th FDA meeting. He was very compelling on that panel.
Joe is a Navy veteran, sick close to 10 years I believe. Before he got sick, Joe was an Arabic translator for the Navy. He talked about going from translating two Arabic conversations simultaneously to being unable to interpret his own writing. He also gave several very specific examples of confusion he's experienced. His comments clearly struck Dr. Sandra Kweder and other FDA folks.
In terms of advocacy, Joe helped us file the request for an investigation into Eileen's allegations from the May meeting. He provided a perfect transcript of the recording provided to me by another advocate (who may want to be anonymous which is why I'm not crediting him). Joe has been tracking the issues closely, and his views are aligned with many in the advocacy community.
Edited to add: I am aware of several other nominations in the pipeline, but don't have permission to share that info at this point. I'm hoping letters will go in before Monday morning so I can share. And there's actually no deadline for emails in support of a candidate. As long as someone is nominated by 5pm Eastern on Monday, I think people could send emails next week in support. That's not official - just my interpretation of how quickly they will get moving on the nominations.