[BlindTlk] Presidential Release Meeting

[Mark Tardif]

Thank you for letting me know that.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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Mark,

I got the same alert.  I just tried again a few times and succeeded in 
getting in.

Regards.

Tony

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Subject: [BlindTlk] Presidential Release Meeting

Hello, friends.  We were asked to join the live Presidential Release meeting 
of April, 2020 this evening.  We were told this was a great forum to listen 
and ask questions of the president.  We were cordially asked to participate, 
and nonmembers were also asked to participate in this meeting.  However, 
when I tried to call in, twice, I might add, I was bounced out and told that 
the meeting was full as there were over 300 participants.  I tried using 
Zoom on my computer and was told the meeting had reached its capacity. 
While I’m sure this was an honest mistake, this was an unfortunate oversight 
on the part of the Federation.  Obviously, the technology wasn’t researched 
properly.  Frankly that angers me, but what’s worse is that this was 
advertised as a meeting we could all participate in or at least listen to 
live.  To me this seems like a serious misrepresentation.  If people are new 
and interested, it will appear that we don’t have our “ducks in a row.” 
Yes, I’m sure we can listen to Presidential Release 493 some time in April, 
that’s really not the point.  At the very least, there should have been some 
warning that the Zoom capacity for this meeting was limited, so we should 
have called quite early.  I didn’t see this in any of the emails concerning 
this meeting.  We talk about being a “Federation family.”  This hardly seems 
like a proper example of what that should be.  If we can’t do better than 
this, maybe it’s understandable that some blind people don’t particularly 
like us.
Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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