[Cabs] Fw: [Nabs-presidents] Fwd: Bookshare Education Advisory Board

[Marty Rahn]

Hello,
If anyone is interested in being on the Bookshare Education Advisory Board, 
please see the message From Terri Rup below.  Thanks.
Marty Rahn
President, Colorado Association of Blind Students
Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Colorado (Greeley 
Chapter)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Rupp" <nabs.president at gmail.com>
To: <nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:26 PM
Subject: [Nabs-presidents] Fwd: Bookshare Education Advisory Board


> If there is anyone interested in being on the Bookshare Education Advisory
> Board, please either contact me or Jim Fruchterman (contact info below)
> We need one of us on that board.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jim Fruchterman <Jim.F at benetech.org>
> Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:16 PM
> Subject: RE: Bookshare Education Advisory Board
> To: Jim Fruchterman <Jim.F at benetech.org>, nabs.president at gmail.com
> Cc: Donna McNear <dmcnear at ecenet.com>
>
>
> Terri, I think I need to give up and recruit a visually impaired college
> student independent of NABS.  If you feel that you can really help us with
> this, let me know right away.  It's kind of unusual for NFB to not respond
> to opportunities of this sort to have representation in major national
> initiatives.
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> *From:* Jim Fruchterman
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:21 AM
> *To:* 'terri.rupp at gmail.com'
> *Cc:* Donna McNear
> *Subject:* Bookshare Education Advisory Board
>
>
>
> Hi Terri,
>
> Thanks for getting back to me. Here's a brief description of what we're
> doing and how I hope you or someone from NABS can help.  I'm also copying
> Donna McNear, the chair of the Board.
>
> As part of the Bookshare for Education award, we are in the process of
> constituting an Advisory Board. The Board is intended to represent a 
> variety
> of constituencies including post-secondary students with print
> disabilities. I know that representation from NFB/NABS would be a major
> asset to the Board. NFB was a major supporter of B4E and our 
> NFB-Newsline(R)
> Partnership is incredibly valuable to all Bookshare users.
>
> We are also very interested in identifying candidates with diverse
> backgrounds.
>
> Here is the specific charter of the Advisory Board, as proposed to OSEP:
>
> * In order to ensure a high level of feedback moving forward, we will
> establish a formal education advisory group that will play an active role 
> in
> supporting the project leadership.
>
> * We will solicit involvement from SEA and LEA representatives, parents of
> individuals with print disabilities, Bookshare.org consumers with visual
> impairments and those with other print disabilities, policy makers,
> teachers, and technology vendors.
>
> * We expect this group to meet virtually on a quarterly basis, and to
> support accessible participation by all members.
>
> * Group members will review metrics, provide personal feedback and suggest
> specific enhancements to our ongoing operations to maximize the value of
> Bookshare.org to their constituents.
>
> I am hoping that you might be able to suggest some candidates that could
> well represent the parent community. Here's what we would be asking of the
> Advisory Panel members:
>
> The length of a member's tenure on the panel would be 2 years with a
> possible extension by mutual agreement of 2 more years. All travel 
> expenses
> for participation would be paid by the project. Meetings would be held
> quarterly by phone with one in-person meeting per year at the most
> convenient location possible for all members.
>
> I don't know if you would be interesting in serving yourself or whether 
> you
> would rather identify another student that might be willing to serve on 
> the
> panel. If you could get back to me soon and let me know your reactions, I
> would be very appreciative. We'd plan on choosing one candidate to 
> represent
> the students with vision impairments. We expect to have our next meeting 
> in
> the late September/October timeframe if possible so we would like to get
> invitations out very soon. Please let me know if you have any additional
> questions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim
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