From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon Jul 11 16:13:13 2016 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:13:13 -0700 Subject: [Cacommunity-service] The Braille Monitor References: <002401d1db8d$0eb79900$2c26cb00$@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <6F56AE92-7990-4EBF-B54D-A925A09B6B5F@gmail.com> Fellow Federationists, I encourage you to read the below from the editor of our Braille Monitor Gary Wunder. If you don?t know just what the Braille Monitor is, then I highly urge you to read this, get a hold of it and enjoy! Many thanks, Darian ,? > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Gary Wunder via Chapter-presidents > Subject: [Chapter-presidents] The Braille Monitor > Date: July 11, 2016 at 8:58:24 AM PDT > To: "Chapter Presidents" > Cc: Gary Wunder > Reply-To: gwunder at earthlink.net, NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list > > Greetings, chapter presidents. I have just returned from convention, and I write to tell you what I found when talking with members about the Braille Monitor. Normally I thank people for reading and ask how we might improve the publication. To my great surprise, I had many members tell me they had heard of the publication but did not get the magazine because they do not read Braille. Others said that they had never heard of the magazine through their chapters or their affiliates and were embarrassed to realize the Monitor is our flagship publication. > > For this reason I write to those of you who have closest contact with our members to enlist your help. We put a lot of time, energy, and money into this resource, and we must find a way to get our members subscribed if they want to know as much as they can about what is happening in the Federation. So, with the indulgence of those of you who already know this by heart, let me say that the Monitor is published eleven times a year. It is available in Braille, print, and in narrated audio on a flash drive readable with an NLS player. It is available through email and as a podcast which one can find through iTunes. It is on the web as an HTML document and in Microsoft Word. It can also be read with human narration by article. > > To subscribe, send an email to slittle at nfb.org , telling Sonia the form in which you would like the publication. Give her your address if you want an audio flash drive, Braille, or print. Remember that if you want the podcast, this you will get through iTunes just as you would any other podcast. > > So whether you read Braille, print, or prefer to do your reading with the voice provided by your screen reader, the Monitor is available to you. Whether you prefer your portable Victor or HIMS product, the Monitor can go where you go. Enjoy the Monitor with the markup you are accustomed to find in a DAISY book or take it as a podcast and enjoy the convenience of it coming to you automatically. The choice is yours. > > I ask that you not only do this yourself but that you make the Monitor a part of your chapter?s agenda?letting people know it is available, seeing that they get signed up, and talking about articles that appear each month. Many of the articles can act as a springboard to philosophical discussions about being blind and can explain the traditions and present challenges we face as brothers and sisters working in this movement. > > Please write to me with any questions or to offer ways in which I can make the Monitor more interesting. And please, use this resource. I am attaching a copy for your review. > > Warmly, > > Gary Wunder, Editor > The Braille Monitor > gwunder at nfb.org _______________________________________________ > Chapter-presidents mailing list > Chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-presidents_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Chapter-presidents: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/chapter-presidents_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com Darian Smith President, National Federation of the Blind of California, Community Service Division. dsmithnfb at gmail.com (415)215-9809 Personal Twitter: @goldengateace NFBC: @nfbca and NFB: @nfb_Voice > The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the > characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the > expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles > between blind people and our dreams. 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URL: From adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com Wed Jul 20 12:35:56 2016 From: adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com (adrijana prokopenko) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:35:56 +0200 Subject: [Cacommunity-service] Just became an NFB member Message-ID: Hi all, I guess some of you know me from previous emails, but wanted to let you know that I just became an NFB member at large. Even though I live far away, the feeling is awesome and I hope to be doing some great things for the organization. For those that do not know much about me, my name is Adrijana and I am a blind lady of 37 and a teacher of English from Macedonia. I would be glad to connect to NFB members from other parts of the world and exchange ideas and make friends at the same time, so if you or others you know would like to email me, my email address is: adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com From adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com Wed Jul 20 12:37:50 2016 From: adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com (adrijana prokopenko) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:37:50 +0200 Subject: [Cacommunity-service] My facebook group for members and fans Message-ID: Hi all, A couple of days ago I created a facebook group hoping that it would be a good place for NFB fans and members to connect, share ideas, information and provide and get support. If you or someone you know would like to join, you can look it up on facebook as: NFB fans or click the link below and open the join group button. https://m.facebook.com/groups/1630204003961151?refid=46&sld=eyJzZWFyY2hfc2lkIjoiOGM1MTY0NDJiMzc5OTAyODJmMzdjMWU3YjhjYTk2NGIiLCJxdWVyeSI6Ik5GQiBmYW5zIiwic2VhcmNoX3R5cGUiOiJTZWFyY2giLCJzZXF1ZW5jZV9pZCI6MjA0NzUzODExNiwicGFnZV9udW1iZXIiOjEsImZpbHRlcl90eXBlIjoiU2VhcmNoIiwiZW50X2lkIjoxNjMwMjA0MDAzOTYxMTUxLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6MCwicmVzdWx0X3R5cGUiOjY5fQ%3D%3D From adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com Wed Jul 20 23:27:47 2016 From: adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com (adrijana prokopenko) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 01:27:47 +0200 Subject: [Cacommunity-service] My introduction Message-ID: Hi all, Some people expressed concern that my introduction didn't reach her email address or that they read it later that my other message aboutt he facebook. I didn't mean to confuse anyone about anything and am really glad I became an NFB member recently. Below you can find some info about me, 2 articles that appeared in blindness magazines 7 years ago and a recent interview that was done with me a year ago. I hope this would solve all the issues some people had with me and the info I provided. Feel free to ask me any other questions if you have any. www.blindteachers.net/macedonia.html https://nfb.org/images/.../fr300308.htm https://theblindmatter.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/the-blind-matter-episode-01