<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Audrey T. Farnum<div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Jeannie Massay via NFBOK-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfbok-talk@nfbnet.org">nfbok-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> February 10, 2016 at 6:34:48 PM CST<br><b>To:</b> Jeannie Massay <<a href="mailto:jmassay1@cox.net">jmassay1@cox.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Jeannie Massay <<a href="mailto:jmassay1@cox.net">jmassay1@cox.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBOK-Talk] National Federation of the Blind Applauds Transmission of Marrakesh Treaty for Ratification</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB of Oklahoma Internet Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfbok-talk@nfbnet.org">nfbok-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Yippee!!!!!! See the message below ! Also, thanks to those of you who contacted the White House via social media about this treaty and what it means to the blind community world wide!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nfbnet-members-list [<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kuhnke, Kristian via Nfbnet-members-list<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 10, 2016 4:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: National Federation of the Blind Applauds Transmission of Marrakesh Treaty for Ratification<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p><h1 align="center" style="text-align:center">National Federation of the Blind Applauds Transmission of Marrakesh Treaty for Ratification<o:p></o:p></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></p><h2 align="center" style="text-align:center">Urges Senate to Ratify Treaty to End Book Famine Immediately<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <br><br><b>Baltimore, Maryland (February 10, 2016):</b> The National Federation of the Blind today applauded President Obama's transmission of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled to the United States Senate for ratification, and urged the Senate to act immediately to ratify the treaty.<br><br> <br><br>Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: "this crucial treaty will substantially ease the book famine that currently limits education and opportunity for the blind of this nation and the world. When it is fully in effect, it will give blind Americans the ability to access books in Braille, audio, and other alternative formats from across the globe, as well as provide more books to the blind of all nations. We strongly urge the United States Senate to ratify it without delay."<br><br> <br><br>The Marrakesh Treaty was officially proposed in 2009, successfully adopted in June 2013 by the World Intellectual Property Organization, and signed by the United States in October 2013. For more information on the treaty, please visit <a href="https://nfb.org/marrakeshfactsheet">https://nfb.org/marrakeshfactsheet</a>.<br><br> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center"><b>###</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <br><br><b>About the National Federation of the Blind <br><br> <br><br></b>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. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<br><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBOK-Talk mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NFBOK-Talk@nfbnet.org">NFBOK-Talk@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbok-talk_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbok-talk_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBOK-Talk:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbok-talk_nfbnet.org/atfarnum%40icloud.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbok-talk_nfbnet.org/atfarnum%40icloud.com</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>