[Ct-nfb] FW: requesting assistance...

[Deb Reed]

Has anyone else had difficulty signing this important petition? If no one
has a solution for me, I will call the phone number provided. Thanks, Deb


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Elizabeth Rival via Ct-nfb <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

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> *From:* Louis Vodopya [mailto:lvodopya at hotmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 15, 2014 12:14 PM
> *To:* Elizabeth Rival
> *Subject:* RE: requesting assistance...
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> Dear President,
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> The deadline for sending in your completed petition has been extended to
> August 1, 2014. We realize the difficulty of assembling the signatures of
> thousands of people and we need all the people we can get for the petition
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> Please emphasize to your members that if they ever want to enjoy sports
> reporting, this is the absolute best way to achieve it. The announcers are
> never going to give us the numerical picture unless they are forced to by
> congress. If they want an example of what they’re going to be stuck with in
> sports reporting everyone can tune it to the British Golf Open this
> Thursday through Sunday early mornings and just listen to the reporting
> that ESPN offers until they can’t stand it or understand it.
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> We are also attempting to add the Blind Veterans of America to our
> project. They are also interested in Audio Descriptive Presentation of
> Sports. They may join us in August, after their convention. If anybody is
> having trouble passing the petition around or having multiple members to
> sign it on your site, give us a call or email and we’ll assist you.
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> Thank you,
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> Louis Vodopya
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> lvodopya at hotmail.com
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> From: lvodopya at hotmail.com
> To: erival at comcast.net
> Subject: RE: requesting assistance...
> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:39:00 +0000
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> Thanks Beth! Much appreciated. I hope that we are successful!
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> To: lvodopya at hotmail.com
> CC: ct-nfb at nfbnet.org; llee at nfbct.org
> Subject: RE: requesting assistance...
> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:18:45 -0400
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> Hello, I will forward your info out too the list serve for more response
> for you. Beth Rival
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> *From:* Louis Vodopya [mailto:lvodopya at hotmail.com <lvodopya at hotmail.com>]
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> *Sent:* Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:00 PM
> *To:* erival at comcast.net
> *Subject:* requesting assistance...
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> We are on a crusade to improve sports announcing on television for the
> blind. I believe the following petition will explain most of it to you. We
> need as many signatures as possible. (Please return this to me ASAP)
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> We have been in communication with all of the sports announcers on all of
> the networks for over a year now and it is obvious they will do nothing
> unless a law forces them too. I have talked with the FCC who will implement
> that law and they have told me there is already a complaint to this effect
> and they will act on my bill as soon as it becomes law. We have talked to
> several people in congress, namely Marsha Blackburn, and Lamar Alexander.
> Marsha's people are excited about this and Lamar's are a bit hesitant, but
> both agree a large petition from the blind community, and potential voters,
> would do wonders for moving the bill along. Please let me know your
> feelings ASAP.
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>  *If you need any more information, please let me know, Louis Vodopya*
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> The following petition will be sent to Congress.
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>  A bill is being worked on by Lamar Alexander’s legislative assistant
> William Knudsen in the Senate. It will also be handled by Marsh Blackburn
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> It could use all of the backing the blind community can give it. Please
> sign this petition if you agree with it and place your name and state of
> residency on the lines following.
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> *Petition to Sports Announcers*
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> We, the blind sports fans of America request that all sports announcers
> describe sports using the numbers related to the activity. This is the only
> way we can ‘see’ what is happening. The deaf have the benefit of Closed
> Captioning, the blind have nothing. We can only tell what is happening if
> you speak the numbers.
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> In golf, we need the driving and subsequent shot distances in yards and
> the putt lengths in feet. We also need the frequent score boards and even
> the individual score cards read by the numbers.
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> In football, we need the distances of the runs, passes, or kicks in yards.
> The yard lines concern as the ball moves down the field and a regular
> update of the scores. We also need a relatively close running of the score
> board time, right down to play by play the last two minutes of each half.
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> In basketball, we need the score change every time a score is made, plus
> the time at the two minute warning of each half or quarter.
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> These are the only sports that require a tighter numerical reporting from
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> You have helped the deaf enjoy sports despite their handicap. We all ask
> that you help the blind to same degree.
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