[Diabetes-talk] What can we do?

Wed Feb 11 14:36:41 UTC 2009

that sounds like a good idea Ellian but then again would take time and i'm 
not so sure the medical field would bother to take the time
Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What can we do?


> Sheryl:
>
> I'm not saying to not send it to medical professionals, just that I think 
> it's fair to have them pay for the subscription.  More than likely, they 
> can even write it off as either a business expense or charitable 
> contribution. And then to, if it was in a down-loadable version they could 
> print it out or copy onto CD for those patients who would find it helpful. 
> I only raised the question because the negative amount quoted was so huge, 
> and I am wondering how it got so out of control!
>
> Eileen
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What can we do?
>
>
>>I found out about DAN through the voice at my dialysis center, and that is 
>>how I found out about the NFB, if they want more members, you have to have 
>>it out there.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What can we do?
>>
>>
>>> Debbie:
>>>
>>> This raises a few more questions.  I understand that people who are 
>>> blind
>>> are on limited incomes and may not be able to afford to pay for a
>>> subscription to the Voice, but what about Doctor's, hospital's & other
>>> medical professionals?  Certainly, they can afford to pay a subscription
>>> fee.  Out of the circulation numbers, how many go to people who are 
>>> blind
>>> and may not be able to cover the cost of a subscription & how many go to
>>> medical professionals?  Do doctor's give away services for free?  I 
>>> think
>>> not.
>>>
>>> And, why increase the cost of the publication with color pictures? 
>>> Isn't
>>> the mag primarily for those who are blind?  Perhaps the focus has 
>>> changed
>>> somewhere along the line from presenting good information to the 
>>> blind/vi
>>> community to trying to attract sighted readers?
>>>
>>> Eileen
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:11 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What can we do?
>>>
>>>
>>> > this just seems to figure as far as diabetes and anything related to 
>>> > the
>>> > disease that doesn't bring in a lot of money to support the disease. 
>>> > The
>>> > Voice is a great magazine the reason it is being eliminated is because 
>>> > it
>>> > is helpful and no one in the medical field is making a huge profit 
>>> > from
>>> > it.
>>> > Debbie
>>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> > From: "Elizabeth Lunt " <boo.lunt at verizon.net>
>>> > To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 4:49 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What can we do?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> Hello All,
>>> >> I feel I must finally write in here. The cost of the Voice of the
>>> >> Diabetic
>>> >> has not "skyrocketed" and I'm not sure where this information is 
>>> >> coming
>>> >> from. Even with the much-improved design and full color, the costs 
>>> >> were
>>> >> controlled, and money was coming in from ads and sponsorships. 
>>> >> However,
>>> >> it
>>> >> simply costs a lot to print and ship so many copies -- our 
>>> >> circulation
>>> >> for
>>> >> Voice of the Diabetic is over 300 thousand copies per quarter. It was
>>> >> very
>>> >> popular among readers and diabetes educators and demand was high.
>>> >> Gathering
>>> >> the information, selling advertisements and getting education grants, 
>>> >> and
>>> >> writing and editing the publication accounted for staff members' 
>>> >> time, as
>>> >> well as other diabetes advocacy activities such as pushing for 
>>> >> accessible
>>> >> diabetes technology. Dr. Maurer has made a decision to cut the entire
>>> >> Diabetes Initiatives project, which included publishing Voice of the
>>> >> Diabetic. He has said that some diabetes activities will be folded 
>>> >> into
>>> >> the
>>> >> duties of existing staff at the NFB, but the rest of us have been let 
>>> >> go.
>>> >> We
>>> >> did the best we could to present up-to-date, helpful and inspiring
>>> >> information about both diabetes and coping with diabetes with limited 
>>> >> or
>>> >> no
>>> >> vision. There will not be another issue of the magazine, because Dr.
>>> >> Maurer
>>> >> made his decision after the Winter issue went out, and he is folding 
>>> >> the
>>> >> project now, before another would have gone out in the spring.
>>> >> Thank you for your support over the years. I have enjoyed working on 
>>> >> this
>>> >> publication. I hope you will get the full story, or try to, before
>>> >> continuing this conversation with NFB leadership.
>>> >> All the best,
>>> >> Elizabeth Lunt
>>> >> Editor, Voice of the Diabetic
>>> >>
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> >> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> >> Blindhands at aol.com
>>> >> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 1:17 PM
>>> >> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> >> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What can we do?
>>> >>
>>> >> Diabetes is the number 1 cause of blindness in the USA.  It ranks up
>>> >> there
>>> >> throughout the world.  What can we do to stop or have them at least
>>> >> consider
>>> >> another  way of continuing the Voice of the Diabetic  publication.
>>> >>
>>> >> NFB is always asking us to contact our Senators and House of
>>> >> Representative
>>> >>
>>> >> members, how about calling or emailing our President of NFB  to 
>>> >> "Voice"
>>> >> our
>>> >> opinion and thoughts on this?
>>> >>
>>> >> The blind depend on word of mouth to learn about things, that is why 
>>> >> we
>>> >> are
>>> >>
>>> >> encouraged to talk about NFB to everyone blind and sighted.
>>> >>
>>> >> I understand that the cost of the publication has sky rocketed, but 
>>> >> do we
>>> >> need color photos and the new look of the Voice?  I am sure those are
>>> >> some
>>> >> of
>>> >> the reasons that caused the price  to soar.
>>> >>
>>> >> I am disappointed with this decision.  I do know that there has been
>>> >> concerns in the past years about the  money going  out for this
>>> >> publication
>>> >> and the
>>> >> NFB covering the  cost.          the circulation of  this publication 
>>> >> is
>>> >> over
>>> >> three hundred thousand .
>>> >>
>>> >> Mike, do you know if there will be a notice put into the Voice and 
>>> >> will
>>> >> there be a final Voice sent out or is it just over like that ?
>>> >>
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