[il-talk] FW: Recipes for the Braille Monitor

Thu Mar 23 00:48:24 UTC 2017

Denise R. Avant, President

National Federation of the Blind of Illinois

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From: Wunder, Gary [mailto:gwunder at nfb.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 4:02 PM
To: State President, Georgia <gaikens at nfbga.org>; State President, Hawaii <nanifife at aol.com>; State President, Idaho <danalynard at q.com>; State President, Illinois <davant1958 at gmail.com>; State President, Indiana <StatePresidentIndiana at nfb.org>; State President, Iowa <jerad.nfbi at gmail.com>
Subject: Recipes for the Braille Monitor

Greetings to a few of you who will soon be asked for recipes for the Braille Monitor, the first being Georgia. What do we want? We want about six recipes from each state. They can be something particular to your geographic area, a favorite that is prepared for affiliate events, or favorites that your members prepare for their families and friends. Besides six recipes, we need a short one or two sentence biography of those whose submissions you send. “Gary Wunder is the father of four, the president of the NFB of Missouri, and currently edits the Braille Monitor.” “Jill Smith is a freshman at the college of William and Mary and prepares these snacks for her sorority sisters.”

Now comes the hardest part. I need a photo from those who submit. The photos do a lot to enhance our print edition and make real these people who do the impossible—cook tremendous taste treats. The recipes are more than a start on a cookbook. They show that we cook and take care of ourselves, and this can be a major source of encouragement for the blind and a source of education for those who see. Before leaving the subject of photos, let me say a few words about them. Grabbing a photo from Facebook will not meet our needs. To save computer space Facebook scales down the pictures it displays. We need high resolution photographs. Anything taken with a modern iPhone or android equivalent will work. Any modern digital camera above five megapixels will do very well. Sometimes people take high-resolution pictures but are then fooled into scaling them back when the email program offers to shrink them in order to save time and bandwidth. Please make sure that you use the “original size” option when sending. Please don’t discount photographs. They are meaningful and provide credibility.

Since we use the contributions of one state each month, you can easily figure out where you fall. Nevertheless, this statement always provokes the question “where are we in the list.” Here is how things are now slated:

May: Georgia

June: Hawaii

July: Idaho

October: Illinois

November: Indiana

December: Iowa. Now having something that runs in May means I need your submission no later than April 1 and preferably before. 

I will send periodic reminders, but please start working on this before the deadline. Don’t hesitate to call me at (573) 268-4245 or email me at gwunder at nfb.org <mailto:gwunder at nfb.org> 

Thank you so very much for your help.

Gary Wunder

Editor, Braille Monitor

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2360 | gwunder at nfb.org <mailto:gwunder at nfb.org> 

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