From kgborah at att.net Thu May 3 23:05:07 2012 From: kgborah at att.net (Kyle Borah) Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 18:05:07 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Screen reader survey Message-ID: Hi, here is a screen reader survey that you should take. The results will go to help make the internet more accessible for all of us. http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey4/ Have a great day. Kyle From kaybaycar at gmail.com Fri May 4 01:15:30 2012 From: kaybaycar at gmail.com (Julie McGinnity) Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 20:15:30 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Missouri Association of Blind Students conference call Message-ID: Hello everyone. The Missouri Association of blind Students will be holding a conference call on Thursday May 10th at 7:00 PM. Anyone who is interested is invited to come! We will be discussing future activities and possibilities as well as our special fundraising project at national convention. The call-in number can be found below. Also, check out our page on Face book for updates. Conference call number is 605-781-1000participant/access code 583570# -- Julie McG Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind of Missouri recording secretary, and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." John 3:16 From todd.orlowski at yahoo.co.uk Wed May 9 03:28:24 2012 From: todd.orlowski at yahoo.co.uk (todd orlowski) Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 22:28:24 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Missouri Association of Blind Students conference call In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <019c01cd2d93$cb4f59b0$61ee0d10$@yahoo.co.uk> Julie, Just wanted to say thanks Your Awesome :D -----Original Message----- From: mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie McGinnity Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:16 PM To: Missouri Association of Blind Students; NFB of Missouri Mailing List Subject: [Mabs] Missouri Association of Blind Students conference call Hello everyone. The Missouri Association of blind Students will be holding a conference call on Thursday May 10th at 7:00 PM. Anyone who is interested is invited to come! We will be discussing future activities and possibilities as well as our special fundraising project at national convention. The call-in number can be found below. Also, check out our page on Face book for updates. Conference call number is 605-781-1000participant/access code 583570# -- Julie McG Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind of Missouri recording secretary, and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." John 3:16 _______________________________________________ Mabs mailing list Mabs at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/mabs_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Mabs: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/mabs_nfbnet.org/todd.orlowski%40yahoo.co.u k From kaybaycar at gmail.com Thu May 10 02:39:48 2012 From: kaybaycar at gmail.com (Julie McGinnity) Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 21:39:48 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Reminder: Missouri Association of Blind students Conference call tomorrow! Message-ID: Hi all. This is just a reminder that there will be a conference call tomorrow, May 10th, at 7:00 PM, for the Missouri Association of Blind students. Everyone is welcome to attend! The call-in information is below: Conference call number is 605-781-1000participant/access code 583570# Hope everyone is having a great week! -- Julie McG Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind of Missouri recording secretary, and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." John 3:16 From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon May 14 17:39:21 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:39:21 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: Spring Slate In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sean Whalen Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 17:00:05 -0400 Subject: Spring Slate To: nabs-l , nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org Good afternoon, Please find attached to this message the latest edition of the quarterly publication of the National Association of Blind Students, the Student Slate. Thank you, Sean Whalen -- Darian Smith "To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the formula for a life well lived." - Dr. Peter Benson -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Complete Slate March_2012.doc Type: application/msword Size: 81408 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon May 14 17:43:57 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:43:57 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: NABS Notes for April In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am terribly Sorry for the lateness of this post! Recent issues with my inbox, but better late than never! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sean Whalen Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 01:54:45 -0400 Subject: NABS Notes for April To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org, nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org Here attached and pasted below is the NABS Notes update for April. NABS Notes April 2012 In this edition of NABS? monthly bulletin: 1. Convention Right Around the Corner 2. State Updates 3. Meeting Minutes Convention Right Around the Corner While it may appear that there isn?t a whole lot going on this month, we are in the middle of the calm before the storm! The NFB National Convention in Dallas Texas is only two months away, and NABS is working to put together an informative and exciting agenda for our annual meeting. In addition to our business meeting, NABS will be holding our annual Monte Carlo Fundraiser, as well as an informal social where students can gather to meet new friends and reconnect with old ones. If you would be interested in helping with the planning of any of NABS? convention events, or willing to offer assistance in Dallas with running any of them, please contact Sean Whalen at 608 332-4147 or nabs.president at gmail.com. State Announcements Note: All announcements are printed below as they were received from their senders. No effort to edit for content, grammar or clarity has been made on the part of NABS. There were no state updates received in the month of April. Meeting Minutes Please find the minutes for NABS? April 2012 board meeting pasted below. As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, concerns or suggestions. The NABS Board works for you, and we want to know how we?re doing! Thanks for reading, and we?ll be back in May. Sean Whalen President, National Association of Blind Students (608) 332-4147 Nabs.president at gmail.com National Association of Blind Students Board Meeting Minutes April 21, 2012 Meeting called to order at 8:35. Members Present: Sean Whalen Karen Anderson Darian Smith Cindy Bennett Shelby Ball Candice Chapman Briley Pollard Domonique Lawless Committee Reports Fundraising: Leftover mugs are being sold. The Fundraising Committee will be meeting in April to discuss fundraising options for national convention. Membership: Membership had a sports call today. They want to have an accessible math call. High school committee is interested in doing outreach. Next call is focusing on bullying. Slate: Next issue is coming. Website: The resource list is in progress. We have noticed that national has not updated NABS contacts or slate issues. The issue will be looked into as to whether we can link nabslink to national?s website. Regional Updates Northwest: Southwest: Working on a regional seminar. They are trying to get more committed people so Nevada can block out rooms in a hotel. Central Plains: Midwest: MN had a successful first student seminar. Wisconsin had a good convention. South: New president in Louisiana and Missouri. New England: Mid-Atlantic: Southeast: Old Business Treasury report: Nothing has happened, and the check from the credit card transactions has not arrived. Cindy will talk to JJ. Rep Requests: Leadership seminar: After discussion of the ability to put together an optimally informative and beneficial seminar between now and early June, especially in light of commitments related to preparing for convention, the board voted in a motion proposed by Darian and seconded by Briley to postpone the leadership seminar to a later date. The motion carried. New Business National convention: A committee needs to be created. Candice made a motion to explore combining the social and formal preferences of NABS events at convention. Domonique seconded, and the motion passed. -- Darian Smith "To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the formula for a life well lived." - Dr. Peter Benson -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NABS Notes April 2012.doc Type: application/msword Size: 33792 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: april 2012.doc Type: application/msword Size: 27648 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon May 14 17:50:09 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:50:09 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] May Nabs Membership Call: Math. Message-ID: Greetings Fellow Students! It?s the source of most scholastic anxiety. It is that one part of the class schedule you cannot stand to think about, let alone look at. For most students it is a four letter word (well, it?s actually a word four letters long)... MATH!!! Well, fear not, for we have something that might help you out (no, not a ?get out of math free? card). The National Association of Blind Students Presents: Math: mastering the monster. Yes, the title is a little dramatic, but maybe after this call, the idea of working with numbers will be less traumatic to you then before it! When? Sunday 5/20/2012 at 7 p.m. ET Where? Conference Call (712) 775 ? 7100 and enter code 257963 Why? Are you a Student?... do we need to explain any further ? We look forward to having you! NABS Membership committee From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon May 14 17:56:24 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:56:24 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] *for High School Students Only* Nabs High School Committee: School Dances: Getting ready, Getting confident, Getting on the Floor! Message-ID: To all High School Students Do you find it difficult to enjoy and socialize at school dances because of all of the noise? Do you want to learn how you can participate fully in the school dance experience, from getting ready to socializing? Join the high school committee as we discuss ways that we can enjoy dances and similar events as much as our sighted peers. When: Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. eastern Call: 712-775-7100 Pass code: 257963 From kaybaycar at gmail.com Fri May 18 23:14:42 2012 From: kaybaycar at gmail.com (Julie McGinnity) Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 18:14:42 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Missouri Association of Blind Students newsletter Message-ID: Hi everyone. If you read the subject of this message, you probably know what I'm about to say... The Missouri Association of Blind Students will be creating a newsletter! This newsletter will arrive in your inboxes biannually and will detail the progress of the Missouri Association of Blind Students, give advice to current and future blind students, and share accomplishments of students from the NFB family. We are now accepting ideas and submissions for the newsletter. In addition, we will be holding a little contest in order to choose the name of the newsletter. Come up with the best name, and you win the honor of being featured in our newsletter. Any questions, ideas, and submissions should be directed to me(the editor). My contact information is below. The deadline for all submissions is Friday, July 13th, so don't be late, or your luck will be gone! Email: kaybaycar at gmail.com -- Julie McG Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind of Missouri recording secretary, and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." John 3:16 From todd.orlowski at yahoo.co.uk Sat May 19 04:39:23 2012 From: todd.orlowski at yahoo.co.uk (todd orlowski) Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 23:39:23 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Missouri Association of Blind Students newsletter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000601cd3579$6d199340$474cb9c0$@yahoo.co.uk> I'll try and get something written up for it -----Original Message----- From: mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie McGinnity Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 6:15 PM To: Missouri Association of Blind Students; NFB of Missouri Mailing List Subject: [Mabs] Missouri Association of Blind Students newsletter Hi everyone. If you read the subject of this message, you probably know what I'm about to say... The Missouri Association of Blind Students will be creating a newsletter! This newsletter will arrive in your inboxes biannually and will detail the progress of the Missouri Association of Blind Students, give advice to current and future blind students, and share accomplishments of students from the NFB family. We are now accepting ideas and submissions for the newsletter. In addition, we will be holding a little contest in order to choose the name of the newsletter. Come up with the best name, and you win the honor of being featured in our newsletter. Any questions, ideas, and submissions should be directed to me(the editor). My contact information is below. The deadline for all submissions is Friday, July 13th, so don't be late, or your luck will be gone! Email: kaybaycar at gmail.com -- Julie McG Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind of Missouri recording secretary, and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." John 3:16 _______________________________________________ Mabs mailing list Mabs at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/mabs_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Mabs: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/mabs_nfbnet.org/todd.orlowski%40yahoo.co.u k From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sat May 19 14:21:09 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 07:21:09 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] You know it's near time for National Convention when... Message-ID: As you all know, the National association of blind students is planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may not know however is that we as a board can?t do all of it ourselves. So we would very much appreciate your help in making the nabs activities a success this year! Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in two areas: 1. Assistance in staffing the nabs table located in the exhibit hall. Here you will be partnered up with a nabs board member selling nabs items and handing out nabs literature. The schedule for tabling looks like this: Sunday, July 1: Shift 1. 11:00 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m. Shift 2. 1:00 p.m. ? 3:00 p.m. Shift 3. 3:00p.m. ? 5:00 p.m. Monday, July 2: Shift 4: 8:30 a.m. ? 11:00 a.m. Shift 5: 11:00 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m. Shift 6: 1:00 p.m. ? 3:00 p.m. Shift 7: 3:00 p.m. ? 5:00p.m. Tuesday, July 3: Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. Shift 9: 7:00p.m. ? 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 4: Shift 10: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m Shift 11: 6:00p.m. ? 8:30 p.m. As you can see, we have eleven shifts, so if you contact me with your preference, I will be more than happy to get you scheduled in! 2. Staffing the nabs Monte Carlo night fund raiser. This is a great opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us in putting together one of our most successful events that we do. For this we will need: Individuals who can work an early shift (7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Those individuals will be asked to either a. Marshal. b. Set up for the event c. Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games) We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.) Those individuals would be asked to: a. deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games) b. Assist with event clean- up and playing chip counting. Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working (exhibit hall, Monte Carlo or both). If Monte Carlo, please let me know what job you would like to take on, if you would like to deal and what games you would like to deal (blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games). This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to get to know you. As well, this is an equally great opportunity for you to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time. Please contact me if interested. I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thank you so much for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you all real soon And of course, see you in Dallas!!! Best, Darian > -- Darian Smith, 2nd Vice President national Association of Blind Students "To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the formula for a life well lived." - Dr. Peter Benson From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sun May 20 19:16:39 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 12:16:39 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Correction: nabs Convention Help Message-ID: Hi all, I neglected to ask you all to include a phone number to be reached at if you are planning on helping us out at convention. so to Recap... 1. if you are interested in helping out, please conrtact me at dsmithnfb at gmail.com 2. let me know where you would like to help ( see prior e-mail with the subject "You know it's near time for National Convention when... " ) 3. please include phone number to where you can be reached. Thanks so much! Darian -- Darian Smith "To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the formula for a life well lived." - Dr. Peter Benson From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sun May 20 19:28:48 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 12:28:48 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: NOPBC Style Show In-Reply-To: <1337539938.26541.YahooMailNeo@web2801.biz.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1337539938.26541.YahooMailNeo@web2801.biz.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I have been asked to pass along the following and urge you to pass this along to people in your state student division. It would be wonderful if we stepped up and helped out our friends in the parent division! Regards, Darian Smith, 2nd Vice- President National Association of Blind Students ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kim Cunningham Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 11:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: NOPBC Style Show To: "dsmithnfb at gmail.com" Cc: Carol Castellano , Pamela and Steve Gebert , Sandra Oliver , Lety Sturgill Good afternoon Darian, My name is Kim Cunningham. I am the president of Texas Parents of Blind Children. I have been asked to assist with hosting the NOPBC Style Show during the NFB National Convention in Dallas this summer. We originally opened enrollment to our young blind and visually impaired children, however we didn't have as many apply as had hoped. I currently only have 7 participants and would like to have around 30. We are hoping our college aged students might be interested and help to make this show a success. I would like to know if you would post the attached invitation on the NABS list serv and also request for the individual states to send it to their student divisions. Please let me know if you are able to do this for me. Regards, Kim Cunningham -- Darian Smith "To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the formula for a life well lived." - Dr. Peter Benson From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue May 22 08:16:28 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 01:16:28 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: NOPBC Style Show (re-post with atatchment) Message-ID: *atatchment Alert!* I have ?been asked to pass along the following and urge you to pass this along to people in your ?state student ?divisions.. ?It would be wonderful if we stepped up and helped out our friends in the parent division! ?Regards, ?Darian Smith, 2nd Vice- President National Association of Blind Students ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kim Cunningham Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 11:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: NOPBC Style Show To: "dsmithnfb at gmail.com" Cc: Carol Castellano , Pamela and Steve Gebert , Sandra Oliver , Lety Sturgill Good afternoon Darian, My name is Kim Cunningham. I am the president of Texas Parents of Blind Children. I have been asked to assist with hosting the NOPBC Style Show during the NFB National Convention in Dallas this summer. We originally opened enrollment to our young blind and visually impaired children, however we didn't have as many apply as had hoped. I currently only have 7 participants and would like to have around 30. We are hoping our college aged students might be interested and help to make this show a success. I would like to know if you would post the attached invitation on the NABS list serv and also request for the individual states to send it to their student divisions. Please let me know if you are able to do this for me. Regards, Kim Cunningham -- Darian Smith "To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the formula for a life well lived." - Dr. Peter Benson -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NOPBC 2012 Style Show Application - Students.doc Type: application/msword Size: 26624 bytes Desc: not available URL: From kgborah at att.net Tue May 22 15:46:33 2012 From: kgborah at att.net (Kyle Borah) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:46:33 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: [Nfbmo] FW: [nobe-l] Quick vote will help Seedlings Braille Books! References: <006a01cd37f8$1d6667c0$58333740$@net> Message-ID: You can vote only one time per email address, but just one vote will make a lot of difference. Blessings, Kyle Borah At-large board member of the Missouri Association of Blind Students and proud graduate of Oakville Senior high school class of 2012. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 Begin forwarded message: From: "Gail Bryant" Date: May 22, 2012 3:51:44 AM CDT To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" Subject: [Nfbmo] FW: [nobe-l] Quick vote will help Seedlings Braille Books! Reply-To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List Can you guys vote and help them ot Gail Bryant Columbia Braille Teaching Services L.L.C. 1212 London Drive Columbia, MO 65203-2012 Phone: (573)817-5993 Cell: (573)268-4962 gbryant at socket.net -----Original Message----- From: nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 9:29 PM To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org Subject: [nobe-l] Quick vote will help Seedlings Braille Books! > > Great news for the cause of Braille Literacy!: > > 1. Seedlings Braille Books for Children is eligible for a $25,000 grant > from Art Van (a Michigan furniture company) if we get enough votes; and > 2. It's much easier to help this year: You only need to vote once per > email address by 5-31 rather than having to vote everyday! > > Dates for voting: Now through May 31st > Place: http://artvancharitychallenge.com/ > How: Go to their site, click on VOTE, register, and follow the > instructions! Remember, you can only vote once per email address. > > Additional ways to help: Encourage others to vote by sending this > information to your friends, family, coworkers, listservs, and social media. > > We are up against some really large organizations, but last year ... > thanks everyone's help and support ... we were able to win a $15,000 > grant (and we used it to make hundreds of braille books)! We thank you > in advance for your support again this year! > > Best wishes, > Debra Bonde, Director > Seedlings Braille Books for Children > www.seedlings.org > 800-777-8552 > 734-427-8552 fax > Follow on Twitter: @SeedlingsBrlBks > > "Placing a book in a child's hands is like planting a seed ..." > _______________________________________________ nobe-l mailing list nobe-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nobe-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nobe-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nobe-l_nfbnet.org/gbryant%40socket.net _______________________________________________ Nfbmo mailing list Nfbmo at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbmo_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbmo: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbmo_nfbnet.org/kgborah%40att.net From GWunder at earthlink.net Tue May 22 16:03:46 2012 From: GWunder at earthlink.net (Gary Wunder) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 11:03:46 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: [Nfbmo] FW: [nobe-l] Quick vote will help SeedlingsBraille Books! In-Reply-To: References: <006a01cd37f8$1d6667c0$58333740$@net> Message-ID: I went onto the site and left a comment after selecting Seedlings. I also registered. Whether this resulted in a vote I'm not certain. -----Original Message----- From: mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Borah Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:47 AM To: NABS Mailing List Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: [Nfbmo] FW: [nobe-l] Quick vote will help SeedlingsBraille Books! You can vote only one time per email address, but just one vote will make a lot of difference. Blessings, Kyle Borah At-large board member of the Missouri Association of Blind Students and proud graduate of Oakville Senior high school class of 2012. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 Begin forwarded message: From: "Gail Bryant" Date: May 22, 2012 3:51:44 AM CDT To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" Subject: [Nfbmo] FW: [nobe-l] Quick vote will help Seedlings Braille Books! Reply-To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List Can you guys vote and help them ot Gail Bryant Columbia Braille Teaching Services L.L.C. 1212 London Drive Columbia, MO 65203-2012 Phone: (573)817-5993 Cell: (573)268-4962 gbryant at socket.net -----Original Message----- From: nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 9:29 PM To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org Subject: [nobe-l] Quick vote will help Seedlings Braille Books! > > Great news for the cause of Braille Literacy!: > > 1. Seedlings Braille Books for Children is eligible for a $25,000 grant > from Art Van (a Michigan furniture company) if we get enough votes; and > 2. It's much easier to help this year: You only need to vote once per > email address by 5-31 rather than having to vote everyday! > > Dates for voting: Now through May 31st > Place: http://artvancharitychallenge.com/ > How: Go to their site, click on VOTE, register, and follow the > instructions! Remember, you can only vote once per email address. > > Additional ways to help: Encourage others to vote by sending this > information to your friends, family, coworkers, listservs, and social media. > > We are up against some really large organizations, but last year ... > thanks everyone's help and support ... we were able to win a $15,000 > grant (and we used it to make hundreds of braille books)! We thank you > in advance for your support again this year! > > Best wishes, > Debra Bonde, Director > Seedlings Braille Books for Children > www.seedlings.org > 800-777-8552 > 734-427-8552 fax > Follow on Twitter: @SeedlingsBrlBks > > "Placing a book in a child's hands is like planting a seed ..." > _______________________________________________ nobe-l mailing list nobe-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nobe-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nobe-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nobe-l_nfbnet.org/gbryant%40socket.net _______________________________________________ Nfbmo mailing list Nfbmo at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbmo_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbmo: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbmo_nfbnet.org/kgborah%40att.net _______________________________________________ Mabs mailing list Mabs at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/mabs_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Mabs: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/mabs_nfbnet.org/gwunder%40earthlink.net From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Wed May 23 17:19:40 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 10:19:40 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Nabs Needs Your Help at National Convention Message-ID: As you all know, the National association of blind students is planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may not know however is that we as a board can?t do all of it ourselves. So we would very much appreciate your help in making the nabs activities a success this year! Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in two areas: 1. Assistance in staffing the nabs table located in the exhibit hall. Here you will be partnered up with a nabs board member selling nabs items and handing out nabs literature. The schedule for tabling looks like this: Sunday, July 1: Shift 1. 11:00 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m. Shift 2. 1:00 p.m. ? 3:00 p.m. Shift 3. 3:00p.m. ? 5:00 p.m. Monday, July 2: Shift 4: 8:30 a.m. ? 11:00 a.m. Shift 5: 11:00 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m. Shift 6: 1:00 p.m. ? 3:00 p.m. Shift 7: 3:00 p.m. ? 5:00p.m. Tuesday, July 3: Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. Shift 9: 7:00p.m. ? 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 4: Shift 10: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m Shift 11: 6:00p.m. ? 8:30 p.m. As you can see, we have eleven shifts, so if you contact me with your preference, I will be more than happy to get you scheduled in! 2. Staffing the nabs Monte Carlo night fund raiser. This is a great opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us in putting together one of our most successful events that we do. For this we will need: Individuals who can work an early shift (7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Those individuals will be asked to either a. Marshal. b. Set up for the event c. Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games) We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.) Those individuals would be asked to: a. deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games) b. Assist with event clean- up and playing chip counting. Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working (exhibit hall, Monte Carlo or both). Also please supply a contact phone number where you can be reached during convention. If you are interested in working Monte Carlo, please let me know what job you would like to take on, if you would like to deal and what games you would like to deal (blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games). This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to get to know you. As well, this is an equally great opportunity for you to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time. Please contact me if interested. I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thank you so much for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you all real soon And of course, see you in Dallas!!! Best, Darian From kgborah at att.net Thu May 24 21:52:23 2012 From: kgborah at att.net (Kyle Borah) Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 16:52:23 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Is jaws accessible with aimSI? Message-ID: As a summer job, i am looking at a sales position at a music store. However, the employer had concerns that a program they used as a point of sales system would not be accessible with jaws. It is called aim SI. Does anyone know if this program is accessible with jaws? And if it is not, does anyone know of a screen reader that would be accessible with it? Blessings, Kyle Borah At-large board member of the Missouri Association of Blind Students and proud graduate of Oakville Senior high school class of 2012. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 From GWunder at earthlink.net Fri May 25 15:13:01 2012 From: GWunder at earthlink.net (Gary Wunder) Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 10:13:01 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Is jaws accessible with aimSI? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <987B5F9099694DDBB4B90696F5C20B36@GaryWunderPC> I do not know but suggest calling FS at 727.803.8600. Gary -----Original Message----- From: mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Borah Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:52 PM To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List; NABS Mailing List Subject: [Mabs] Is jaws accessible with aimSI? As a summer job, i am looking at a sales position at a music store. However, the employer had concerns that a program they used as a point of sales system would not be accessible with jaws. It is called aim SI. Does anyone know if this program is accessible with jaws? And if it is not, does anyone know of a screen reader that would be accessible with it? Blessings, Kyle Borah At-large board member of the Missouri Association of Blind Students and proud graduate of Oakville Senior high school class of 2012. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 _______________________________________________ Mabs mailing list Mabs at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/mabs_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Mabs: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/mabs_nfbnet.org/gwunder%40earthlink.net From todd.orlowski at yahoo.co.uk Sat May 26 04:06:12 2012 From: todd.orlowski at yahoo.co.uk (todd orlowski) Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 23:06:12 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] FW: Meeting announcement In-Reply-To: <9729444EDB1E48ABB9D1F825F0C8A432@GaryWunderPC> References: <9729444EDB1E48ABB9D1F825F0C8A432@GaryWunderPC> Message-ID: <00b601cd3af4$e45e9f10$ad1bdd30$@yahoo.co.uk> From: Gary Wunder [mailto:GWunder at earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 10:45 AM To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List' Subject: FW: Meeting announcement _____ From: fran morris [mailto:fsmorris21 at hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:33 PM To: Rolla Daily NEWS Cc: Gary Wunder Subject: Meeting announcement The National Federation of the Blind, South Central Missouri Chapter, will be having their annual June picnic on Saturday, June 2, in Pavillion 11 at Lions Club Park, Rolla. We will begin gathering around 11 a.m. to eat near noon and enjoy fellowship with those who are sight-impaired. Guests are welcomed and you may call President Helen Parker at 364-1190 or Secretary Fran at 364-4387 for more information. From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon May 28 13:55:58 2012 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 06:55:58 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Nabs Needs Your Help at National Convention In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As you all know, the National association of blind students is planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may not know however is that we as a board can?t do all of it ourselves. So we would very much appreciate your help in making the nabs activities a success this year! Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in two areas: 1. Assistance in staffing the nabs table located in the exhibit hall. Here you will be partnered up with a nabs board member selling nabs items and handing out nabs literature. The remaining schedule for tabling looks like this: Sunday, July 1: Shift 3. 3:00p.m. ? 5:00 p.m. Monday, July 2: Shift 4: 8:30 a.m. ? 11:00 a.m. Shift 6: 1:00 p.m. ? 3:00 p.m. Shift 7: 3:00 p.m. ? 5:00p.m. Tuesday, July 3: Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. Shift 9: 7:00p.m. ? 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 4: Shift 11: 6:00p.m. ? 8:30 p.m. As you can see, the shifts are filling up, so if you contact me with your preference, I will be more than happy to get you scheduled in! 2. Staffing the nabs Monte Carlo night fund raiser. This is a great opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us in putting together one of our most successful events that we do. For this we will need: Individuals who can work an early shift (7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Those individuals will be asked to either a. Marshal. b. Set up for the event c. Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games) We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.) Those individuals would be asked to: a. deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games) b. Assist with event clean- up and playing chip counting. Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working (exhibit hall, Monte Carlo or both). Also please supply a contact phone number where you can be reached during convention. If you are interested in working Monte Carlo, please let me know what job you would like to take on, if you would like to deal and what games you would like to deal (blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games). This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to get to know you. As well, this is an equally great opportunity for you to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time. Please contact me if interested. I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thank you so much for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you all real soon And of course, see you in Dallas!!! Best, Darian -- Darian Smith 2nd Vice President, National Association of Blind Students "To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the formula for a life well lived." - Dr. Peter Benson From kgborah at att.net Wed May 30 01:54:20 2012 From: kgborah at att.net (Kyle Borah) Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 20:54:20 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Video Description Focus Group Participants Needed: 2012 NFB National Convention References: Message-ID: <05F47BF5-B6DC-4588-B340-ACA9349A3C35@att.net> Blessings, Kyle Borah At-large board member of the Missouri Association of Blind Students and proud graduate of Oakville Senior high school class of 2012. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 Begin forwarded message: From: David Andrews Date: May 29, 2012 11:54:38 AM CDT To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Video Description Focus Group Participants Needed: 2012 NFB National Convention Video Description Focus Group Participants Needed: 2012 NFB National Convention The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute is collaborating with the Smith-Kettlewell Video Description Research and Development Center to host a stakeholder focus group on advanced concepts in video description. The focus group will be held during the 2012 NFB National Convention in Dallas, Texas. This session will include demonstrations of innovative description technologies, discussions about the changing role of video in education and training, and opportunities for participants to provide detailed structured input to Smith-Kettlewell's technology-development process. People who should consider attending include students, educators, parents, media professionals, and other consumers of video description. There is only space for twenty attendees in this session, and participants must register in advance for this important meeting. The focus group will be held from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, July 1 (the exact meeting room will be announced prior to the convention). Those interested in participating in this focus group should send an e-mail to Beth Braun at the NFB Jernigan Institute (bbraun at nfb.org) with the following information: * Your full name * The best e-mail address to use in communicating with you prior to the convention * A cell phone number that can be used to reach you at the convention. * An indication of which of the following categories applies to you (include all that apply): o K-12 student o Undergraduate student o Graduate student o Teacher of blind students o Rehabilitation professional o Educator not working with blind students o Parent of a blind child o Consumer of video description o Professional not working in a blindness- or education-related field * Please indicate whether or not you are blind. If you are unable to e-mail your interest in the focus group, you can reach Beth at (410) 659-9314 ext. 2369. Please note that we will not pick participants on a first-come-first-served basis but rather to ensure that the focus group has a good mix of perspectives. Please respond with your interest no later than June 15. Thank you for your interest in shaping future developments in the description industry. _______________________________________________ Nfbnet-members-list mailing list Nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org From kgborah at att.net Wed May 30 01:56:34 2012 From: kgborah at att.net (Kyle Borah) Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 20:56:34 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: [blindlaw] ANNOUNCING AMAZING VACATION TRAVEL RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF COLORADO References: <000001cd3df2$96c53920$c44fab60$@labarrelaw.com> Message-ID: <10B94C14-AB74-4AE5-A041-BEAAAC497C86@att.net> Blessings, Kyle Borah At-large board member of the Missouri Association of Blind Students and proud graduate of Oakville Senior high school class of 2012. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 Begin forwarded message: From: "Scott C. LaBarre" Date: May 29, 2012 6:27:16 PM CDT To: "NFB of Colorado Discussion List" , "NFB Affiliate Presidents List" , "NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list" , "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" , "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" Cc: jbeecham at cocenter.org, Lisa Bonderson Subject: [blindlaw] ANNOUNCING AMAZING VACATION TRAVEL RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF COLORADO Reply-To: Blind Law Mailing List Greetings Friends, the National Federation of the Blind is sponsoring an amazing vacation travel raffle. The winner of this raffle will receive a $3500.00 travel certificate which can be used on one dream vacation or on several different trips. The winner can use the certificate towards cruises, hotels, air fare, and anything else that the travel agency can book for you. Each ticket is $10 or you can get three tickets for $20. We will draw the winner's name on October 27, 2012, at the Annual Banquet of the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado. Tickets are on sale now. You can contact my assistant, Lisa Bonderson, at 303 504-5979 or lbonderson at labarrelaw.com, and she can arrange for you to receive tickets. We can sedn your tickets after we receive a check or process your credit card transaction. Soon you will be able to order your tickets directly from our website through a web form that we are developing. Tickets will also be on sale at the national Convention in our affiliate caucus on the Convention floor and at our table in the exhibit hall. Buy now, buy early, and buy often, for your chance at a tremendous travel prize. Proceeds from this raffle will help the NFB Colorado Scholarship Fund and the BELL Program. Yours in Federationism, Scott C. LaBarre, President National Federation of the Blind of Colorado Voice, 303 504-5979 Email, slabarre at labarrelaw.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/kgborah%40att.net