[Md-sligo] FW: [napub] Reminder of NAPUB conference call

[Brown, Debbie]

I am forwarding this to the chapter list because it is on the presidential release, which we won't get to listen to as a chapter, and some of you may be interested.

Debbie


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From: NAPUB [mailto:napub-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peggy Chong via NAPUB
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2017 9:38 PM
To: napub at nfbnet.org
Cc: Peggy Chong
Subject: [napub] Reminder of NAPUB conference call

The National Association to Promote the Use of Braille (NAPUB), is pleased to announce its first Telephone conference presentation/discussion  on issues surrounding braille in the United States.  On Thursday, November 9, 2017, NAPUB will be pleased to have Curtis Chong  share his experiences with the Orbit Reader 20--The Orbit Reader 20 is a twenty-cell, eight-dot refreshable Braille display.  

 

To participate in the call on November 9, 2017 at 8pm Eastern Time,6pm Mountain time, dial 1-605-472-5772.  Enter code 154426#.  

 

Curtis Chong is the retired president of the NFB in Computer Science, having given up that title in the summer of 2016. He now serves as the organization's treasurer. In addition he serves as the treasurer for the NFB of New Mexico, since January of 2014. For pay, Curtis works as the manager of assistive technology at the New Mexico Commission for the Blind, where he continues to push for nonvisual access in education, recreation, and employment.  

 

In the  October issue of the Braille Monitor, Curtis has an article describing the Orbit Reader 20. If you are not sure what the Orbit Reader 20 is, you may wish to read his article in the October Braille Monitor before the call.  

 

NAPUB hopes to hear you on November 9.

 

Peggy Chong

NAPUB Treasurer

 

 

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