[nabs-l] Recording NABS meeting

[Rania]

I think that's a good idea because it will give sighted people a better idea 
of how we do things and might also get them interested in the nfb.
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Recording NABS meeting


> Hi,
> I agree.  We shouldn't worry about how often its viewed.  I think if its 
> done it may be viewed more than we think.
> Parents of blind children will like seeing a seminar done by and for 
> students.  Blind people can enjoy the audio content of it.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Recording NABS meeting
>
>
>> Hello Sarah and listers,
>>
>>    I wonder if CNN, Fox News, NASA, and other sites that contain lots of
>> video, some of it going back a long way, worry about how often someone 
>> views
>> it. The NFB itself has a large online video library for site visitors to
>> view should they choose to do so. The point is to draw visitors to the 
>> site
>> by offering engaging content that gets our message across and not 
>> worrying
>> about how often it's viewed. If the parents of a blind child view videos 
>> on
>> our sites and received the encouragement, inspiration, and help they 
>> needed
>> to raise their expectations as to what kind of a life their blind child 
>> can
>> have then we've done our job.
>>
>>    There's another matter that bears comment.  The national office places
>> video content on the in-house server that hosts our Web site as well as 
>> on
>> sites such as uTube. Provided there is sufficient disk space on the 
>> server
>> our affiliates should do likewise. If this content is placed on uTube
>> exclusively there's a danger that the good folks at uTube could change 
>> their
>> interface in such a way that blind persons could no longer access them.
>> Placing the video content directly on the host server will insure that 
>> blind
>> persons and their friends will be able to enjoy them regardless of what
>> uTube and company does to their Web interface. That's the latest from 
>> here.
>> Happy Memorial Day everyone.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sarah J. Blake" <sarah at growingstrong.org>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 4:48 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Recording NABS meeting
>>
>>
>> My question wouldbe how often does the general public view the student
>> seminars?
>>
>> Sarah J. Blake
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