[nabs-l] Meeting Agenda and Recording

[Joe Orozco]

Come on Peter.  A technical guy like you knows there's a compatibility tool
offered by Microsoft for just this thing.  If we're trying to teach students
how to compete equally later in their employment years, shouldn't we
advocate that people find a workable solution available to the public rather
than ask that the material be provided in a specific format?  The tool can
be downloaded here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-
8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

Joe

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:46 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] Meeting Agenda and Recording


Hello everyone,

    I also had problems accessing the meeting agenda for the 
same reason. 
Sending the agenda in Word 2007 Format wasn't a very good idea. 
The best 
solution to prevent us from having issues with backward 
compatabillity is to 
place the agenda in the message body or to convert the file to good old 
ASCII Format. Then everyone can access the document. The agenda 
isn't even 
on the NABS Web Site either.

    Again this year we will be recording the NABS Annual Meeting. The 
recording will be posted to the NABS Web Site following the 
convention. A 
few pointers to help everyone be heard are in order.

        Whenever someone addresses the group they need to be at a 
microphone. Yelling and shouting across the room won't work as 
you must be 
at close range to be picked up. There were problems with last years 
recordings where people could bearely be heard due to their 
being far away 
from the microphone. We can set up a floor mic for audience members to 
address the meeting. I'll also have a wireless microphone that 
can be passed 
around. If someone can serve as a "Runner" to bring the mic to 
participants 
this will be a big help too. The main thing is to be sure 
everyone's voice 
is captured for recording purposes and so they can be heard by 
everyone else 
as the signal from the floor/roving microphones will also be fed back 
through the sound system. Your cooperation will be very much 
appreciated and 
can result in a shorter-running file as it will be easier to 
remove gaps of 
silence during post production. See you all in Dallas.

Peter Donahue


 


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