[nabs-l] Meeting Agenda and Recording

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Joe and everyone,

    That is if you use Microsoft Products. Not everyone does. If anyone has 
information about such compatibility tools please share them with the group.

    Peter Donahue who needs to break loose from his computer to get packed 
for convention.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Meeting Agenda and Recording


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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