[nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 15:36:57 UTC 2011
Sorry,=20Humberto.=20=20I=20meant=20Anmol.=20=20Sorry=20about=20that!
=20Chris
"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)
The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired=20youth=20in=
=20
Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"=20How=
?=20Click=20
on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:=20
www.icanfoundation.info=20or=20like=20us=20on=20Facebook=20at=20I=20C.A.N.=
=20=20
Foundation.
=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Humberto=20Avila"=20<avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
To:=20"'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list'"=20=
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2012=20Jul=202011=2018:42:46=20-0700
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Convention=20in=20Orlando=20for=205=20Years
I=20didn't=20send=20=20that=20message.
-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org=20
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]=20On=20Behalf=20Of=20Chris=20Nusbaum
Sent:=20Tuesday,=20July=2012,=202011=206:31=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Convention=20in=20Orlando=20for=205=20Years
Humberto,
I=20thought=202012=20would=20be=20in=20Dallas,=20as=20I=20heard=20from=20Dr=
.=20=20Maurer=20at
this=20year's=20convention.=20=20Unless=20you=20mean=202018's=20would=20be=
=20in
Orlando,=20making=20it=20six=20years.
=20Chris
"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)
The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired=20youth=20in=
Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"=20How=
?=20Click
on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:
www.icanfoundation.info=20or=20like=20us=20on=20Facebook=20at=20I=20C.A.N.
Foundation.
=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Anmol=20Bhatia=20<anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2011=20Jul=202011=2012:36:31=20-0700=20(PDT)
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Convention=20in=20Orlando=20for=205=20Years
The=20convention=20will=20actually=20be=20in=20Orlando=20for=20the=20next=20=
six
years.
---=20On=20Mon,=207/11/11,=20Rachael=20Vacanti=20<revacanti at gmail.com>=20wr=
ote:
=20From:=20Rachael=20Vacanti=20<revacanti at gmail.com
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Convention=20in=20Orlando=20for=205=20Years
=20To:=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date:=20Monday,=20July=2011,=202011,=202:28=20PM
=20I=20agree=20with=20Chris=20and=20Sherri.?
=20I=20haven't=20seen=20the=20old=20schedule,=20but=20that's
=20beside=20the=20point.?I=20flew=20down=20Saturday=20and=20didn't
=20leave=20until=20the=20next
=20Saturday.?You=20think=20I'd=20have=20time=20for=20fun
=20right??Wrong.?I=20didn't=20get=20out
=20of=20the=20hotel=20once.?I=20meant=20to=20go=20places,=20like=20the
=20beach,=20Citywalk=20and=20Bubba
=20Gump=20Shrimp,=20but=20I=20couldn't=20get=20there.?Why??
=20Because=20there=20were=20too=20many
=20things=20to=20do=20at=20convention.?Convention=20was=20awesome
=20and=20I=20had=20a=20great=20time,
=20but=20I=20really=20wanted=20to=20go=20out=20and=20explore=20Florida=20a=
=20bit
=20more.?I=20looked=20at
=20the=20agenda=20and=20technically,=20the=20first=203=20days=20weren't
=20"required".?General
=20sessions=20didn't=20start=20until=20Wendsday.
=20One=20thing=20I=20think=20might=20also=20help=20convention,=20is=20if=20=
they
=20announce=20the=20state
=20cacus.?I=20missed=20mine=20cause=20I=20had=20only=20heard=20about=20it
=20once=20and=20I=20don't=20think
=20he=20even=20told=20me=20where=20it=20was.?The=20states=20should=20get
=20them=20sorted=20out=20before
=20convention=20and=20email=20their=20state=20this=20is=20when=20and=20wher=
e=20it
=20is.?I=20know=20that
=20not=20everything=20can=20be=20perfect=20at=20a=20thing=20like=20this,=20=
but
=20they=20did=20a=20very=20good
=20job.?For=20my=20first=20time,=20it=20was=20pretty=20good.
=20Rachael
=20On=20Mon,=20Jul=2011,=202011=20at=2011:00=20AM,=20<nabs-l-request at nfbnet=
.org
=20wrote:
=20Send=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list=20submissions=20to
????nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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=20or,=20via=20email,=20send=20a=20message=20with=20subject=20or=20body
=20'help'=20to
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=20You=20can=20reach=20the=20person=20managing=20the=20list=20at
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=20When=20replying,=20please=20edit=20your=20Subject=20line=20so=20it=20is
=20more=20specific
=20than=20"Re:=20Contents=20of=20nabs-l=20digest..."
=20Today's=20Topics:
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20[Blindtlk]=20Convention=20in=20Orlando
=20for=205=20years=20(Chris=20Nusbaum)
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20Re:=20question=20about=20brail=20to=20word
=20program?=20(Chris=20Nusbaum)
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20Re:=20[acb-l]=20polling=20place=20access
=20issues=20to=20this=20day=20in=20mi
???(Josh=20Gregory)
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20Re:=20question=20about=20NLS=20WebBraille
=20(Katie=20Wang)
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal=20sites
=20(bookwormahb at earthlink.net)
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20Re:=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal
=20sites=20(Joshua=20Lester)
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20Re:=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal
=20sites=20(bookwormahb at earthlink.net)
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20Thanks=20for=20the=20Help=20at=20National
=20Convention=20(Elizabeth)
=EC=A0=A8?.=20=20Re:=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal
=20sites=20(Joshua=20Lester)
?10.=20=20aim=20problem=20(Amy=20Sabo)
?11.=20=20Re:=20aim=20problem=20(Humberto=20Avila)
?12.=20=20iPal=20for=20sale=20(David=20Andrews)
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=20Message:=201
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2013:00:41=20-0400
=20From:=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20To:=20NABS=20list=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>,
=20NFBMD=20list=20<nfbmd at nfbnet.org>,
=20NFB
????history=20list=20<nfb-history at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20[Blindtlk]=20Convention=20in=20Orlando=20for
=205=20years
=20Message-ID:=20<4e19dac7.874de50a.44bf.ffffb86a at mx.google.com
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3Diso-8859-1;
=20format=3Dflowed
?----=20Original=20Message=20------
=20From:=20"Sherri"=20<flmom2006 at gmail.com
=20Subject:=20[Blindtlk]=20Convention=20in=20Orlando=20for=205=20years
=20Date=20sent:=20Sat,=209=20Jul=202011=2019:59:44=20-0400
=20It=20was=20announced=20at=20the=20convention=20that=20conventions
=20from=202013
=20through=202017
=20will=20be=20held=20in=20Orlando.?I=20wish=20we=20could=20extend
=20the=20length=20of
=20the=20convention
=20back=20to=20how=20it=20was=20and=20NFB=20would
=20organize=20tours=20for=20Wednesday=20afternoon.?That
=20way,=20people=20could
=20get=20excited
=20about=20Orlando=20and=20have=20time=20to=20go=20places.?I
=20liked=20the=20old
=20schedule=20much
=20better.?If=20we=20are=20going=20to=20keep=20people=20here=20for
=20five=20years=20in=20a
=20row,=20we=20need
=20to=20give=20them=20ample=20opportunity=20to=20take=20advantage=20of
=20all=20there=20is
=20to=20do=20in
=20Orlando.?Besides,=20I=20like=20the=20banquet=20the=20night
=20before=20the=20last
=20day=20of
=20convention.
=20Sherri=20Brun
=20"Life=20is=20what=20happens=20to=20you=20while=20you're=20busy=20making
=20other
=20plans."=20John
=20Lennon
=20Check=20out=20http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
=20E-mail:=20flmom2006 at gmail.com
?NFBF=20Newsline?=20chair
=20www.nfbnewsline.org
=20Vice-president=20NFB=20Greater=20Orlando=20Chapter
=20http://nfbfgoc.org
=20Secretary=20FDCP=20INC
=20www.fdcp.org
=20Chair=20Orange=20County=20Disability=20Advisory=20Committee
=20_______________________________________________
=20blindtlk=20mailing=20list
=20blindtlk at nfbnet.org
=20http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
=20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your
=20account=20info
=20for=20blindtlk:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/dotkid.
=20nusbaum%40gmail.com
=20------------------------------
=20Message:=202
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2013:07:57=20-0400
=20From:=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
????list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20about=20brail=20to=20word
=20program?
=20Message-ID:=20<4e19dc7c.4f76e50a.0805.ffffb9de at mx.google.com
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3Diso-8859-1;
=20format=3Dflowed
=20You=20could=20also=20join=20the=20BrailleNote=20list,=20where=20users
=20of=20the
=20BrailleNote=20can=20talk=20about=20tips=20and=20tricks=20regarding
=20the=20BN=20and
=20ask=20questions=20when=20they're=20having=20technical
=20problems.?Here's=20the
=20link:
=20www.list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote.?
=20In
=20the=20mean=20time,=20if=20you'd=20like,=20I=20can=20post=20your=20questi=
on
=20to=20the=20BN
=20list=20and=20forward=20you=20any=20responses=20off=20list.?
=20Hope=20this=20helps!
?Chris
=20"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp
=20Abilities=20motto)
=20The=20I=20C.A.N.?Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired
=20youth=20in
=20Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"
=20How?=20Click
=20on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:
=20www.icanfoundation.info=20or=20like=20us=20on=20Facebook=20at=20I
=20C.A.N.
=20Foundation.
?Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote
?-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Humberto=20Avila"=20<avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
=20To:=20"'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list'"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Sat,=209=20Jul=202011=2022:54:22=20-0700
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20about=20brail=20to=20word
=20program?
=20Are=20you=20trying=20to=20convert=20the=20Braille=20Note=20native
=20format
=20documents=20into=20word
=20documents.?If=20you=20want=20to=20do=20so,=20you=20will=20have
=20to=20use=20your
=20Braille=20note=20to
=20do=20it=20because=20there=20is=20no=20program=20that=20will=20translate
=20and=20convert
=20Keyword
=20Braille=20format=20(kwb)=20documents=20into=20Microsoft=20word
=20(.doc)
=20documents,=20unless
=20you=20want=20to=20convert=20you=20.kwb=20files=20into=20.BRF=20files,
=20and=20then=20use
=20a=20program
=20in=20your=20PC=20to=20convert=20.BRF=20files=20into=20.doc=20files--you
=20will=20need
=20Duxbury
=20Braille=20translator=20(which=20costs=20about=20$900=20for=20the
=20license=20if=20you
=20don't
=20already=20have=20it--you=20can=20although=20try=20it=20for=20free=20but
=20some
=20functions=20will=20be
=20disabled)
=20I=20hope=20this=20was=20helpful=20to=20you.?Feel=20free=20to
=20send=20another
=20message=20off=20list
=20if=20you=20can=20and=20I=20will=20give=20you=20more=20instructions--this=
=20is=20good
=20practice=20for
=20me=20because=20I=20will=20be=20a=20teacher=20of=20the=20blind=20teaching=
=20assistive
=20technology.
=20Cheers,?Humberto
=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
=20[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]
=20On=20Behalf
=20Of=20Andi
=20Sent:=20Saturday,=20July=2009,=202011=205:27=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20about=20brail=20to=20word
=20program?
=20I=20am=20sure=20this=20is=20a=20silly=20question=20but=20I=20have=20to
=20ask.?I=20use=20to
=20use=20my=20brail
=20note=20quite=20a=20bit=20but=20now=20I=20use=20my=20laptop=20more,=20I=20=
was
=20wondering=20if
=20there=20is=20a
=20program=20to=20change=20the=20files=20from=20the=20brail=20document=20to=
=20a=20word
=20document?
=20Please=20keep=20in=20mind=20I=20am=20not=20very=20tech=20savvy=20so=20th=
e
=20simpaler=20to
=20use=20the
=20better,=20but=20I=20still=20want=20it=20to=20do=20a=20good=20job.?
=20thank=20you=20so=20much
=20for=20your
=20help.
=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20David=20Andrews
=20Sent:=20Saturday,=20July=2009,=202011=201:47=20PM
=20To:=20promotion-technology at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20GW=20Micro=20Announces=20Readit=20Wand:
=20First=20Portable
=20Camera
=20Reading=20System=20to=20Support=20Touchscreen
=20FOR=20IMMEDIATE=20RELEASE
=20GW=20Micro=20Announces=20Readit=20Wand:=20First=20Portable=20Camera
=20Reading
=20System
=20to=20Support=20Touchscreen
=20for=20People=20with=20Low=20Vision
=20Fort=20Wayne,=20Indiana=20(July=208,=202011)=20-=20GW=20Micro,
=20Inc.?(
=20www.gwmicro.com)
=20and=20VisionAid=20International=20Ltd=20(
=20www.visionaid-international.com)
=20are=20proud=20to=20announce=20the=20Readit=20Wand!?The
=20Readit=20Wand=20is=20a
=20portable
=20camera=20that
=20connects=20to=20a=20computer=20to=20instantly=20magnify=20and=20read
=20documents
=20for
=20the=20visually=20impaired.
=20Easily=20read=20mail,=20bills,=20bank=20statements,=20books,=20and
=20more=20with
=20ease
=20using=20the=20Readit
=20Wand.?Everything=20read=20with=20the=20Readit=20Wand=20will
=20be=20read=20in=20a
=20clear,
=20human-sounding
=20voice.?The=20ability=20to=20read=20all=20of=20these=20items
=20makes=20Readit=20Wand
=20the
=20perfect=20tool
=20for=20the=20classroom,=20at=20home,=20or=20at=20work.
=20The=20camera=20weighs=20just=201.1=20pounds=20and=20easily=20connects
=20via=20USB.
=20The
=205-megapixel=20camera
=20is=20highly=20accurate=20and=20extremely=20fast,=20allowing=20for
=20recognition
=20in=20as
=20little=20as=20two
=20seconds.?The=20stylish=20and=20compact=20Readit=20Wand
=20allows=20for
=20automatic
=20multi-language
=20switching=20when=20other=20languages=20are=20installed.?
=20The=20portability
=20and
=20multiple=20language
=20support=20make=20it=20the=20ideal=20tool=20for=20students=20who=20are
=20learning=20a
=20foreign=20language.
=20Readit=20Wand=20comes=20with=20exceptionally=20powerful=20software
=20that
=20allows
=20you=20to=20save,=20load,
=20import,=20and=20export=20documents,=20including=20PDFs.?
=20Importing=20PDF
=20files
=20into=20the=20Readit
=20software=20enables=20users=20to=20read=20PDF=20files=20that
=20originally=20are
=20inaccessible=20because
=20they=20are=20displayed=20as=20graphics.?Readit=20Wand=20also
=20allows=20you=20to
=20save
=20documents=20as
=20a=20Word=20document,=20txt=20file,=20rtf,=20or=20even=20save=20your
=20document=20as=20an
=20MP3
=20file=20to=20listen
=20to=20it=20on=20your=20favorite=20MP3=20player.
=20The=20Readit=20Wand=20software=20contains=20an=20easy=20to=20use,=20easy=
=20access
=20toolbar
=20designed=20specifically
=20for=20low=20vision=20users.?The=20toolbar=20provides=20the
=20ability=20to=20adjust
=20the
=20size=20of=20the
=20clear,=20colorful=20icons,=20which=20give=20instant=20access=20to
=20all=20the=20basic
=20controls=20enabling
=20low=20vision=20users=20to=20capture=20their=20document,=20change=20the
=20view=20to
=20their
=20preference=20and
=20more=20at=20the=20click=20of=20a=20button.
=20Low=20vision=20consumers=20will=20greatly=20benefit=20from=20the=203
=20different
=20types
=20of=20highlights,
=20as=20well=20as=20six=20different=20ways=20to=20display=20text,
=20allowing=20low
=20vision
=20users=20to=20customize
=20the=20software=20to=20their=20personal=20preference.
=20When=20connected=20to=20a=20touchscreen=20monitor,=20the=20Readit
=20Wand=20is=20the
=20first
=20portable=20camera
=20to=20enable=20touchscreen=20support,=20allowing=20low=20vision
=20users=20the
=20ability
=20to=20interact
=20with=20the=20software=20by=20simply=20using=20their=20fingers!?
=20This=20means=20no
=20more
=20tracking=20the
=20cursor,=20which=20provides=20direct=20interaction=20between=20the
=20user=20and
=20the
=20Readit=20software,
=20creating=20the=20best=20possible=20user=20experience.
=20GW=20Micro=20is=20the=20exclusive=20master=20distributor=20for=20the
=20Readit=20Wand
=20in
=20the=20U.S.,=20developed
=20and=20manufactured=20by=20VisionAid=20International,=20located
=20in=20the
=20UK.?Readit=20Wand=20will
=20be=20available=20soon=20from=20GW=20Micro=20and=20GW=20Micro=20dealers.
=20For=20more=20information=20on=20the=20Readit=20Wand,=20visit
=20www.gwmicro.com,
=20email
=20sales at gwmicro.com
=20,=20or=20call=20GW=20Micro=20at=20(260)=20489-3671.
=20GW=20Micro,=20Inc.?(
=20www.gwmicro.com)
=20has=20been=20a=20trusted=20pioneer=20in=20the=20adaptive=20technology
=20industry
=20since=201990,
=20and
=20continues=20to=20lead=20with=20innovative,=20customer=20driven
=20solutions.
=20VisionAid=20International,=20Ltd=20(
=20www.visionaid-international.com),
=20established=20in=202002,=20is=20dedicated=20to=20producing=20fast,
=20effective
=20and
=20simple=20to=20use
=20devices=20for=20people=20who=20are=20partially=20sighted=20and=20blind
=20that=20make
=20reading=20a=20pleasure
=20once=20again.
=20_______________________________________________
=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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=20Message:=203
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2014:20:18=20-0400
=20From:=20Josh=20Gregory=20<joshkart12 at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
????list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20[acb-l]=20polling=20place=20access
=20issues=20to=20this=20day
????in=20mi
=20Message-ID:=20<4e19ed7d.907fe50a.6655.ffffc150 at mx.google.com
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3Diso-8859-1;
=20format=3Dflowed
=20Hi,
=20OK,=20my=20thoughts.?They=20are,=20at=20the=20moment,=20each
=20other's
=20competetors/enemies/whatever.?So,=20at=20the=20moment
=20anyway,=20I=20doubt
=20it.
=20Best,
=20Josh
=20sent=20from=20my=20Apex
=20Email:=20joshkart12 at gmail.com
?-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2011:30:00=20-0400
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20[acb-l]=20polling=20place=20access
=20issues=20to=20this
=20day=20in=20mi
=20I=20forwarded=20this=20because=20since=20the=20NFB=20is=20working=20to
=20ensure
=20accessible=20voting=20and=20was=20the=20driving=20force=20behind=20the
=20Help
=20America=20Vote=20Act=20(HAVA.)=20So,=20we=20might=20be=20able=20to=20wor=
k
=20jointly
=20with=20ACB=20on=20this.?What=20does
=20everyone=20think?
?Chris
=20"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp
=20Abilities=20motto)
=20The=20I=20C.A.N.?Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired
=20youth=20in
=20Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"
=20How?=20Click
=20on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:
=20www.icanfoundation.info=20or=20like=20us=20on=20Facebook=20at=20I
=20C.A.N.
=20Foundation.
?Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote
?-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Fri,=208=20Jul=202011=2020:25:02=20-0500
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20[acb-l]=20polling=20place=20access
=20issues=20to=20this
=20day=20in=20mi
=20Chris,=20why=20are=20you=20forwarding=20stuff=20from=20the=20ACB?
=20Blessings,=20Joshua
=20On=207/8/11,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20wrote:
?Thoughts=20on=20this?
?Chris
?"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp
=20Abilities
=20motto)
?The=20I=20C.A.N.?Foundation=20helps=20visually
=20impaired=20youth=20in
?Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I
=20can!"=20How?=20Click
?on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:
?www.icanfoundation.info=20or=20like=20us=20on=20Facebook
=20at=20I=20C.A.N.
?Foundation.
?Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote
?----=20Original=20Message=20------
?From:=20"joe=20harcz=20Comcast"=20<joeharcz at comcast.net
?Subject:=20[acb-l]=20polling=20place=20access=20issues=20to
=20this=20day=20in=20mi
?Date=20sent:=20Thu,=207=20Jul=202011=2010:05:31=20-0400
?A=20Call=20to=20Action=20?
?Unfinished=20Business=20to=20Ensure=20Michigan=20Voters
=20with=20Disabilities
?Have=20Access=20to=20the=20Polls=20in=202012
?A=20Public=20Report=20on
?Polling=20Place
?Accessibility=20in=20Michigan
?Public=20Report=20by
?Michigan=20Protection=20and=20Advocacy=20Service,=20Inc.
?2011
?Acknowledgements
?Michigan=20Protection=20and=20Advocacy=20Service=20(MPAS)
=20is=20Michigan?
?designated=20agency=20to=20advocate=20and=20protect=20the
=20legal=20rights=20of
?persons=20with=20disabilities,=20mandated
?by=20federal=20and=20state=20law.?MPAS=20receives
=20funding=20from=20the
?Administration=20on=20Developmental=20Disabilities,
=20the=20center=20for
?Mental=20Health=20Services=20?Substance
?Abuse=20and=20Mental=20Health=20Services=20Administration,
=20the
?Rehabilitation=20Services=20Administration,=20the
=20Social=20Security
?Administration,=20the=20State=20of=20Michigan
?and=20from=20private=20donations.
?Funding=20for=20this=20report=20has=20been=20made=20possible
=20through=20the=20U.S.
?Department=20of=20Health=20and=20Human=20Services,
=20Administration=20for
?Children=20and=20Families,=20and=20the
?Administration=20on=20Developmental
=20Disabilities.?The=20contents=20are
?the=20sole=20responsibility=20of=20the=20author=20and=20do=20not
=20necessarily
?represent=20the=20official=20views
?of=20the=20U.S.?Department=20of=20Health=20and=20Human
=20Services.
?2011=20by=20Michigan=20Protection=20and=20Advocacy
=20Service,=20Inc.?This
?publication=20may=20be=20reproduced=20in=20part=20or=20in=20its
=20entirety=20for
?noncommercial=20purposes=20as=20long
?as=20appropriate=20credit=20is=20given.
?Table=20of=20Contents
?Executive
Summary..........................................................
?
=20...................................................5
?Midterm
Report...........................................................
?
=20.........................................................6
?Michigan?=20Polling=20Place=20Accessibility
Project..........................................................
?.........7
?Communicating=20Accessibility=20Problems=20with
=20Election
?
=20Officials......................................10
?Next
Steps............................................................
?
=20..............................................................11
?In
Summary..........................................................
?
=20..............................................................11
?Accessibility=20Rate=20Per
County...........................................................
?................................13
?Executive=20Summary
?In=20Michigan,=20voters=20with=20disabilities=20face
=20obstacles=20at=20voting
?locations=20often=20because=20their=20polling=20place
=20lacks=20physical
?accessibility.?The=20Help=20America
?Vote=20Act=20(HAVA)=20acknowledged=20the=20unique
=20obstacles=20faced=20by
=20voters
?with=20disabilities=20and=20authorized=20funding=20for=20the
=20federally
?mandated=20Protection=20and=20Advocacy
?Voting=20Access=20programs=20(PAVA)=20to=20help=20remove
=20barriers.
?Unfortunately,=20this=20vital=20mandate=20has=20been
=20targeted=20for
?elimination=20in=20the=20President?=20proposed
?2012=20budget.
?HAVA=20charged=20Michigan=20Protection=20and=20Advocacy
=20Service,=20(MPAS),
?and=20other=20Protection=20&=20Advocacy=20agencies
=20with=20helping=20to=20ensure
?the=20full=20participation=20of
?individuals=20with=20disabilities=20in=20the=20electoral
=20process,
=20including
?registering=20to=20vote,=20casting=20a=20ballot,=20and
=20accessing=20polling
?places.
?The=20PAVA=20program=20at=20MPAS=20is=20designed=20to=20ensure
=20that=20every
?eligible=20Michigan=20resident=20receives=20equal=20access
=20to=20their
=20polling
?location=20and=20has=20the=20opportunity
?to=20cast=20an=20independent=20secret=20ballot.?MPAS
=20staff=20members=20are=20on
?the=20ground=20providing=20advice,=20technical
=20assistance,=20and=20training
?to=20election=20officials=20about
?voting=20accessibility=20across=20the=20spectrum=20of
=20disabilities.?The
?agency=20also=20provides=20outreach=20and=20training=20to
=20voters=20with
?disabilities,=20poll=20workers,=20and
?service=20providers.?MPAS=20and=20the=20Secretary
=20of=20State=20of=20Michigan
?partnered=20over=20the=20past=20six=20years=20working=20toward
=20this=20goal,
=20which
?has=20been=20effective=20in
?increasing=20physical=20access=20to=20polling=20locations
=20throughout
?Michigan.
?Voting=20is=20a=20fundamental=20right=20protected=20by=20the
=20United=20States
?Constitution,=20upheld=20by=20the=20Supreme=20Court=20and
=20subject=20to=20intense
?public=20scrutiny=20each=20election
?cycle.?Provisions=20within=20these=20protections
=20prohibit
?discrimination=20against=20people=20with=20disabilities
=20in=20the=20electoral
?process.?Exercising=20their=20Constitutional
?right,=20however,=20has=20continued=20to=20be=20a=20challenge
=20for=20individuals
?with=20disabilities=20despite=20changes=20made=20to
=20federal=20and=20state=20laws
?intended=20to=20ensure=20full
?participation.
?Key=20Summary
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9E=BBisability=20advocates
=20have=20visited=2095%=20(3,457)=20and
?reviewed=20the=20exterior=20of=20polling=20locations=20in
=20Michigan.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=96pon=20initial=20review,
=20Michigan=20Protection=20and=20Advocacy
?Service=20found=20that=20only=2075%=20of=203,457=20Michigan
=20polling=20places
=20were
?compliant=20under=20the=20Americans
?with=20Disabilities=20Act.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9E=B8fter=20working=20with
=20state=20and=20local=20officials,=20it=20is
?anticipated=20that=20Michigan?=20accessibility=20rate
=20will=20be=20increased
?to=2090%=20in=202012.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=8Ff=20the=20locations=20that
=20were=20inaccessible,=2060%=20had=20one
?barrier,=2030%=20had=20two=20types=20of=20barriers,=20and=206%
=20had=20three=20or=20more
?types=20of=20barriers.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=8Fnly=20six=20of=20the=2084
=20counties=20in=20Michigan=20were=20100%
?physically=20accessible=20upon=20initial=20visit.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=8BPAS=20continues=20to
=20receive=20complaints=20regarding=20the
?AutoMARK,=20Michigan?=20accessible=20ballot=20marking
=20device.
?Michigan=20has=20made=20great=20strides=20toward
=20accessibility=20at=20the
?polls.?This=20report=20will=20highlight=20the
=20steps=20taken=20to=20ensure
=20that
?all=20polling=20locations=20throughout
?Michigan=20are=20accessible=20to=20voters=20with
=20disabilities.?In
?addition,=20the=20report=20will=20offer=20recommendations
=20for=20Michigan=20to
?achieve=20and=20maintain=20an=20accessibility
?rate=20of=20100%.
?2010=20Mid=20Term=20Report
?Acknowledging=20widespread=20irregularity=20throughout
=20the=20country,
?Congress=20passed=20the=20Help=20America=20Vote=20Act=20(HAVA)
=20in=202002.?HAVA
?included=20sweeping=20legislation
?intended=20to=20modernize=20the=20electoral=20system=20for
=20all=20voters,
?including=20those=20with=20disabilities.?The
=20Help=20America=20Vote=20Act
?reinforced=20the=20application=20of
?Title=20II=20of=20the=20Americans=20with=20Disabilities=20Act
=20and=20Section=20504
?of=20the=20Rehabilitation=20Act.?Furthermore,=20in
=202004,=20Michigan
?lawmakers=20amended=20Michigan=20election
?law=20(Public=20Act=2092=20of=202004)=20to=20require=20the
=20removal=20of=20physical
?barriers=20at=20polling=20locations.?
=20Irrespective=20of=20both=20federal=20and
?state=20law,=2025%=20of=20Michigan's
?voting=20locations=20continued=20to=20be=20inaccessible
=20for=20the=20November
?2010=20general=20election.?To=20achieve=20an
=20all-encompassing=20voting
?standard=20for=20the=20fifty=20states,
?HAVA=20included=20two=20key=20components=20for=20the
=20disability=20community:
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9E=B8ll=20polling=20places
=20must=20have=20at=20least=20one=20voting=20system
?which=20allows=20all=20citizens=20to=20cast=20a=20ballot
=20privately=20and
?independently,=20whether=20or=20not=20one
?has=20a=20disability.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=94tates=20must=20ensure
=20accessibility=20at=20all=20public=20polling
?places=20in=20a=20manner=20compliant=20with=20the=20Americans
=20with
=20Disabilities
?Act=20(ADA).
?Accessible=20Voting=20System
?In=202004,=20the=20disability=20community=20and=20the
=20Michigan=20Secretary=20of
?State?=20Bureau=20of=20Elections=20(BOE)=20carefully
=20assessing=20which
?accessible=20device=20would=20best
?fit=20the=20needs=20of=20Michigan=20voters,=20and=20in=202006
=20selected=20the
?AutoMARK.?The=20AutoMARK=20is=20an=20accessible
=20ballot=20marking=20device
?that=20can=20be=20used=20by=20all=20voters
?with=20or=20without=20disabilities.
?Although=20every=20polling=20location=20is=20equipped=20with
=20the=20AutoMARK,
?each=20municipality=20is=20responsible=20for=20making=20sure
=20it=20is=20set=20up
=20and
?operating=20properly.?Unfortunately,
?MPAS=20continues=20to=20receive=20complaints=20about=20the
=20AutoMARK.?Voter
?complaints=20have=20included=20the=20following:?
=20the=20AutoMARK=20was=20boxed
?up=20on=20Election=20Day,=20unplugged,
?jammed=20up,=20turned=20off,=20or=20set=20up=20so=20other=20voters
=20could=20see=20the
??ecret?ballot.?Complaints=20concerning
=20jammed=20ballots=20have=20been
?greatly=20reduced=20since=20the
?last=20round=20of=20updates=20were=20completed.?
=20Because=20the=20AutoMARK=20is
?used=20only=20on=20Election=20Day,=20MPAS=20relies=20on=20voter
=20feedback=20to
?correct=20these=20kinds=20of=20problems.
?MPAS=20continues=20to=20monitor=20and=20respond=20to
=20complaints=20as=20they
?arise.
?Accessible=20Polling=20Places
?Under=20HAVA,=20the=20federal=20government=20allocated
=20money=20to=20assist
=20with
?the=20purchase=20of=20accessible=20equipment=20like=20the
=20AutoMARK,=20but=20also
?to=20help=20municipalities
?make=20their=20polling=20places=20physically
=20accessible.?Congress
?recognized=20that=20in=20order=20for=20people=20to=20use=20the
=20accessible=20voting
?machines,=20the=20building=20must
?also=20be=20accessible=20so=20voters=20can=20access=20the
=20polling=20location=20and
?voting=20equipment.?It=20is=20the=20local=20election
=20officials?
?responsibility=20to=20make=20sure=20all
?polling=20locations=20are=20accessible=20on=20Election
=20Day.?To=20help=20cover
?the=20expense=20for=20removing=20barriers=20at=20polling
=20locations,=20the
?Michigan=20BOE=20administers=20a
?grant=20program=20called=20Access=20for=20All,=20under=20the
=20U.S.?Department
?of=20Health=20and=20Human=20Services=20with=20funding
=20allocated=20through
=20HAVA,
?to=20help=20the=20state=20comply
?with=20HAVA.?In=20most=20circumstances,=20the
=20Access=20for=20All=20grants
?cover=20all=20costs=20associated=20with=20accessibility
=20upgrades=20for
?polling=20locations.
?When=20Michigan?=20State=20Plan=20to=20implement
=20provisions=20under=20HAVA
=20was
?initiated=20in=202004,=20municipal=20clerks=20were
=20required=20to=20complete=20an
?accessibility=20checklist
?to=20determine=20whether=20or=20not=20their=20locations=20were
=20accessible.
?This=20was=20one=20of=20the=20state?=20first=20attempts=20to
=20gather=20information
?on=20Michigan?=20polling=20place
?accessibility.?During=20this=20time,=20MPAS=20and
=20other=20organizations
?were=20working=20closely=20with=20individual=20election
=20officials=20on
?polling=20location=20reviews=20and
?were=20also=20training=20the=20municipal=20clerks=20on=20the
=20accessibility
?requirements.?MPAS=20also=20spent=20a
=20considerable=20amount=20of=20time
?assisting=20clerks=20with=20assessing
?the=20accessibility=20of=20their=20polling=20locations=20and
=20helping=20them
?apply=20for=20Access=20for=20All=20grant=20money.?MPAS
=20found=20that=20the
?accessibility=20data=20provided=20by
?clerks=20was=20not,=20in=20certain=20instances,=20wholly
=20reliable.
?MPAS=20brought=20this=20to=20the=20Bureau=20of=20Election?
=20(BOE)=20attention
=20and
?shared=20independent=20accessibility=20reviews=20with
=20them.?The=20BOE=20has
?since=20increased=20efforts
?to=20ensure=20the=20accuracy=20of=20reporting=20by=20improving
=20communication
?and=20requiring=20additional=20documentation=20from=20the
=20clerks.
?In=202008,=20MPAS=20started=20to=20assess=20municipal
=20polling=20locations
?randomly,=20without=20notifying=20the=20election
=20official=20in=20advance.
?After=20compiling=20this=20data=20on
?polling=20locations=20statewide,=20the=20systemic=20issue
=20of
?inaccessibility=20became=20a=20heightened
=20concern.?Once=20these
=20concerns
?were=20communicated=20to=20the=20Bureau=20of
?Elections,=20they=20backed=20a=20new=20initiative=20in=202010
=20dramatically
?increasing=20their=20involvement=20in=20the=20advancement
=20of=20polling=20place
?accessibility.
?This=20same=20year,=20the=20federal=20government=20began
=20reviewing=20how=20the
?states=20were=20spending=20HAVA=20funds.?This
=20fueled=20speculation=20that
?the=20federal=20government=20would
?eliminate=20the=20monies=20available=20under=20HAVA,=20since
=20some=20states=20had
?not=20spent=20their=20money,=20rather=20placing=20it=20in=20an
=20account=20and
?allowing=20the=20funds=20to=20gain
?interest.?Concerned=20that=20Congress=20would
=20pull=20the=20allocated
=20funds
?completely,=20which=20would=20prevent=20municipalities
=20from=20accessing
?money=20to=20make=20polling=20places
?accessible,=20MPAS,=20along=20with=20the=20Michigan=20Bureau
=20of=20Elections,
?embarked=20on=20a=20project=20to=20ensure=20100%
=20accessibility=20at=20all
?Michigan=20polling=20places.
?Michigan?=20Polling=20Place=20Accessibility=20Project
?In=202010,=20Michigan=20started=20building=20the=20framework
=20of=20a=20statewide
?plan=20to=20reach=20100%=20polling=20place
=20accessibility.?MPAS=20and=20the
?Bureau=20of=20Elections=20strengthened
?their=20partnership=20in=20order=20to=20achieve=20this
=20goal.?Within=20this
?plan,=20MPAS=20would=20review=20the=20exterior=20of=20all
=20locations=20throughout
?the=20state.?Michigan=20has
?approximately=203,600=20polling=20places=20in
=20total.?MPAS=20had=20already
?gathered=20information=20on=20530=20polling=20places=20prior
=20to=202010,
?therefore,=20did=20not=20revisit=20those
?locations=20(some=20were=20initially=20accessible=20and
=20others=20MPAS=20worked
?closely=20with=20clerks=20to=20improve
=20accessibility.?MPAS=20is=20still
?working=20with=20clerks=20to=20bring
?the=20remaining=2057=20of=20the=20530=20polling=20locations
=20into=20compliance).
?MPAS=20was=20able=20to=20visit=20the=20remaining=202,927
=20polling=20locations=20in
?2010.
?Overall,=20MPAS=20conducted=20on-site=20reviews=20of=20at
=20least=2095%=20of=20the
?polling=20places=20in=20Michigan.
?The=20on-site=20reviews=20conducted=20in=202010,=20exposed
=20nearly=2025%=20of=20the
?polling=20places=20that=20remained=20physically
=20inaccessible=20as=20required
?by=20the=20Americans=20with
?Disabilities=20Accessibility=20Guidelines.
?Of=20the=203,457=20polling=20locations=20noted=20above,
=202,927=20were=20assessed
?between=20May-August=202010.?Using=20the=20ADAAG
=20as=20a=20benchmark=20to
?determine=20physical=20accessibility,
?over=20800=20polling=20locations=20within=20the=202,927
=20locations=20visited,
?had=20physical=20barriers=20failing=20to=20comply=20with=20the
=20ADAAG=20?
=20barriers
?that=20create=20potential
?difficulties=20to=20voters=20with=20disabilities=20on
=20Election=20Day.
?Barriers=20can=20prevent=20people=20with=20disabilities
=20from=20fully
?participating=20in=20all=20aspects=20of=20society=20because
=20of=20their
?disability.?This=20might=20include
=20architectural
?barriers,=20physical=20barriers,=20communication
=20barriers,=20attitudinal
?barriers,=20cultural=20barriers,=20etc.?
=20Throughout=20this=20project,
=20MPAS?
?reviews=20focused=20primarily
?on=20physical=20and=20external=20barriers,=20which=20are
=20defined=20as
=20something
?material=20that=20blocks=20passage.?Physical
=20barriers=20addressed=20in
?this=20report=20include=20objects
?in=20the=20environment=20such=20as=20inaccessible=20doors=20or
=20doorways,
?inaccessible=20elevators=20or=20lack=20thereof,
=20inaccessible=20door
?hardware,=20inaccessible=20parking,=20etc.
?Among=20the=202,927=20polling=20locations=20visited=20in
=202010,=2028%=20did=20not
?meet=20accessibility=20standards.?Based=20on
=20discussions=20with=20the=20BOE
?in=202008,=20when=20MPAS=20completed
?the=20unannounced=20visits,=20clerks=20were=20not=20only
=20notified=20with=20a
?letter=20from=20MPAS=20concerning=20accessibility,=20but
=20they=20were=20also
?notified=20by=20the=20Bureau=20of=20Elections.
?MPAS=20and=20the=20BOE=20required=20prompt=20reply=20about=20the
=20municipalities
?plans=20to=20meet=20ADA=20requirements.?The
=20letters=20contained=20a
?photograph=20of=20the=20problem=20area(s),
?along=20with=20the=20appropriate=20ADAAG=20citation.?
=20Within=20a=20five=20month
?period,=20letters=20were=20sent=20to=20over=20440
=20municipalities=20concerning
?approximately=20800=20polling
?locations.
?As=20shown=20below,=2028%=20of=20the=20polling=20places
=20visited=20in=202010=20had
?some=20type=20of=20physical=20barrier=20present=20at=20the
=20time=20of=20review.
?The=20following=20chart=20highlights=20the=20most=20common
=20number=20of
=20physical
?barriers=20discovered=20at=20each=20location.
?A=20majority=20of=20the=20locations=20reviewed=20had=20only
=20one=20physical
?barrier=20present.?While=20the=20largest=20and
=20most=20frequent=20problem
=20was
?related=20to=20parking,=20the=20types
?of=20barriers=20at=20each=20location=20varied=20as=20shown=20in
=20the=20following
?chart.
?Text=20Box:=20Parking=20Signs:=20locations=20that=20had
=20accessible=20parking
?but=20no=20signs=20posted?Parking:?
=20locations=20that=20had=20no=20parking
?designated=20or=20noncompliant=20access
?aisles?Pathway:?barriers=20that
=20existed=20between=20access=20aisles
=20and
?entryway?Entrance:?problems=20such=20as
=20door=20width,=20door
?thresholds,=20door=20hardware,=20vestibules,
?etc.?Ramps/Curbs:=20problems=20with=20curb=20cuts,
=20ramps,=20handrails,
?thresholds=20greater=20than=201=20inch,=20etc.
?Communicating=20Accessibility=20Problems=20with
=20Election=20Officials
?After=20completing=20the=20on-site=20reviews,=20MPAS
=20notified=20municipal
?clerks=20of=20locations=20where=20barriers=20were
=20discovered.?Within=20a
?four-month=20period,=20over=20440
?letters=20were=20sent=20to=20election=20officials.?
=20By=20the=20end=20of=202010,
=2088%
?of=20those=20clerks=20responded=20back=20to=20MPAS=20with=20a
=20plan=20of
=20correction.
?In=20addition,=20MPAS
?provided=20technical=20assistance=20to=20the=20election
=20officials=20on=20how
=20to
?improve=20access=20to=20their=20polling=20location=20in
=20order=20to=20come=20into
?compliance.=EC=A0=A8=EC=9E=B9ased=20on
?the=20responses=20received=20from=20clerks,=2043%=20informed
=20us=20they=20were
?would=20make=20the=20changes=20required;=2031%=20corrected
=20the=20barriers=20at
?the=20polling=20locations;=209%
?were=20going=20to=20apply=20for=20Access=20for=20All=20grant;
=20and=20the=20remaining
?responses=20varied=20from=20clerk=20using=20temporary
=20equipment.
?When=20a=20clerk=20informed=20MAPS=20that=20the=20work=20was
=20completed,=20MPAS
?required=20documentation=20from=20each=20clerk=20proving
=20or=20stating=20that
?the=20work=20had=20been=20completed,
?including=20photographs=20and/or=20copies=20of=20purchase
=20orders.?A
?majority=20of=20the=20clerks=20responded=20either=20with=20a
=20plan=20of
=20correction
?for=20spring=202011=20or=20with=20a
?statement=20that=20the=20work=20was=20completed.?
=20MPAS=20is=20still=20waiting
=20for
?some=20clerks=20to=20confirm=20that=20the=20work=20was=20done
=20sufficiently.
=20Once
?the=20removal=20of=20barriers
?at=20these=20locations=20has=20been=20verified,=20MPAS
=20expects=20Michigan?
?polling=20place=20accessibility=20rate=20to=20rise=20to
=20nearly=2090=20%=20?--
?one=20of=20the=20highest=20in=20the=20nation.
?There=20remains,=20however,=20substantial=20work=20to=20be
=20completed=20in=20the
?city=20of=20Detroit=20in=20order=20to=20reach=20this
=20goal.?The=20remaining=2012%
?of=20clerks,=20who=20did=20not=20respond
?to=20MPAS=20or=20the=20Bureau=20of=20Election=20with=20a=20plan=20of
=20correction,
=20will
?become=20a=202011=20priority=20in=20order=20to=20attain=20100%
=20accessibility.
?NEXT=20STEPS
?While=20the=20focus=20of=20this=20report=20has=20been=20on
=20reaching=20the=2090%
?accessibility=20rate,=20there=20would=20still=20be
=20approximately=2010%=20of
?polling=20locations=20in=20Michigan
?that=20are=20not=20accessible=20to=20all=20voters.?
=20Some=20clerks=20disagree
=20with
?the=20findings=20and=20MPAS=20is=20working=20with=20those
=20clerks.
?In=202011,=20MPAS=20will=20be=20re-visiting=20a=20number=20of
=20polling=20locations
?that=20are=20still=20recorded=20as=20being=20inaccessible,
=20breaking=20them
=20into
?three=20categories:=20failure
?to=20communicate;=20work=20promised=20but=20documentation
=20still=20needed;
=20and
?locations=20requiring=20review=20by=20MPAS.
?MPAS=20will=20focus=20attention=20on=20election=20officials
=20who=20have=20failed
?to=20respond=20to=20MPAS=20communication=20attempts.?
=20This=20may=20involve
?revisiting=20the=20location=20(some
?clerks=20correct=20the=20problem=20even=20when=20they=20fail
=20to=20respond),
?attending=20city=20council/township=20meetings,=20filing
=20official=20HAVA
?complaints,=20and/or=20pursuing
?legal=20action=20under=20different=20funding
=20sources.?MPAS?goal=20has
?always=20been=20to=20educate=20clerks=20and=20assist=20them
=20with=20improving
?access=20first=20by=20proposing=20solutions
?to=20removing=20barriers.
?In=202011,=20MPAS=20will=20also=20direct=20its=20attention=20to
=20monitoring=20the
?correction=20plans=20that=20election=20officials=20have
=20submitted=20to
=20ensure
?that=20barriers=20are=20removed.
?MPAS=20will=20review=20the=20remaining=20150=20polling
=20locations=20that=20have
?not=20been=20visited=20yet.
?In=20Summary
?Throughout=20the=202010=20project,=20the=20partnership
=20between=20MPAS=20and
=20the
?Michigan=20Bureau=20of=20Elections=20(BOE)=20was
=20crucial.?The=20state
?reinforced=20the=20necessity=20of
?accessible=20elections.?They=20followed=20up
=20with=20each=20municipality
?whose=20polling=20place=20was=20noted=20as=20being
=20inaccessible=20in=20order=20to
?determine=20the=20jurisdiction's
?planned=20course=20of=20action.?In=20addition,=20the
=20BOE=20coordinated=20and
?extended=20Michigan's=20polling=20place=20improvement
=20grant=20well=20into
=20the
?fall=20to=20assist=20municipalities
?in=20removing=20barriers=20to=20voting=20at=20no=20cost.
?Local=20election=20officials=20can=20either=20upgrade
=20their=20polling=20places
?(with=20or=20without=20grant=20funds),=20or=20relocate=20the
=20polling=20place=20to
?an=20accessible=20site.?The
?Bureau=20of=20Elections=20reports=20that=20due=20to=20the=202010
=20project,=20they
?have=20seen=20a=20large=20increase=20in=20the=20number=20of
=20municipalities
?applying=20for=20grant=20money.?In
?an=20effort=20to=20assist=20with=20the=20project,=20the=20BOE
=20extended=20the
?typical=20grant=20cycle=20by=20two=20months,=20giving=20clerks
=20additional
?opportunity=20to=20respond=20to=20MPAS?
?letter=20and=20correct=20the=20problem(s)=20by=20using=20grant
=20funds.?The
?Michigan=20Bureau=20of=20Elections=20received=2074=20grant
=20applications,=20the
?largest=20amount=20ever=20received
?in=20one=20grant=20cycle.?Of=20those=2074=20grant
=20applications,=2066
?applicants=20received=20letters=20from=20MPAS=20seeking=20a
=20plan=20of
?correction=20-=2089%=20of=20those=20who=20applied.
?A=20large=20number=20of=20municipalities=20have=20pledged=20to
=20apply=20when=20the
?next=20grant=20period=20opens=20in=20early=202011.
?If=20the=20HAVA/PAVA=20program=20survives=20the=20President?
=20proposed
=20budget
?cuts,=20MPAS=20looks=20forward=20to=20continuing=20the
=20partnership=20with=20the
?Secretary=20of=20State,=20ensuring
?all=20elections=20are=20accessible=20to=20all
=20voters.?Additionally,=20MPAS
?encourages=20clerks=20to=20reach=20out=20to=20local
=20disability=20groups=20for
?future=20trainings.?Listed
?below=20are=20additional=20recommendations=20moving
=20forward.
?Summary/Recommendations:
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=8Aocal=20clerks=20must=20be
=20required=20to=20notify=20the=20Bureau=20of
?Elections=20prior=20to=20relocating=20polling=20places.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9E=B8ccessibility=20checks
=20should=20be=20completed=20when=20clerks
?change=20polling=20locations,=20to=20verify
=20accessibility.?Reports
=20(with
?photographs)=20should=20be=20submitted
?to=20the=20Bureau=20of=20Elections.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=8Dew=20polling=20locations
=20must=20be=20required=20to=20adhere=20to=20the
?Americans=20with=20Disabilities=20Act=20Accessibility
=20Guidelines.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=95he=20advisory=20committee
=20in=20charge=20of=20amending=20the=20State
?Plan=20(under=20HAVA)=20should=20re-convene=20and=20identify
=20ways=20to=20hold
?clerks=20accountable=20and=20implement
?model=20oversight=20programs.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9E=B8ccess=20for=20All=20grant
=20money=20should=20be=20available
=20throughout
?the=20year,=20so=20accessibility=20problems=20can=20be
=20addressed=20anytime
=20they
?arise.
???=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=95he=20Bureau=20of
=20Elections=20and=20local=20clerks=20should=20continue
?working=20with=20disability=20advocacy=20organizations
=20to=20complete
?year-round=20polling=20place=20accessibility
?audits=20and=20training=20to=20clerks.
?Accessibility=20Rate=20by=20County
?Table=20with=209=20columns=20and=2085=20rows
?County
?Polling=20Locations
?Visited
?Accessible
?Barriers=20Discovered
?Percent=20Visited
?%=20Accessible=20of=20those=20Visited
?Now=20Complete
?%=20Now=20Accessible
?Alcona
?12
?12
?8
?4
?100%
?67%
?3
?92%
?Alger
?10
?10
?5
?5
?100%
?50%
?5
?100%
?Allegan
?37
?37
?35
?2
?100%
?95%
?1
?97%
?Alpena
?15
?15
?8
?7
?100%
?53%
?1
?60%
?Antrim
?15
?15
?9
?6
?100%
?60%
?2
?73%
?Arenac
?14
?14
?10
?4
?100%
?71%
?3
?93%
?Baraga
?8
?6
?1
?5
?75%
?17%
?1
?33%
?Barry
?23
?23
?18
?5
?100%
?78%
?1
?83%
?Bay
?49
?48
?36
?12
?98%
?75%
?1
?77%
?Benzie
?13
?13
?6
?7
?100%
?46%
?4
?77%
?Berrien
?57
?57
?43
?14
?100%
?75%
?8
?89%
?Branch
?18
?17
?9
?8
?94%
?53%
?6
?88%
?Calhoun
?46
?43
?34
?9
?93%
?79%
?3
?86%
?Cass
?19
?19
?12
?7
?100%
?63%
?6
?95%
?Charlevoix
?18
?16
?10
?6
?89%
?63%
?1
?69%
?Cheboygan
?20
?20
?14
?6
?100%
?70%
?5
?95%
?Chippewa
?19
?18
?13
?5
?95%
?72%
?4
?94%
?Clare
?19
?16
?13
?3
?84%
?81%
?2
?94%
?Clinton
?28
?26
?24
?2
?93%
?92%
?1
?96%
?Crawford
?7
?7
?6
?1
?100%
?86%
?0
?86%
?Delta
?21
?20
?11
?9
?95%
?55%
?1
?60%
?Dickinson
?15
?15
?6
?9
?100%
?40%
?5
?73%
?Eaton
?36
?36
?28
?8
?100%
?78%
?2
?83%
?Emmet
?19
?19
?12
?7
?100%
?63%
?5
?89%
?Genesee
?119
?109
?84
?25
?92%
?77%
?2
?79%
?Gladwin
?17
?17
?11
?6
?100%
?65%
?1
?71%
?Gogebic
?10
?10
?7
?3
?100%
?70%
?2
?90%
?Grand=20Traverse
?28
?27
?27
?0
?96%
?100%
?0
?100%
?Gratiot
?23
?23
?16
?7
?100%
?70%
?2
?78%
?Hillsdale
?21
?21
?12
?9
?100%
?57%
?3
?71%
?Houghton
?31
?22
?9
?13
?71%
?41%
?5
?64%
?Huron
?30
?29
?18
?11
?97%
?62%
?5
?79%
?Ingham
?95
?81
?78
?3
?85%
?96%
?0
?96%
?Ionia
?22
?22
?17
?5
?100%
?77%
?1
?82%
?Iosco
?15
?15
?14
?1
?100%
?93%
?1
?100%
?Iron
?12
?12
?6
?6
?100%
?50%
?2
?67%
?Isabella
?25
?25
?19
?6
?100%
?76%
?1
?80%
?Jackson
?47
?45
?34
?11
?96%
?76%
?2
?80%
?Kalamazoo
?97
?97
?79
?18
?100%
?81%
?7
?89%
?Kalkaska
?12
?12
?8
?4
?100%
?67%
?1
?75%
?Kent
?209
?207
?174
?33
?99%
?84%
?11
?89%
?Keweenaw
?5
?4
?4
?0
?80%
?100%
?0
?100%
?Lake
?15
?15
?8
?7
?100%
?53%
?2
?67%
?Lapeer
?24
?24
?20
?4
?100%
?83%
?2
?92%
?Leelanau
?13
?13
?8
?5
?100%
?62%
?1
?69%
?Lenawee
?30
?30
?23
?7
?100%
?77%
?4
?90%
?Livingston
?48
?45
?35
?10
?94%
?78%
?0
?78%
?Luce
?4
?4
?3
?1
?100%
?75%
?0
?75%
?Mackinac
?13
?10
?5
?5
?77%
?50%
?1
?60%
?Macomb
?235
?233
?188
?45
?99%
?81%
?17
?88%
?Manistee
?15
?15
?11
?4
?100%
?73%
?3
?93%
?Marquette
?29
?29
?16
?13
?100%
?55%
?1
?59%
?Mason
?23
?23
?15
?8
?100%
?65%
?3
?78%
?Mecosta
?22
?22
?18
?4
?100%
?82%
?1
?86%
?Menominee
?16
?14
?8
?6
?88%
?57%
?0
?57%
?Midland
?38
?29
?22
?7
?76%
?76%
?4
?90%
?Missaukee
?17
?17
?14
?3
?100%
?82%
?3
?100%
?Monroe
?42
?36
?27
?9
?86%
?75%
?5
?89%
?Montcalm
?26
?25
?21
?4
?96%
?84%
?2
?92%
?Montmorency
?9
?9
?7
?2
?100%
?78%
?1
?89%
?Muskegon
?72
?71
?68
?3
?99%
?96%
?2
?99%
?Newaygo
?28
?28
?22
?6
?100%
?79%
?3
?89%
?Oakland
?410
?380
?292
?88
?93%
?77%
?46
?89%
?Oceana
?18
?18
?12
?6
?100%
?67%
?0
?67%
?Ogemaw
?16
?16
?10
?6
?100%
?63%
?5
?94%
?Ontonagon
?14
?10
?3
?7
?71%
?30%
?0
?30%
?Osceola
?18
?18
?14
?4
?100%
?78%
?2
?89%
?Oscoda
?6
?6
?4
?2
?100%
?67%
?1
?83%
?Otsego
?10
?10
?7
?3
?100%
?70%
?2
?90%
?Ottawa
?88
?88
?79
?9
?100%
?90%
?5
?95%
?Presque=20Isle
?16
?16
?10
?6
?100%
?63%
?3
?81%
?Roscommon
?11
?11
?11
?0
?100%
?100%
?0
?100%
?Saginaw
?75
?75
?61
?14
?100%
?81%
?8
?92%
?Sanilac
?30
?30
?26
?4
?100%
?87%
?3
?97%
?Schoolcraft
?10
?10
?6
?4
?100%
?60%
?2
?80%
?Shiawassee
?27
?27
?17
?10
?100%
?63%
?3
?74%
?St.?Clair
?52
?48
?44
?4
?92%
?92%
?3
?98%
?St.?Joseph
?17
?17
?12
?5
?100%
?71%
?2
?82%
?Tuscola
?25
?24
?16
?8
?96%
?67%
?2
?75%
?Van=20Buren
?23
?22
?19
?3
?96%
?86%
?1
?91%
?Washtenaw
?106
?100
?70
?30
?94%
?70%
?0
?70%
?Wayne
?568
?519
?325
?194
?91%
?63%
?28
?68%
?Wexford
?20
?20
?14
?6
?100%
?70%
?1
?75%
?Total
?3635
?3457
?2579
?878
?95.10%
?74.60%
?289
?83%
?table=20end
=20_______________________________________________
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=20Message:=204
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2015:01:14=20-0400
=20From:=20Katie=20Wang=20<bunnykatie6 at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list
????<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20about=20NLS=20WebBraille
=20Message-ID:
????
<CA+6VNgMyPtC8awLRoQhU091dof4rjGOiFVS4bBx+gsDuOzYY5w at mail.gmail.c
om
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3DISO-8859-1
?Chris,=20there=20is=20no=20Download=20button=20on=20Web
=20Braille.=20=20Instead,=20when=20you
=20are=20taken=20to=20the=20book=20itself,=20just=20press=20Space=20with=20=
s
=20on=20your=20Braille
=20Note=20and=20you=20will=20be=20prompted=20for=20where=20you=20would=20li=
ke
=20to=20save=20the
=20file=20and=20what=20you=20would=20like=20to=20name=20it.=20=20NLS=20save=
s
=20each=20braille=20volume
=20of=20a=20book=20in=20a=20separate=20file,=20so=20you=20will=20have=20to=
=20do
=20this=20multiple
=20times=20if=20you=20are=20dealing=20with=20a=20book=20that=20is=20in=20mo=
re
=20than=20one=20volume.
=20I=20have=20been=20a=20Web=20Braille=20user=20for=20many=20years=20and=20=
find
=20it=20a=20great
=20resource,=20although=20I=20have=20come=20to=20rely=20on=20Bookshare
=20more=20in=20the=20past
=20few=20years=20for=20pleasure=20reading=20since=20it=20has=20a=20much
=20larger,=20more
=20current=20collection.
?Lea,=20I=20don't=20think=20you=20are=20doing=20anything=20wrong
=20on=20your=20end--=20It
=20might=20be=20a=20NLS=20database=20issue.=20=20I=20would=20suggest
=20contacting=20your=20state
=20NLS=20library=20again=20and=20see=20if=20they=20can=20get=20you
=20some?sort=20of=20technical
=20support=20contact=20info.=20=20Someone=20from=20the=20central=20program
=20that
=20administers=20the=20Web=20Braille=20service=20might=20need=20to=20look
=20into=20your
=20situation.
?Hope=20this=20helps!
=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=87atie
=20On=207/10/11,=20Lea=20williams=20<leanicole1988 at gmail.com
=20wrote:
=20I=20tried=20to=20sing=20up=20with=20this=20sight=20and=20when=20I=20log
=20in=20it=20says=20my=20user
=20name=20and=20password=20is=20wrong.=20=20I=20have=20called=20and
=20gotten=20it=20changed=20three
=20times=20and=20it=20still=20says=20it.=20=20wonder=20what=20I=20am
=20doing=20wrong.
=20On=207/9/11,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20wrote:
=20Hi=20all,
=20I=20have=20a=20question=20for=20all=20you=20NLS=20Web=20Braille
=20users!=20I=20recently
=20registered=20for=20WebBraille,=20and=20am=20looking
=20forward=20to=20all=20it=20has
=20to=20offer.?But=20I=20do=20have=20this=20question:
=20when=20I=20click=20on=20a=20link
=20for=20a=20book,=20where=20can=20I=20find=20a=20link,=20button,
=20or=20something=20where=20I
=20can=20download=20the=20BRF=20file(s)=20onto=20my
=20BrailleNote?=20I=20tried=20to
=20download=20Walking=20Alone=20and=20Marching=20Together
=20last=20night,=20and=20when
=20I=20clicked=20on=20the=20link,=20it=20put=20me=20into=20the
=20actual=20book=20to=20read
=20online,=20but=20I=20wanted=20to=20download=20the=20book=20to
=20read=20it=20in=20my
=20BrailleNote's=20book=20reader=20at=20a=20later
=20date.?How=20can=20I=20do=20this?
=20Thanks!
=20Chris
=20"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"
=20(Camp=20Abilities=20motto)
=20The=20I=20C.A.N.?Foundation=20helps=20visually
=20impaired=20youth=20in
=20Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say
=20"I=20can!"=20How?=20Click
=20on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to
=20contribute:
=20www.icanfoundation.info=20or=20like=20us=20on
=20Facebook=20at=20I=20C.A.N.
=20Foundation.
=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote
=20_______________________________________________
=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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=20nabs-l:
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1988%40gmail.com
=20--
=20Lea=20Williams
=20Phone;
=20704-732-4470
=20Skipe;
=20Lea.williams738
=20Facebook
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e6%40gmail.com
=20------------------------------
=20Message:=205
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2020:46:14=20-0400
=20From:=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list"
????<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal=20sites
=20Message-ID:
=20<B4037C3F7D6A496095F21D0D96442BCF at OwnerPC
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;??
=20=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=A0harset=3D"utf-8"
=20Hi=20all,
=20I?m=20interested=20in=20starting=20a=20blog=20or=20maybe=20more=20than
=20one=20blog.
=20So=20what=20accessible=20sites=20are=20there??Do=20bloggers
=20generally=20write=20first
=20person=20stories,=20or=20about=20things=20they=20see=20that=20are=20more=
=20objective?
=20Any=20of=20you=20have=20a=20blog??How=20often=20do=20you=20update
=20it??Is=20it=20possible=20to
=20upload=20photos=20to=20it=20to=20go=20along=20with=20your=20story?=20Or
=20maybe=20you=20need=20sighted
=20help=20to=20post=20photos?
=20What=20about=20audio?=20What=20format=20do=20audio=20clips=20need=20to
=20be=20in?
=20Can=20you=20have=20more=20than=20one=20blog=20on=20the=20same=20site?=20=
Can
=20you=20write=20as=20much=20as=20you=20want=20or=20is=20there=20a=20word
=20limit?
=20I=20enjoy=20writing=20and=20I?d=20like=20to=20share=20with=20friends=20a=
nd
=20family.=20=20I=20figured
=20blogging=20would=20be=20a=20neat=20way=20to=20write=20stories=20about
=20myself,=20life=20and=20my
=20opinions=20on=20things=20like=20books,=20technology,=20and
=20religion.
=20What=20site=20can=20you=20write=20like=20a=20journal=20about
=20yourself?
=20Thanks.
=20Ashley
=20------------------------------
=20Message:=206
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2019:50:08=20-0500
=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list
????<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal
=20sites
=20Message-ID:
????
<CAO83KOvcw3DpL1u2R9+g_RvWhXLH2gmZrbgwOouBK5VD3jm5RQ at mail.gmail.c
om
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3Dwindows-1252
=20Ashley:
=20Why=20not=20start=20an=20accessible=20forum,=20online,=20for=20blind
=20people?
=20I've=20found=20an=20accessible=20one.
=20V=20Bulletin,=20is=20quite=20accessible,=20with=20an=20audio
=20captcha,=20(if=20they=20still=20have
=20it.)
=20To=20see=202=20forums,=20from=20V=20Bulletin,=20here=20are=20some
=20examples.
=20www.apostolicfriendsforum.com,=20and
=20www.goodnewscafe.net.
=20Blessings,=20Joshua
=20On=207/10/11,=20bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20wrote:
=20Hi=20all,
=20I?m=20interested=20in=20starting=20a=20blog=20or=20maybe=20more
=20than=20one=20blog.
=20So=20what=20accessible=20sites=20are=20there??Do
=20bloggers=20generally=20write=20first
=20person=20stories,=20or=20about=20things=20they=20see=20that=20are
=20more=20objective?
=20Any=20of=20you=20have=20a=20blog??How=20often=20do=20you
=20update=20it??Is=20it=20possible=20to
=20upload=20photos=20to=20it=20to=20go=20along=20with=20your=20story?
=20Or=20maybe=20you=20need
=20sighted
=20help=20to=20post=20photos?
=20What=20about=20audio?=20What=20format=20do=20audio=20clips=20need
=20to=20be=20in?
=20Can=20you=20have=20more=20than=20one=20blog=20on=20the=20same=20site?
=20Can
=20you=20write=20as=20much=20as=20you=20want=20or=20is=20there=20a=20word
=20limit?
=20I=20enjoy=20writing=20and=20I?d=20like=20to=20share=20with
=20friends=20and=20family.=20=20I=20figured
=20blogging=20would=20be=20a=20neat=20way=20to=20write=20stories
=20about=20myself,=20life=20and=20my
=20opinions=20on=20things=20like=20books,=20technology,=20and
=20religion.
=20What=20site=20can=20you=20write=20like=20a=20journal=20about
=20yourself?
=20Thanks.
=20Ashley
=20_______________________________________________
=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
=20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get
=20your=20account=20info=20for
=20nabs-l:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jlester84
62%40students.pccua.edu
=20------------------------------
=20Message:=207
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2021:42:30=20-0400
=20From:=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list"
????<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal
=20sites
=20Message-ID:
=20<AF7D2C5148FE4AC39D1C45AA2B6941EB at OwnerPC
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20format=3Dflowed;
=20charset=3D"Windows-1252";
????reply-type=3Doriginal
=20Joshua,
=20What=20is=20a=20forum=20like?=20Isn't=20that=20for=20a=20group=20of=20pe=
ople
=20to=20discuss=20something
=20common?
=20Is=20that=20how=20a=20forum=20differs=20from=20a=20blog?
=20This=20would=20be=20a=20good=20idea=20if?I=20had=20several
=20people=20interested=20in=20a=20forum.
=20I'll=20see=20about=20it.=20=20I=20have=20a=20beep=20ball=20team=20and=20=
that
=20was=20one=20of=20the=20things=20I
=20wanted=20to=20blog=20about.=20=20But=20yes=20if=20more=20people=20want=20=
to
=20post=20online,=20I'd=20like
=20the=20idea=20of=20a=20forum.=20=20A=20blog=20would=20be=20more=20for=20m=
y
=20writings,=20if=20I=20do=20it.
=20I'll=20check=20those=20links=20out=20and=20I'm=20glad=20to=20know=20they=
=20are=20accessible.
=20Ashley
=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester
=20Sent:=20Sunday,=20July=2010,=202011=208:50=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal
=20sites
=20Ashley:
=20Why=20not=20start=20an=20accessible=20forum,=20online,=20for=20blind
=20people?
=20I've=20found=20an=20accessible=20one.
=20V=20Bulletin,=20is=20quite=20accessible,=20with=20an=20audio
=20captcha,=20(if=20they=20still=20have
=20it.)
=20To=20see=202=20forums,=20from=20V=20Bulletin,=20here=20are=20some
=20examples.
=20www.apostolicfriendsforum.com,=20and
=20www.goodnewscafe.net.
=20Blessings,=20Joshua
=20On=207/10/11,=20bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20wrote:
=20Hi=20all,
=20I?m=20interested=20in=20starting=20a=20blog=20or=20maybe=20more
=20than=20one=20blog.
=20So=20what=20accessible=20sites=20are=20there??Do
=20bloggers=20generally=20write=20first
=20person=20stories,=20or=20about=20things=20they=20see=20that=20are
=20more=20objective?
=20Any=20of=20you=20have=20a=20blog??How=20often=20do=20you
=20update=20it??Is=20it=20possible=20to
=20upload=20photos=20to=20it=20to=20go=20along=20with=20your=20story?
=20Or=20maybe=20you=20need
=20sighted
=20help=20to=20post=20photos?
=20What=20about=20audio?=20What=20format=20do=20audio=20clips=20need
=20to=20be=20in?
=20Can=20you=20have=20more=20than=20one=20blog=20on=20the=20same=20site?
=20Can
=20you=20write=20as=20much=20as=20you=20want=20or=20is=20there=20a=20word
=20limit?
=20I=20enjoy=20writing=20and=20I?d=20like=20to=20share=20with
=20friends=20and=20family.=20=20I=20figured
=20blogging=20would=20be=20a=20neat=20way=20to=20write=20stories
=20about=20myself,=20life=20and=20my
=20opinions=20on=20things=20like=20books,=20technology,=20and
=20religion.
=20What=20site=20can=20you=20write=20like=20a=20journal=20about
=20yourself?
=20Thanks.
=20Ashley
=20_______________________________________________
=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
=20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get
=20your=20account=20info=20for
=20nabs-l:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jlester84
62%40students.pccua.edu
=20_______________________________________________
=20nabs-l=20mailing=20list
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
=20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your
=20account=20info=20for
=20nabs-l:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bookworma
hb%40earthlink.net
=20------------------------------
=20Message:=208
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2021:52:18=20-0400
=20From:=20Elizabeth=20<lizmohnke at hotmail.com
=20To:=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Thanks=20for=20the=20Help=20at=20National
=20Convention
=20Message-ID:=20<COL118-W1316868A320E5058F0232FBA450 at phx.gbl
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3D"iso-8859-1"
=20Hello=20All,
=20I=20have=20done=20my=20best=20to=20thank=20everyone=20individually=20for=
=20the=20help=20they=20have
=20provided=20me=20over=20the=20past=20week.=20=20However,=20I=20thought=20=
I
=20would=20also=20send=20out=20a
=20general=20message=20to=20thank=20anyone=20I=20may=20have=20missed
=20along=20the=20way.=20=20My
=20convention=20may=20not=20have=20gone=20the=20way=20I=20wanted=20it=20to
=20go,=20but=20it=20was=20exactly
=20what=20I=20needed=20for=20reasons=20I=20am=20not=20willing=20to=20share=
=20on
=20such=20a=20public=20email
=20list.
=20Since=20the=20last=20time=20I=20checked=20the=20messages=20on=20this
=20list=20was=20before
=20convention,=20it=20is=20quite=20possible=20that=20someone=20may=20have
=20already=20said=20what
=20happened,=20or=20at=20least=20their=20version=20of=20the=20story.
=20However,=20I=20have=20already
=20shared=20my=20version=20of=20the=20story=20about=20a=20million=20times
=20by=20now,=20so=20if=20you=20are
=20curious=20as=20to=20what=20happened,=20you=20will=20just=20have=20to
=20wait=20for=20another=20time.
=20The=20bottom=20line=20is=20that=20I=20am=20going=20to=20be=20just=20fine=
.=20=20I
=20just=20wanted=20to=20show
=20my=20appreciation=20to=20those=20who=20may=20have=20helped=20me=20along
=20the=20way.
=20Thanks,
=20Elizabeth
=20------------------------------
=20Message:=209
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2021:22:03=20-0500
=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list
????<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal
=20sites
=20Message-ID:
????
<CAO83KOviXamrW81HF9NX+T4LZ7M9pU3mnTrmuGYO794JtGARSg at mail.gmail.c
om
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3Dwindows-1252
=20Yes.
=20Are=20you=20familiar=20with=20the=20beap=20baseball?
=20I=20just=20heard=20about=20it,=20on=20the=20DJD=20Invasion.
=20Blessings,=20Joshua
=20On=207/10/11,=20bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20wrote:
=20Joshua,
=20What=20is=20a=20forum=20like?=20Isn't=20that=20for=20a=20group=20of
=20people=20to=20discuss
=20something
=20common?
=20Is=20that=20how=20a=20forum=20differs=20from=20a=20blog?
=20This=20would=20be=20a=20good=20idea=20if?I=20had=20several
=20people=20interested=20in=20a=20forum.
=20I'll=20see=20about=20it.=20=20I=20have=20a=20beep=20ball=20team=20and
=20that=20was=20one=20of=20the=20things
=20I
=20wanted=20to=20blog=20about.=20=20But=20yes=20if=20more=20people=20want
=20to=20post=20online,=20I'd
=20like
=20the=20idea=20of=20a=20forum.=20=20A=20blog=20would=20be=20more=20for=20m=
y
=20writings,=20if=20I=20do=20it.
=20I'll=20check=20those=20links=20out=20and=20I'm=20glad=20to=20know
=20they=20are=20accessible.
=20Ashley
=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester
=20Sent:=20Sunday,=20July=2010,=202011=208:50=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students
=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20accessible=20blog=20and=20journal
=20sites
=20Ashley:
=20Why=20not=20start=20an=20accessible=20forum,=20online,=20for
=20blind=20people?
=20I've=20found=20an=20accessible=20one.
=20V=20Bulletin,=20is=20quite=20accessible,=20with=20an=20audio
=20captcha,=20(if=20they=20still
=20have
=20it.)
=20To=20see=202=20forums,=20from=20V=20Bulletin,=20here=20are=20some
=20examples.
=20www.apostolicfriendsforum.com,=20and
=20www.goodnewscafe.net.
=20Blessings,=20Joshua
=20On=207/10/11,=20bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20wrote:
=20Hi=20all,
=20I?m=20interested=20in=20starting=20a=20blog=20or=20maybe
=20more=20than=20one=20blog.
=20So=20what=20accessible=20sites=20are=20there??Do
=20bloggers=20generally=20write=20first
=20person=20stories,=20or=20about=20things=20they=20see=20that
=20are=20more=20objective?
=20Any=20of=20you=20have=20a=20blog??How=20often=20do
=20you=20update=20it??Is=20it=20possible=20to
=20upload=20photos=20to=20it=20to=20go=20along=20with=20your
=20story?=20Or=20maybe=20you=20need
=20sighted
=20help=20to=20post=20photos?
=20What=20about=20audio?=20What=20format=20do=20audio=20clips
=20need=20to=20be=20in?
=20Can=20you=20have=20more=20than=20one=20blog=20on=20the=20same
=20site?=20Can
=20you=20write=20as=20much=20as=20you=20want=20or=20is=20there=20a
=20word=20limit?
=20I=20enjoy=20writing=20and=20I?d=20like=20to=20share=20with
=20friends=20and=20family.=20=20I=20figured
=20blogging=20would=20be=20a=20neat=20way=20to=20write=20stories
=20about=20myself,=20life=20and=20my
=20opinions=20on=20things=20like=20books,=20technology,
=20and=20religion.
=20What=20site=20can=20you=20write=20like=20a=20journal=20about
=20yourself?
=20Thanks.
=20Ashley
=20_______________________________________________
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=20Message:=2010
=20Date:=20Mon,=2011=20Jul=202011=2004:50:20=20+0000=20(UTC)
=20From:=20Amy=20Sabo=20<amylsabo at comcast.net
=20To:=20"BLIND=20STUDENTS,=20NATIONAL=20ASSOCIATION=20OF"
<NABS-L at NFBNET.ORG>,
????"OF=20BLIND=20STUDENTS,
=20COLORADO=20ASSOCIATION"=20<CABS at NFBNET.ORG
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20aim=20problem
=20Message-ID:
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1760385386.319978.1310359820794.JavaMail.root at sz0144a.emeryville.
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=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3Dutf-8
=20hello=20all,
=20i=20hope=20that=20you=20are=20all=20doing=20well.=20=20i'm=20having
=20problems=20with=20the=20latest
=20version=20of=20aim.=20=20i=20have=20tried=20tabbing=20to=20all=20of=20th=
e
=20features=20on=20it=20to=20change
=20the=20settings=20on=20it=20but,=20jfw=20won't=20let=20me=20do=20that.=20=
=20is
=20there=20a=20way=20in=20where=20i
=20can=20access=20aim=20with=20jfw?=20are=20there=20speciall=20scripts
=20for=20jfw=20that=20i=20can=20use?
=20thanks=20again=20and,=20i=20will=20talk=20to=20you=20all=20soon!
=20hugs,
=20amy
=20------------------------------
=20Message:=2011
=20Date:=20Sun,=2010=20Jul=202011=2023:35:34=20-0700
=20From:=20"Humberto=20Avila"=20<avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
=20To:=20"'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list'"
????<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20aim=20problem
=20Message-ID:
=20<0FCAE1D24B6A42BD8B6BF6FDF4002DEE at HumbertoAvila
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;??
=20=EC=A0=A8=EC=9F=A0harset=3D"us-ascii"
=20The=20last=20thing=20I=20heard=20about=20AOL=20Instant=20Messenger
=20(AIM)=20was=20about=202=20years
=20ago=20on=20a=20podcast=20about=20JAWS=20and=20instant=20messaging=20(by
=20the=20way,=20it=20was=20the
=20FS
=20cast).=20=20Maybe=20they=20have=20updated=20the=20software=20and=20now=20=
it
=20is=20inaccessible=20with
=20JAWS?=20I=20don't=20know...but,=20what=20version=20of=20JAWS=20are=20you=
=20using?=20Which
=20operating=20system?=20Which=20version=20of=20aim?
=20Cheers,?Humberto
=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
=20[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]
=20On
=20Behalf
=20Of=20Amy=20Sabo
=20Sent:=20Sunday,=20July=2010,=202011=209:50=20PM
=20To:=20BLIND=20STUDENTS,=20NATIONAL=20ASSOCIATION=20OF;=20OF=20BLIND
=20STUDENTS,=20COLORADO
=20ASSOCIATION
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20aim=20problem
=20hello=20all,
=20i=20hope=20that=20you=20are=20all=20doing=20well.=20=20i'm=20having
=20problems=20with=20the=20latest
=20version=20of=20aim.=20=20i=20have=20tried=20tabbing=20to=20all=20of=20th=
e
=20features=20on=20it=20to=20change
=20the=20settings=20on=20it=20but,=20jfw=20won't=20let=20me=20do=20that.=20=
=20is
=20there=20a=20way=20in=20where=20i
=20can=20access=20aim=20with=20jfw?=20are=20there=20speciall=20scripts
=20for=20jfw=20that=20i=20can=20use?
=20thanks=20again=20and,=20i=20will=20talk=20to=20you=20all=20soon!
=20hugs,
=20amy
=20_______________________________________________
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=20------------------------------
=20Message:=2012
=20Date:=20Mon,=2011=20Jul=202011=2007:50:05=20-0500
=20From:=20David=20Andrews=20<dandrews at visi.com
=20To:=20david.andrews at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20iPal=20for=20sale
=20Message-ID:=20<auto-000019992102 at mailfront3.g2host.com
=20Content-Type:=20text/plain;=20charset=3D"us-ascii";
=20format=3Dflowed
Eye=20Pal=20for=20sale.=20=20$1299
I=20can=20be=20contacted=20via=20email=20at=20mbrianwooten at gmail.com
Thanks,
Brian
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