[Ncabs] May 2014 Conference Call Minutes

[Veronica Puente via Ncabs]

Skype is fine with me, but I agreed that having an easy way to communicate
is very important. I have not been in the calls does far but I am hope to
come back either next month or the next. I am sure we can work it out as a
teem smily!!!!

On Thursday, May 15, 2014, Shickeytha Chandler via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Skype is fine for me as well. Just something to consider though-if
> someone does not have a Smartphone, they would have to have a
> microphone to use Skype on their computer.
>
> On 5/15/14, Ashley Coleman via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > I agree with Brice. Skype is a good place for conferencing. As long as
> the
> > people who are interested in joining the have the Skype name of the
> person
> > who is hosting the call. They can easily join.
> >
> > Ashley Coleman,
> >
> >
> >
> >> On May 15, 2014, at 17:18, Brice Smith via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Google Hangouts works with VoiceOver on Mac and on Windows with Chrome
> and
> >> Chromevox, Googles screen reader for the Chrome browser. Even if it's
> >> usable, its not necessarily intuitive for the average blind student or
> >> screen reader user. It should go without saying that you want a call or
> >> meeting to be as easy to join as possible for as many users as possible,
> >> so I'd recommend using Skype instead.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On May 15, 2014, at 4:25 PM, Ashley Coleman via Ncabs <
> ncabs at nfbnet.org>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi All,   Do we know if Google Hang Outs is accessible?
> >>>
> >>> Ashley Coleman,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On May 15, 2014, at 13:56, Shickeytha Chandler via Ncabs
> >>>> <ncabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I read the note in the minutes about trying to increase participation
> >>>> in the conference calls. I have been on this email list for several
> >>>> months now as I have been preparing for graduate school, but have not
> >>>> yet participated in any of the calls. However, I do hope to get
> >>>> involved with those beginning sometime in the next couple of months.
> >>>> You mentioned Google Hangouts and asked for opinions. For me
> >>>> personally, phone is fine and I would probably prefer phone as opposed
> >>>> to Google Hangouts. As a student, I will be on my computer a lot and
> >>>> would appreciate the breather from my computer. But that's just me
> >>>> personally. I am certainly OK with Google Hangouts if it would benefit
> >>>> others.
> >>>>
> >>>> Look forward to talking with you all more in the future!
> >>>>
> >>>> Shickeytha
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 5/13/14, Travis Sherrill <tssherrill at windstream.net> wrote:
> >>>>> Hello all:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Below you will find the minutes from our May conference call.  These
> >>>>> minutes
> >>>>> contain some extremely important information so read them carefully
> >>>>> please.
> >>>>> I hope you all had a wonderful ending to the semester and I hope your
> >>>>> exams
> >>>>> and grades turned out the way you hoped they would.  A reminder: our
> >>>>> next
> >>>>> NCABS conference call will be held on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 9:30
> >>>>> p.m.
> >>>>> That will be an extremely important call as we will have lots of
> >>>>> business
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> discuss so we need you all to attend because your opinion is
> extremely
> >>>>> valuable.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Travis Sherrill
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Attendance:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Travis Sherrill
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Alan Chase
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bobbi Pompey
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kevin Curren
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Monday, May 12, 2014, the North Carolina Association of Blind
> >>>>> Students
> >>>>> (NCABS) held the monthly conference call.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Alan Chase, the North Carolina Association of Blind Students
> president
> >>>>> won
> >>>>> one of the 30 scholarships awarded by the National Federation for the
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ncabs_nfbnet.org/brl3517%40gmail.com
>


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Veronica Puente

"God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us
lessons that we could learn in no other way." ~ C.S. Lewis