[nfb-db] Deaf-blind focus group on access technology and voting

[DELCINA M BROWN]

Hi,
if you do not mind me asking. Why can't you?
Delcenia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List" <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Deaf-blind focus group on access technology and voting


> Too bad I won't be available to take part in this focus group, oh well 
> maybe next time!
>
> Marsha drenth
> Sent with my IPhone
>
>> On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Scott Davert <scottdavert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all.
>> I'm passing the below info on at the request of Lou Ann blake. I
>> don't, as of yet, have details on where we would go to participate,
>> but I will have them tomorrow if people are interested.
>>
>> Dear Scott,
>>
>> I hope this e-mail finds you well.
>>
>> The National Federation of the Blind will be conducting, via online
>> chat, a focus group for deaf-blind voters on Tuesday, November 12,
>> 3:00-4:00 p.m. EST. The purpose of this focus group is to learn from
>> deaf-blind individuals about the types of barriers they currently face
>> in casting a private and independent ballot, and about the types of
>> personal access technology used by the deaf-blind that could remove
>> these barriers. This information will be provided to voting technology
>> researchers and developers during a seminar hosted by the NFB in
>> December 2013.
>>
>> We would be very happy if you could participate in this focus group.
>> We need your input so that we can work with election technology
>> researchers and developers to design voting systems that will enable
>> deaf-blind citizens to vote privately and independently! Please feel
>> free to contact me if you have any questions. I have attached the
>> focus group agenda for your information.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Lou Ann
>>
>>
>>
>> Lou Ann Blake, J.D.
>>
>> HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator
>>
>> Jernigan Institute
>>
>> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>>
>> 200 East Wells Street
>>
>>    at Jernigan Place
>>
>> Baltimore, MD 21230
>>
>> Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221
>>
>> Fax: (410) 659-5129
>>
>> E-mail: lblake at nfb.org
>>
>> Web site: www.nfb.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> For more information, please visit: www.carshelpingtheblind.org or
>> call 1-855-659-9314.
>> <11-12-13 Deaf-Blind Focus Group Agenda.docx>
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