<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Maurice,<div><br></div><div>What is the reason for promoting the approach of having an interpreter voice the proceedings into a personal system? This seems like a waste of resources that could be mitigated by having a robust assistive listening system in place in the rooms. Plus, I would much rather hear from the source rather than having an interpreter repat it if at all possible.</div><div><br></div><div>I know that we've had a system in the past, but it hasn't worked very well. Meanwhile, other conferences have implemented highly successful systems. I think we need to be pushing for this as a division rather than suggesting sub-par solutions that take interpreters away from people who actually need them for communication in ASL.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Mike</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 4:27\u202fPM Maurice A. mines via NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Good afternoon everyone, first I wanted to Bring to everyone's attention =<br>
that we will likely move the June public meeting probably to the weekend =<br>
of June 7, this is because we would not have board quorum. Stay tuned =<br>
will update you on that in the future email. The next thing if anyone is =<br>
a first time national convention attendee, and he is wishing to apply =<br>
for the Jernigan Convention scholarship, which covers between four and =<br>
$500 of a first Time convention attendees expenses, and you wish a =<br>
letter of recommendation please reach out to me soon. Because I believe =<br>
that deadline is in the middle of April.<br>
If you are coming to convention and use Bluetooth hearing aids I would =<br>
strongly encourage you to work with your audiologist to get a personal =<br>
communication system such as a remote microphone. This is so that you =<br>
can ask for it on the pre-registration form and request an interpreter =<br>
to voice, repeat the proceedings into your personal System.<br>
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If you are wishing a volunteer SSP or convention please send me an email =<br>
off list with the subject when I'm in B 2025 enable forwarded onto our =<br>
second vice president who will be working on matching you with an =<br>
appropriate volunteer SSP. The things that need to be in that email, one =<br>
if you're not going to be at the pool national convention what dates =<br>
will you be there. Two do you require, reques tackle sign, if we can't =<br>
find someone that can do turtle sign do you read braille and do you have =<br>
a portable refreshable braille display? I have found this to be =<br>
personally helpful during convention week. Your email should also =<br>
include your name and your state affiliate.<br>
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Emails for the volunteer SSP program in terms of people who are =<br>
requesting volunteer SSP's should be in my email box by no later than =<br>
May 31 preferably sooner than that.<br>
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Resolutions if you have an idea for a resolution please reach out to =<br>
Doula she is a divisions resolutions Committee chair person. She will be =<br>
happy to take your ideas on our before May 1. This is because the =<br>
national cut off for resolutions is an early June and we want to allow =<br>
time for people to make certain that their resolutions are in such form =<br>
that I can pass them along to the committee if they need the division =<br>
endorsement.<br>
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I'm sure that other board members will chime in if there's something =<br>
that I forgot to put in this email. Here's hoping that you're very early =<br>
spring is going well? If there's something that I have not mentioned in =<br>
this email that you feel is extremely important please send me an email =<br>
off list I don't see if it's something we can assist you with or =<br>
something we can put on the June meeting agenda. Finally just so that =<br>
everyone is aware I am working on the annual meeting agenda because that =<br>
deadline is fast approaching. I will of course published that agenda =<br>
around the time of the overall national convention of being released by =<br>
the national office. But I will say this at this point it will be =<br>
dynamic and diverse. Look forward to reading any responses both ones up =<br>
here on the list, and responses that are emailed directly to me office =<br>
list.<br>
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