[Nfb-krafters-korner] Security and Privacy

[Diane]

Dear Friends,
I hope y'all remember what time of the year it is, and it doesn't hurt to be 
a little extra kind to each other.
None of us know what the other has gone through this year that might be 
extra hard to think about; a job loss, a death, the ending of a 
relationship, financial troubles, not doing well in school, the loss of a 
home, another disability has entered our lives, or just any little thing 
that can make us cry on the drop of a dime.

Ever since my brother died, any holiday is hard, not to mention especially 
Christmas,  If it were up to me, I wouldn't even put up the tree, but as I 
am fortunate enough to live with my Mom, the tree is beautiful!

As I the Treasurer of the Krafters Division, try to keep everything updated, 
a rather unfortunate occurrence has happened.  My laptop died, is 
un-repairable, and has lead me to start over again from scratch, not only on 
school papers, but our Krafters division membership list.  If you do not 
want to send me your contact information over the internet, please call me 
at 970-576-0376 and leave a message with all of your information.  Please 
also include if you paid dues at our first meeting in July in Dallas, or if 
you still need to pay the $5 annual dues.  I do not know anyone who has not 
had some sort of computer mal-function this year.

So please, let's remember the reason for the season, and know how fortunate 
we all are to have the Krafters Division!!!!
Happy Holidays everyone!!!Thank you!
Diane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lappland" <lappland at bellsouth.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Security and Privacy


audrey,
it is unprofessional to publicly call listers discurteous when you don't
know the circumstances behind their absence of a class. i couldn't find my
initial e-mail to joyce but i believe it included all of my contact info
below my signature . i will send it directly to your personal e-mail address
for your records. please do not embarrass me in the future on this list.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AUDREY WELLNER" <rencraft at snet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Security and Privacy


To Becky and Nancy,
This was an error on my part. The message I wrote was supposed to go
privately to Lappland and Mary Crawford who signed up for a soap class but
never attended and left no formal contact information with their teacher,
Joyce Kane, President of this group.
After having trouble with the teleconferencing line I tried to contact all
her students but found that several never provided any formal alternate
information since the inception of this group.
Also, after retiring from a professional corporate and teaching working
environment after 30 years, I thoroughly respect the privacy of peoples
personal information. On the other hand, as Secretary of this new group find
it difficult to report on membership information to an organization whose
Constitution enables a $5.00 yearly membership fee, but then has difficulty
obtaining this information from students wanting to register for a free
class without giving their teacher the simplest of courtesy by providing
alternative contact information, like name, address and phone number so they
can be easily contacted when there is a problem with the functioning of
electronic equipment.
We are trying to resolve this issue by the installation of our new blog site
where in the coming year students will have to register for classes and
provide appropriate information.
Again, I'm sorry the former message was released to the public site, just a
matter of not changing the address line, but people were asked to reply to
my personal email site not the public site. Yes, I do list my phone number
because I believe that if I'm holding a public office I should provide
people with easy access to my information.
We are all new at learning how to create this nationwide group and are
progressing as fast as we can with new technology to handle each individual
situation. Let me assure you that there was never any intention of posting a
full membership list to this public site.
Thank you,
Audrey Wellner,
Secretary of NFB Krafters Korner
rencraft at snet.net
203-268-3528