[Nfb-krafters-korner] A Whole New Concept!

[Laurie Porter]

the only thing about having a lot of people in a skype conference that I 
discoverd is that there is a drop in quality. I was on one very recently. 
there was 10 people, and we experienced a lot of delay and 1 or 2 people 
were dropped.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] A Whole New Concept!


yes my skype is not limited either. It is a great way to connect and if you
use a headset then you are hands free to do the craft. Others use it and
just use the speaker and they hear just fine. I bring up the headset,
because I am too hard of hearing and this helps me to adjust the volume and
get more clarity with phone classes.
You can email me off list if you want more info on skype.
Theresa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucy Cox" <septembergirl95 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] A Whole New Concept!


Hi,

I have a friend who routinely has 12 or 13 people in his Skype conference
every night.

Hth,

Lucy

septembergirl95 at gmail.com

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he
knows that you are slightly cracked.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] A Whole New Concept!


Hi -- skype has a limit of 5 persons in a conference at any one time. It may
be possible to "daisy chain" and bridge 2 5-person conferences together, but
last I heard that was not supported.
However, skype could be used for "kraft support", if a person wanted to
answer questions to 1 or 2 people calling in at a specified time.
Just thought I'd mention it.
--le


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura White" <lewhite86 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] A Whole New Concept!


Honestly, in my humble opinion I have been wondering why we haven't
had classes via skipe for some time now.
Also this brings up the thoughts at least in my head of a discussion
board and not just an email list.
I feel like these issues are growing pains of any group and we will
get them resolved.   One thing I hope to see in future  is a message
board if we can manage it.  That way each individual thread of talk
doesn't need to always come to our emails.

Laura

On 1/9/11, Eileen Scrivani <etscrivani at verizon.net> wrote:
> Greg:
>
> Let me be perfectly clear, on the fact that I have never asked for nor
> expected any type of monitary benefit from this group for my time given to
> the membership in teaching them knitting skills.  I have done it from my
> heart because, yes I have truely enjoyed working with all  those in my
> classes.  I am not nor was I looking for "pay back. or my voluntary
> teaching
> time"  That is not even an issue for me.  Another thing I find disturbing
> in
> all of this is that there has been emails on the list from the president
> as
> well as in a phone conversation I had with her on Friday afternoon, in
> which
> she made it very clear to me that she was the person during the board
> meeting of Wednesday night, Jan 5, that she brought up the idea of and
> promoted for some kind of monitary reward to be given to instructors.  We
> now know from Audrey's email to the list that it was in fact Audrey who
> brought that to the floor and not the president.  Further in the end it
> was
> never passed as something that was resolved.  In my cconversation I was
> not
> lead to believe it was going to not happen.  It very much sounded to me
> that
> it was a done deal.  Again, I'm not looking for payment, my time is
> voluntary, but I do expect the truth from people and not to be misled in a
> conversation.
>
>
> Second, while it is my pleasure to volunteer to teach, it is not my
> consent
> nor desire to have class materials that I have developed and created &
> written gifted to the NFB nor the NFB Krafters Korner for their financial
> benefit.  Again this important and concerning question goes unanswered.  I
> must ask myself why?  The only answer I can come up with is that while I
> sit
> and wait patiently for this divisions board to get back to me with what
> should be an easy & reasonable answer is that it is taking this amount of
> time because behind the scenes they have elevated it to the National
> level,
> getting legal input on where they stand in attempting to claim my
> materials
> for their own.   Can I a small not independantly wealthy person be
> expected
> to retain a law team to fight them in this case?  What kind of
> organization
> is the NFB that they would do this?  So unfair, so unethical it is beyond
> beleif.
>
> Eileen
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 8:15 AM
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] A Whole New Concept!
>
>> I have a new idea! Krafter’s Corner is a great group and I am not
>> suggesting we change ANYTHING! But, maybe we have become to focused on
>> our
>>
>> wonderful and valuable phone service for classes. There is a need and
>> always will be a need for this kind of enteraction. But, quite frankly,
>> it
>>
>> does not meet the needs of everyone. A person has to have long distance
>> access in an affordable way or skype. You have to show up at the
>> designated time even if that’s in the middle of the night where you are.
>> You have to work at the pace of all the other students. And, there are
>> many more comments I have read here!
>>
>> Why are we not using this e-mail list for more than a way to socialize in
>> many cases? Why isn’t a classroom a part of it? What I’d like to propose
>> is that we all Me included start labeling the message very carefully and
>> start doing more how-to stuff right here! If I’m not interested in a
>> topic, I simply can skip those posts. An example of this is that it has
>> been suggested I start some crochet instruction. If I take the time to
>> write a coherent lesson plan and explanation which I would need for a
>> phone class, I can post that here. Then, if you want to do it, you can
>> give it a try, e-mail a question for all to see and learn from, I
>> respond,
>>
>> and on and on till we all learn. Somebody can read that anytime. If
>> somebody comes along a year from now and wants to read that material,
>> they
>>
>> can search for a specific Subject and read all about it. I learn to
>> teach.
>>
>> I learn to write a Good lesson plan. I give of myself and not just take
>> from the group. I freely give that instruction because I want to and not
>> as a job. It’s my fun time and not a professional time that I owe
>> anybody.
>>
>> These are a few of the benefits.
>>
>> These are some of my thoughts. Are others interested in doing something
>> like this in addition to all that we already do? Is there a reason that
>> it
>>
>> won’t work?
>>
>> Greg
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