[Nfb-kzoo] Newsline in Kalamazoo

[J.J. Meddaugh]

Sounds good, and I will call you. The Grand Rapids Press and Flint Journal 
are both on newsline, I believe, and this should help us considerably as 
they are all from the same publisher and under the mlive.com website.

J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gkitchen" <ghkitchen at comcast.net>
To: "NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List" <nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] Newsline in Kalamazoo


> Hi J.J.
>
> Yes, it would be great to have the Kalamazoo paper on NFB-Newsline. We 
> tried to add it quite a number of years ago and the folks at the paper 
> were willing to work with us initially however, when it came time to to 
> put the paper on newsline , the woman I was in contact with said that they 
> did not have the time to work with us. That was back probably around 1999 
> or so.
>
>
> Obtaining the funding is always a challenge but not impossible. Is there 
> someone in the Kalamazoo Chapter that can write a grant? I was told by 
> Baltimore that they could not write grants for us but would be willing to 
> look over one once it was done.
>
> Please   give me a call at 517-338-4064 or send me your number so I can 
> call you.
>
> Georgia Kitchen
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
> To: "NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List" <nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:46 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-kzoo] Newsline in Kalamazoo
>
>
>>I did some checking, and it is apparently $10,000 to get a new newspaper 
>>added to the NFB Newsline system plus $5,000 annually to maintain it.
>> Before everyone screams at this, we do have several very philanthropic 
>> foundations in Kalamazoo which may jump on a project like this. We would 
>> need to determine if we could obtain startup funding and how the annual 
>> funding would be paid for. But this would be a great asset for our city 
>> plus a great promotional tool for the MCB students and others in the 
>> community. The recent online and Email services have made Newsline a much 
>> more relevant service, IMHO.
>> Or am I just crazy?
>>
>>
>>
>> J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
>> A premier Licensed Code Factory and KNFB Reader distributor
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