[NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting

Fri Apr 3 21:02:24 UTC 2020

I really hope we've exhausted this topic for now.  I wish everybody who wanted could have gotten in, above the over 800 who did, but we all know technology can sometimes be a bear when it wants to, and it has nothing to do with an organization's competency or incompetency.  I do not believe for one minute the NFB was trying to keep anyone out either.  So, can we just call it an unfortunate experience and move on?

Thanks.

Michael

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From: nFB-Talk <nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Cory McMahon via nFB-Talk
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You're correct, Mark--I also tried, and was notified that the meeting had: "reached a maximum of 300 participants." I don't recall reading anything about a participant limitation in any of the announcements regarding this release.

Sincerely,

Cory McMahon

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Well, I'm glad to hear that.  But I certainly couldn't get in and I wasn't the only one.

Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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I  will comment on your first point. At its peak the meeting had over 950 attendees. I found no ineptness concerning this meeting.

Best Regards,

Michael Hingson

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I tried several times to get into the meeting as well and voiced my concern 
and displeasure to Chris Danielson and President Riccobono.  I feel this is 
technology that should have been well-understood before endeavoring to hold 
a meeting of this kind and publicize it so heavily.  It makes us look inept. 
I was very disappointed.

I would like to know if the National Convention was discussed.  Thank you.
Sherri

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Subject: [NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting

Hello, friends.  We were asked to join the live Presidential Release meeting 
of April, 2020 this evening.  We were told this was a great forum to listen 
and ask questions of the president.  We were cordially asked to participate, 
and nonmembers were also asked to participate in this meeting.  However, 
when I tried to call in, twice, I might add, I was bounced out and told that 
the meeting was full as there were over 300 participants.  I tried using 
Zoom on my computer and was told the meeting had reached its capacity. 
While I’m sure this was an honest mistake, this was an unfortunate oversight 
on the part of the Federation.  Obviously, the technology wasn’t researched 
properly.  Frankly that angers me, but what’s worse is that this was 
advertised as a meeting we could all participate in or at least listen to 
live.  To me this seems like a serious misrepresentation.  If people are new 
and interested, it will appear that we don’t have our “ducks in a row.” 
Yes, I’m sure we can listen to Presidential Release 493 some time in April, 
that’s really not the point.  At the very least, there should have been some 
warning that the Zoom capacity for this meeting was limited, so we should 
have called quite early.  I didn’t see this in any of the emails concerning 
this meeting.  We talk about being a “Federation family.”  This hardly seems 
like a proper example of what that should be.  If we can’t do better than 
this, maybe it’s understandable that some blind people don’t particularly 
like us.
Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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