[Nfbf-l] Who's Whozit? Meet the Blind Month 2009

Tue Aug 11 12:39:20 UTC 2009

When the Whozit was going to first be introduced, the NFB passed out these 
little FOAM rubber tactile replicas. I still have mine. I also have a Whozit 
pin, which the NFB of Ohio was selling. Other than that, I don't know of any 
other tactile representations. To me, it looks sort of like a stick figure 
carrying a cane with a half-moon for a head.
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith Hamilton" <jrhamilton51 at earthlink.net>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Who's Whozit? Meet the Blind Month 2009


> Hi Gina,
>
> Thanks.  The jumbled symbols and letters seem to occur from Internet
> pastings of material.  Probably a filtration system of some kind.  Gina, 
> do
> you happen to know if there is a tactile version of  the Whoozit symbol? 
> I
> think a lot of my chapter members would be able to benefit from that in
> addition to a verbal description that other members have tried to 
> describe.
>
> Thanks, again and have a good day!
> Judy
>
>
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Gina Minichiello <minichiellog at comcast.net>
>> To: NFB of Florida Listserv <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: 8/11/2009 7:32:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Who's Whozit? Meet the Blind Month 2009
>>
>> Judy
> I don't know if it will come out any better this time, but it is "Who's
> Whozit?" In other words, who is the little figure in our logo, the one we
> call Whozit? Sorry to hear you are having trouble reading some emails. 
> Hope
> you get it resolved soon.
>
> Gina Minichiello, Board Member
> National Federation of the Blind of Florida
> Treasurer, Greater Jacksonville Chapter
> minichiellog at comcast.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Judith Hamilton <jrhamilton51 at earthlink.net>
> To: NFB of Florida Listserv <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:11:34 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Who's Whozit? Meet the Blind Month 2009
>
> Thank you Gina for posting this message.  We had our chapter meeting
> yesterday and we are planning our event for
> October 10th.  I was wondering why Jerry Lazarus had not sent out any
> emails yet.  I thought possibly the campaign had scaled down or something.
> For some unexplainable reason the title of this project is jiberish in my
> particular email program.  What is the title?  Between Mark not being able
> to communicate on the lists and the jiberish in my listserve emails, we
> really have challenges lol!
> Thanks, again,
> Judy
>
>
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Gina Minichiello <minichiellog at comcast.net>
>> To: NFB of Florida Listserv <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; NFBF -Leaders
> <NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: 8/9/2009 11:41:02 AM
>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Who's Whozit? Meet the Blind Month 2009
>>
>> I know national will be kicking this off soon, but I wanted to give you a
> heads up before the August meetings. This is information I received from
> the Meet the Blind Month Seminar at national convention. I couldn't find 
> it
> on the website yet, but Iï¿½ï¿½ï¿½m sure it will be coming soon. In honor
> of the
> 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the "Whoï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s 
> Whozit?"
> initiative is being introduced to our Meet the Blind Month activities. 
> This
> is how it works.
> In, August, chapters should contact, at least, one elementary, middle or
> high school. Arrange to present the "Whoï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Whozit?" material to 
> one
> or
> more classes in the month of October. Order you "Whoï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Whozit?"
> materials
> by September 14th from the national office. Each packet of will include:
> program guide tailored for your target audience, Braille cards, dye-cut
> Whozits, "Whoï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Whozit and What's it all about?"
> A whozit and five alphabet cards will be given to each student.
> Participants will be instructed to bring the whozits and alphabet cards
> with them wherever they go during the month of October. Each week they
> should introduce Whozit to at least one new person. They will give each
> person an alphabet card and tell them about the Whoï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Whozit
> Campaign.
> Students will be take photographs of people receiving their alphabet 
> cards.
> They will then log onto the NFB website and submit their photos. Access
> with only be granted to those who have deciphered the Braille on the 
> bottom
> of their alphabet card. Each student can submit one photo that will be
> entered into one of three prize categories. The winners will receive a
> Louis Braille coin. The goal is for Whozit to meet one million people
> during the month of October. For more information, you can contact Jerry
> Lazarus at the national office 410-659-9314 ext. 2297 or email
> jlazarus at nfb.org
>
>
> Gina Minichiello,
> NFBF Board Member
> NFBF Fund Raising Chair
> Greater Jacksonville Chapter, Treasurer
> minichiellog at comcast.net
>
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