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

Thu Aug 13 01:00:09 UTC 2009

Thanks, Sherri,

You are on the right track with the description.  Took me a while to figure
it out, but I agree that this appears to be what it is.
Judy

> [Original Message]
> From: Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> To: NFB of Florida Listserv <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: 8/11/2009 8:37:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Who's Whozit? Meet the Blind Month 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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