[Nfbf-l] NFB-NewslineR Meeting

[Joe Minichiello]

Dan thank you for this update. What does the near future mean?
Joe Minichiello, Second Vice President
National Federation of the Blind of Florida
President, Greater Jacksonville Chapter
904-608-0105
jbmini at comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Hicks" <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:35 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] NFB-NewslineR Meeting


> Fellow Federation members,
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> This morning I was fortunate enough to take part in a meeting at the
> headquarters of the Florida Division of Blind Services in Tallahassee. The
> subject of the meeting -- NFB-NewslineR.  Also present were Scott White,
> NFB-NewslineR Director, Renee West, Director of NFB-NewslineR Marketing -
> both from Baltimore; NFBF NewslineR Coordinator Sherri Brun, from Florida,
> DBS Director Joyce Hildreth, and DBS Assistant Director Stephanie Wilson.
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> I know that many of you are enthusiastic Newsline supporters, and you will
> be pleased to know that Joyce, Stephanie, and the Division of Blind 
> Services
> leadership and staff are also very much behind the program. Funding for
> NFB-NewslineR is assured, at least for the near future. This is assuring 
> to
> know, in this time of budget shortfalls and program cutbacks.
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> Scott and Renee demonstrated many feature of Newsline, including  Newsline
> in Your Pocket, a function which allows you to download entire newspapers 
> to
> read on your Victor Reader Stream or other compatible device.
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> You will be happy to know that some new features and functions are in the
> testing stage and will be available to all of us soon. Go to
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> http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Newspapers_by_Phone.asp
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> or call Sherri Brun at 1-866-603-8578.or more information.
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> We are working on updated Florida's Newsline pages. In a few days check
> www.nfbflorida.org/newsline to see what is new.
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> Thank you all for supporting NFB-NewslineR!
>
> Dan Hicks, President
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> NFBF
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> "Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is"
>                                    -Isaac Asimov
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