[Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings

Sat Jan 30 16:29:35 UTC 2010

Sherri, I tend to agree with Kathy! Go ahead and take a BOW! KH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings


Again, thank you for the kind words, but as I said before, none of this
would be happening without the help and support of NFBF, the library and
DBS.
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Davis" <kdavisnfbf at cfl.rrcom>
To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings


> Dear Sherri,
>
> Thank you for the warm and most informative e-mail about Newsline Florida.
> You are doing a fantastic job. You took the time to thank everyone who has
> helped you as Newsline Coordinator and I want to say in turn, KUDOS to
> you!
> I know this is an effort of love for you and your warmth with Newsline
> members when they call with issues must be most apparent. Just take a
> moment
> to pat yourself on the back. We all appreciate your diligence and hard
> work!
>
>
> God bless,
>
> Kathy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Sherri
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 6:11 PM
> To: nfbf-l at nfbnet.org; flagdu at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings
>
> Hello everyone.
> I just received a newsletter from our Newsline coordinators from the
> National Center. There are so many exciting things going on with Newsline
> and NFBF.
>
> I am so excited about Newsline and so proud of all my users in Florida. I
> hope those who are not using it will contact me and I will either sign you
> up or get your user information to you if you are already signed up. I am
> so
> happy for all those who have helped us increase our user minutes. That is
> very important in seeking additional funding for our Newsline program! I
> am
> especially glad for our regional and sub-regional libraries who sign up
> hundreds of people a week. Sometimes, that results in a duplicate sign-up,
> but if you are signed up twice, I can always remedy the situation.
>
> Keep up the good work NFBF! My heart-felt thanks go out to you. And a
> special "thank you" to Grant Downey for keeping the Florida channel
> updated
> with all kinds of new interesting announcements and to Kirk Harmon and
> Katie
> Hicks for sending out all those welcome letters. I also thank Kirk for his
> work helping me with Newsline calls. I thank Wendy Wilson for her
> marketing
> efforts. I also want to thank Gloria Mills for her work managing the
> Newsline funds. My thanks go out to Sabrina Deaton because she is going
> through and cleaning up our subscriber data base. And finally, my thanks
> to
> all those who unselfishly give their time to spread the word about our
> Newsline program. I thank those who contact me and let me know what they
> have been doing and request brochures and literature to hand out. Keep up
> the enthusiasm NFBF! And happy Newsline listening. Oh and last but
> certainly
> not least, I thank Joyce Hildreth and the folks at DBS who totally support
> Newsline.
>
> Here is just some of the latest news.
>
> Sherri Brun
>
> "We've got lots of good news to share with you this month!  We encourage
> you
> to share the information below with your colleagues and clients so that
> they
> can be aware of, and tell others about, these exciting developments.
>
> Firstly, you will all shortly have an opportunity to meet Paul, our new,
> more human-sounding voice.  Paul from NeoSpeech, who, as you may recall
> was
> subscribers' top choice in our recent poll, will be available sometime
> early
> February.  One benefit of this new voice is that it sounds much more human
> than the current Eloquence voice, so that newly blinded individuals
> unfamiliar with synthesized speech (such as seniors) may feel more
> comfortable using NFB-NEWSLINER.  Those with a slight hearing loss may
> also
> appreciate this new voice as it may be easier to hear and follow.  While
> we
> do think many individuals will like and use Paul, we want to stress that
> this new voice is not a substitution for the Eloquence voice, rather, it
> is
> an additional voice provided to afford our subscribers with greater choice
> and flexibility.  We view that those who are not familiar or comfortable
> with synthesized speech may prefer to use Paul initially, but may in time
> prefer the Eloquence voice as it offers a faster reading speed."
>
> "Another terrific development will soon be available to subscribers:
> subscribers accessing the news via the telephone can now make an on-demand
> request to have an article sent to their e-mail inbox on demand.  This is
> great news for those who want to read an article again for research
> purposes, or if they find they don't have time to fully read or appreciate
> a
> complex or lengthy piece.  To use this feature, subscribers simply press
> #9
> (pound nine) during the reading of an article, and the article will be
> sent
> to the e-mail address on file."
>
> "We had tremendous achievement across the board in 2009, making terrific
> improvements over the previous year's usage and new member statistics, as
> evidenced below:
>
>
> 2008
> New Users:                    5,916
> Total Emails:                  1,156,020
> Total Calls:                    1,675,387
> Total Minutes Used:        32,793,945
>
>
> 2009
> New Users:                    13,340
> Total E-mails:                1,833,343
> Total Calls:                    1,772,046
> Total Minutes Used:        33,935,582
>
>
>
>                  Statistically Speaking
>
> In December, 2009 we received a total of 152,392 calls (up by 946 over
> November's usage), and added a total of 2,688 new subscribers.  Excellent
> work, everybody!
>
> Top Ten Minutes Used:
>
> We received a total of 2,883,120 minutes of use in December.  Kudos to
> Florida and New York, who have made increases of 5,392 and 4,046 above
> November's usage, respectively. (Editorial comment) We are still in third
> place in terms of total minutes used behind California and New York.
>
>
> Top Ten New Subscribers: (Editorial comment) For this, I thank our
> marketers, our NFBF members out there spreading the word and our Talking
> Book librarians for signing up so many people.
>
> 1.       Florida with 2,335
> 2.       California and Arkansas with 27 each
> 3.       New Jersey with 24
> 4.       Texas with 23
> 5.       Pennsylvania with 19
> 6.       Wisconsin with 18
> 7.       Massachusetts with 13
> 8.       Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan with 12 each
> 9.       New York, Maryland, Washington, and Nebraska with 11 each
> 10.     North Carolina with 10
>
> E-mail Superstars:
>
> We sent a total of 155,994 e-mails in December, an increase of over 7,000
> above November's usage.
>
> 1.        Texas                   13,051
> 2.        New York              10,286
> 3.        Florida                  8,151
> 4.        Pennsylvania         7,756
> 5.        North Carolina       6,908
> 6.        Massachusetts       6,447
> 7.        California              6,338
> 8.        Colorado               6,273
> 9.        Michigan                5,510
> 10.      New Jersey            5,506
>
> Top Ten Registered Subscribers:
>
> Below is our Gang of Ten, congratulations to you all!
>
> 1.        Florida with 17,305
> 2.        California with 6,751
> 3.        Maryland with 3,038
> 4.        Texas with 2,967
> 5.        Michigan with 2,684
> 6.        North Carolina with 2,654
> 7.        Wisconsin with 2,438
> 8.        New York with 2,396
> 9.        Ohio with 2,315
> 10.      Massachusetts with 1,956
>
>
>
>
>
> Please feel free to call me if you have any questions. My toll-free
> Newsline
> number is (800)603-8578.
>
> Sherri Brun, NFBF Secretary and NewslineR Coordinator
> E-mail:  flmom2006 at gmail.com
> http://www.nfbnewslineonline.org
> http://www.nfbflorida.org
>
> "Don't give up something you want forever for something you want only for
> now!"
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