[Nfbmo] A wonderful chance to be included in an online community.

[Fredolver]

I realize that it has been a long time since this thread was started but I think it is an excellent idea. I also believe though, that it could be expanded to allow family members of individuals who are blind to come in and ask questions it could be an Internet online presence if you well of the Blind speaking for themselves acting as a conduit for individuals who are experiencing blindness for the first time for family members to ask questions concerning their relatives for kids who are blind to ask questions of adults it has all kinds of possibilities. Fred Olver PS. There might also be links to other sites or resources for individuals who are blind to come and find. You could probably even be addressed in a public service message

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> On Jun 22, 2014, at 8:50 PM, Debbie Wunder via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello, thank you for thinking out of the box. I was very sad to see this
> fail, although I undersgtood the money issue. You can count me in for
> helping to give for this project.
> 
> Again, thank you for thinking of new ways.
> 
> Debbie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Magoon Erin via
> Nfbmo
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 6:26 PM
> To: nfbmo at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbmo] A wonderful chance to be included in an online community.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> As you know we had a board meeting on Saturday, May 31.  This meeting went
> very well and I am honored to be on the board.
> 
> Among other things, we discussed the opportunity to have what is called a
> "chat room" on the Internet.
> 
> This name, in my opinion, can be misleading.  What people do is gather
> together and have different sorts of activities, not only chit chat.
> 
> For example, there could be planning and discussion about NFB issues,
> blindness, fund raising, governmental affairs and so on.
> 
> It would be a wonderful place to meet with people from other states and get
> to know them in a relaxed atmosphere.
> 
> It is true that in a lot of these rooms people play games, however, they
> also do a lot of other activities that is good for socializing 
> 
> and drawing in other members. An example is if we had people attend a book
> club, we could also talk to them about the NFB and who knows, 
> 
> they might be interested in joining!  And wouldn't that be great!  Another
> thing that would be very cool is it would give us another 
> 
> locale to hold committee and chapter meetings on occasion.  
> 
> Finally, the last benefit that I am going to mention is it would allow
> people to talk to other people who are in the same place in life.
> 
> If you are the only blind/visually impaired person in your town of your age
> or career or whatever, you could talk to people in other 
> 
> states who are where you are.
> 
> Missouri has the opportunity to join an online community that several other
> states are collaborating on.  As with everything these days
> 
> this wonderful experience will cost us money. For one year it will be $300.
> We are not sure if the cost will go down after that or not.  We of course
> can join for one year, and if we do not wish to participate again we do not
> have to.
> 
> Which brings me to the reason for my email.  The board discussed this
> investment and although several of us are very interested in it 
> 
> we do not feel that the affiliate has the resources to invest at this time.
> 
> So, I am writing to see how many people are interested in this idea, and
> would be willing to give a few dollars to the project.  
> 
> If six people committed to $50 that would be enough, if twelve people
> committed to $25 that would do it as well.
> 
> If people are interested in contributing to the cost, or have any questions
> about how a chat room works in general, please feel free to contact me, and
> if I do not know that answer to your question I will find out and get back
> to you.
> 
> Thank you for your time and attention. Please help me to make this wonderful
> opportunity a success.
> 
> 
> Feel free to contact me at:
> 
> erin.magoon at gmail.com
> 
> Call or text me at:
> 
> (417) 576-0037
> 
> Call me at:
> 
> (417) 812-2892
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you soon.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Erin Magoon
> 
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