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

[Magoon Erin]

Thank you. So far we are up to $135 out of 300     Anyone else interested in supporting the opportunity?

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> On Jun 21, 2014, at 7:53 PM, "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Debbie and I would make a donation, probably $50.
> 
> 
> 
> -----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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