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

[Nancy Lynn]

That's what I was thinking of, but I don't know how to go about setting it 
up or anything. I know who I could ask if necessary though.



from Nancy Lynn freespirit.stl at att.net
-----Original Message----- 
From: Magoon Erin via Nfbmo
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 8:50 PM
To: NJ Lynn
Cc: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] A wonderful chance to be included in an 
onlinecommunity.

Hi nancy

I know it is through talking communities and it's online.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 21, 2014, at 7:52 AM, "NJ Lynn" <freespirit at accessibleworld.org> 
> wrote:
>
> Where would the chat room be, and why would it cost $300? Just curious as 
> I know of places where people get chat rooms for free.
>
>
>
> from Nancy Lynn freespirit.stl at att.net
> -----Original Message----- From: Magoon Erin via Nfbmo
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 6:25 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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