[Nfbmt] NFB Senior Division 2nd Conference call 4/13/16

[Bruce&Joy Breslauer]

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
SENIOR DIVISION
Second Conference Call
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Churchgoing--Making Everyone more Comfortable with Our blindness
moderated by Tom Anderson,
president of the national Association of the Blind in Communities of Faith,
Kansas.

Tom Anderson is a longtime Federationist who has taught Braille for several
years at the Colorado Center for the Blind.  He now resides in Kansas and has
been the moving force behind the NFB in Communities of Faith group.  Please
join him as he moderates this all-important topic.  Share your thoughts and
suggestions and strategies.

The numbers to dial are the same:

712-432-1500 with access code:

759633pound.  You will then be asked if this is correct as you hear the
access code repeated that you just dialed.  You are prompted to press (1)  if
the code is correct.  You then announce yourself by stating your name, and
you are entered into the conference call.

The time for the calls remains the same as well:
4:00  Eastern,
3:00  Central,
2:00  Mountain,
1:00  Pacific time.

I understand, in the past, we have had people join us from other time zones
such as Hawaii.  We are delighted that you have joined the call and hope you
will continue to do so.  Please determine for yourself the time to enter the
call if you live in another time zone  other than those listed above.
the call if missed, can be listened to again with a playback number, which
will be given a few hours after the calls have taken place.
The main playback number is:  712-432-1202.  You will then be asked to choose
from a menu of numbers from 1 to about 13 up to 17 as each call is put on the
list in sequence of dates in which the conference call took place.

In order to obtain the best possible sound for these calls, it is
recommended that each caller, after dialing in, press star 6 which puts you
in a mute mode.  You will be able to hear everything during the call but
background noise from your location will not disturb others listening in on
the conversation.  When you wish to speak and enter the discussion, press
star 6 once again and you will be released from the mute mode and able to
participate.

It is also highly recommended that each person wishing to speak state his or
her name and wait for the moderator to recognize you before speaking.  We can
have too many people trying to seek the floor at one time and chaos can
occur.  The moderator will do his very best to recognize as many callers as
possible however, he will determine the order in which speakers proceed.

Again, when finished with your comments, press star 6 once again to go back
into mute mode to facilitate better, uncluttered communication for everyone.
If using your speaker on your phone, you can also put the star 6 mute mode
and listen just the same.  However, in the past, we have heard people moving
about their home with their speaker on.  So, please, please use the star 6
mute  mode so you and everyone else can hear more clearly.

Please share this information with your friends and especially
newcomers to the federation family.  I look forward to hearing and speaking
with many of you in the next several weeks.

Ruth Sager,
President,
NFB Senior Division