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Greetings fellow Federationists:<br><br>
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The 72nd annual national convention of the National Federation of the
Blind is rapidly approaching, so before everyone’s schedule is entirely
packed, I wanted to write to you to ask for your assistance. The
NFB-NEWSLINE team will be hosting a demonstration room and a table in the
Exhibit Hall this year. Both of these activities will require a
number of volunteers and we would greatly appreciate any time that you
could offer to help with our convention activities. <br><br>
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We have recently launched new service features, and we want to give
convention attendees an opportunity to become familiar with these
additions so that they can make the most of them. To aid us in this
effort, in addition to our two tables at the Exhibit Hall, the
NFB-NEWSLINE team has arranged for a demonstration room that will allow
for hands-on demonstrations of our recent service enhancements, such as
the Global Publication Search feature and the NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile
application for the iPhone (our newest access method, coming soon).
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Our demonstration room will be available for 13 hours of walk-in traffic
and our tables in the Exhibit Hall will need to be staffed for 23 hours,
so we need plenty of help! We are looking for support from our
members who are familiar with the NFB-NEWSLINE service. Our
volunteers will be asked to assist visitors in many waysby providing
information, handing out literature, and helping sign up new
subscribers. Additionally, we need volunteers to staff our room’s
four workstations to help convention attendees learn about recent service
additions. We will provide those interested in volunteering with
information on these new service initiatives before convention via a
conference call so that everyone is up to speed. <br><br>
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Please send an e-mail indicating your interest in volunteering during
convention to my assistant, Wanda Briggs. Wanda can be reached via
e-mail at
<a href="mailto:wbriggs@nfb.org"><font color="#0000FF">wbriggs@nfb.org</a>
</font> or by calling (410) 659-9314, extension 2238. <br><br>
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Thank you for your time and for your attention to this matter.
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Scott White<br><br>
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