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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>You can also listen to the Braille Monitor on Newsline. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Steve and Shannon Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Steve on Dice World: Steve6009<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Steve on Twitter: @SteveCook67<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Today I married my best friend. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>The one that I laugh with, live for, love.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>October 11, 2003 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Chapter-presidents [mailto:chapter-presidents-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary Wunder via Chapter-presidents<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 11, 2016 11:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> Chapter Presidents<br><b>Cc:</b> Gary Wunder<br><b>Subject:</b> [Chapter-presidents] The Braille Monitor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Greetings, chapter presidents. I have just returned from convention, and I write to tell you what I found when talking with members about the <i>Braille Monitor</i>. Normally I thank people for reading and ask how we might improve the publication. To my great surprise, I had many members tell me they had heard of the publication but did not get the magazine because they do not read Braille. Others said that they had never heard of the magazine through their chapters or their affiliates and were embarrassed to realize the <i>Monitor </i>is our flagship publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For this reason I write to those of you who have closest contact with our members to enlist your help. We put a lot of time, energy, and money into this resource, and we must find a way to get our members subscribed if they want to know as much as they can about what is happening in the Federation. So, with the indulgence of those of you who already know this by heart, let me say that the <i>Monitor </i>is published eleven times a year. It is available in Braille, print, and in narrated audio on a flash drive readable with an NLS player. It is available through email and as a podcast which one can find through iTunes. It is on the web as an HTML document and in Microsoft Word. It can also be read with human narration by article.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>To subscribe, send an email to slittle@nfb.org, telling Sonia the form in which you would like the publication. Give her your address if you want an audio flash drive, Braille, or print. Remember that if you want the podcast, this you will get through iTunes just as you would any other podcast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>So whether you read Braille, print, or prefer to do your reading with the voice provided by your screen reader, the Monitor is available to you. Whether you prefer your portable Victor or HIMS product, the Monitor can go where you go. Enjoy the Monitor with the markup you are accustomed to find in a DAISY book or take it as a podcast and enjoy the convenience of it coming to you automatically. The choice is yours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I ask that you not only do this yourself but that you make the <i>Monitor a part of your chapter’s agenda—letting people know it is available, seeing that they get signed up, and talking about articles that appear each month. Many of the articles can act as a springboard to philosophical discussions about being blind and can explain the traditions and present challenges we face as brothers and sisters working in this movement.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please write to me with any questions or to offer ways in which I can make the Monitor more interesting. And please, use this resource. I am attaching a copy for your review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Warmly,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Gary Wunder, Editor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Braille Monitor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="mailto:gwunder@nfb.org">gwunder@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>