[Nfbwv-talk] Braille Monitor Message from Gary Wunder

[Smyth, Charlene R]

Thanks, Sheri.  I think most of our people know about it.

Charlene


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From: Nfbwv-talk [mailto:nfbwv-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheri Koch via Nfbwv-talk
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfbwv-talk] Braille Monitor Message from Gary Wunder

It's already on my agenda even though I've brought it up before

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> On Jul 11, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Smyth, Charlene R via Nfbwv-talk <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Please see the message below from Gary Wunder and share it with all of your chapter members.  The Braille Monitor is an excellent resource for keeping up with what is happening in the NFB, in the blind community, and for helping us to get to know our brothers and sisters across the country.
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> Charlene
>
> Greetings,
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> I have just returned from convention, and I write to tell you what I found when talking with members about the Braille Monitor. 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 Monitor is our flagship publication.
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> 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 Monitor 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.
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> To subscribe, send an email to slittle at nfb.org<mailto:slittle at 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.
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> 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.
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> I ask that you not only do this yourself but that you make the 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.
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> 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.
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> Warmly,
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> Gary Wunder, Editor
> The Braille Monitor
> gwunder at nfb.org<mailto:gwunder at nfb.org>
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