[Nmabs] Nmabs Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5

Mon Sep 14 21:24:38 UTC 2009

Hi Tara,

Selling these coins at our Disability Awareness Day would be great.
Howwever, I'm concerned with how long it will take for some of the
coins to get here because when you order them, it doesn't always
happen like that. We need to make sure we are on top of this if we're
going to sell 2000 coins by November. I would appreciate it if
everybody who is involved in this devision to reply to this e-mail as
soon as possible because I would really like us to be on top of this.
Thanks and have a wonderful week.

-Michael

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>    1. NMABS monthly meeting next sunday. (NMABS President)
>    2. selling louis Braille coins. (NMABS President)
>    3. National Federation of the Blind and Motorola to Cooperate on
>       Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind (Freeh,	Jessica)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:59:29 -0600
> From: NMABS President <nmabs.president at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Nmabs] NMABS monthly meeting next sunday.
> To: nmabs at nfbnet.org, Amanda Youngblood <amandaandfountain at yahoo.com>,
> 	Alexanderia Odonoghue <alex62 at unm.edu>,	Adriana Maldonado
> 	<panda13_8 at msn.com>, natogonzo at gmail.com, 	David Abraham
> 	<dabraham.88 at gmail.com>,	Brianne Kotchwar <brilko at comcast.net>,
> 	"Dannielle Baldwin/Dion Valdez" <drb2007 at unm.edu>
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> Hi everyone!
> I hope the semester has gotten off to a great start for all of you. i
> am simply reminding you all that we have our next meeting on Sunday
> September 20 at 7:00 PM. The confference call number is; 218-339-2699
> and the access code is 725279. please contact me if you have any
> questions. I'd like to let you all know that we are going to have a
> special guest with us at the meeting. His name is darien Smith, he is
> our national student board member and our regional representative. He
> will be talking to us about the NABS role and how we as a state
> division play into that. Plus he will let us know about our region and
> if there is anything regionally going on that we should know about.
> I hope you have a good week, but if you have questions, please call
> me, text me, or email me.
> Tara
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:06:21 -0600
> From: NMABS President <nmabs.president at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Nmabs] selling louis Braille coins.
> To: Adriana Maldonado <panda13_8 at msn.com>,	Alexanderia Odonoghue
> 	<alex62 at unm.edu>, 	Amanda Youngblood <amandaandfountain at yahoo.com>,
> 	Brianne Kotchwar <brilko at comcast.net>, 	"Dannielle Baldwin/Dion
> 	Valdez" <drb2007 at unm.edu>,	David Abraham <dabraham.88 at gmail.com>,
> 	Francine Garcia <garcia.francine1 at gmail.com>, natogonzo at gmail.com,
> 	nmabs <nmabs at nfbnet.org>
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> Hey all,
> I have been toying with the idea of selling Louis Braille coins. I
> need some help from as many of you as possible. I have been trying to
> figure out how many to purchase from the mint so we can sell them at
> our events in the coming months. The NFB has asked the state of NM to
> sell 2000 coins by November 1st or something like that. If we jump on
> board and order a certain amount from the US Mint then we wouldn't
> have to reimburse the state affiliate or the national center. I only
> would want to purchase the uncirculated coins because we are students
> and well not many people want to purchase a $42.95 coin unless they
> really liked it. I was thinking about selling them at the Disability
> Awareness Day at UNm which is coming up on October 2nd, and have
> already gotten permission to do so.
> Please reply and let me know what you think, if you are unable to do a
> reply all, then I will forward your  response to everyone in the group
> so we can see what each person thinks before making the final
> decision. This decision must be made ASAP so we can order the coins
> and hopefully get them before our next event.
> Thanks,
> Tara
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:29:57 -0500
> From: "Freeh,	Jessica" <JFreeh at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
> 	<dandrews at visi.com>)
> Subject: [Nmabs] National Federation of the Blind and Motorola to
> 	Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>
> CONTACT:
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> Chris Danielsen
>
> Director of Public Relations
>
> National Federation of the Blind
>
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>
> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>
> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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>
> Jennifer Erickson
>
> Motorola, Inc.
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> (847) 435-5320
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> Jennifer.erickson at motorola.com
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>
> National Federation of the Blind and Motorola
>   to Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind
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>
> Baltimore, Maryland and Libertyville, Illinois (September 14, 2009):
> The National Federation of the Blind, the nation's oldest and largest
> organization of blind people and the leading advocate for making
> mainstream devices accessible to the blind, and Motorola Inc., a
> leading manufacturer of cell phones and other mobile communications
> devices, announced today that they have entered into a cooperation
> agreement to promote technologies that improve the accessibility of
> cell phones to blind consumers.
>
>
>
> Certain future Motorola cell phones will provide verbal readouts of
> information such as the time and date, battery level, signal
> strength, user's phone number, caller ID information for incoming
> calls, missed and received calls, and voice mail alerts.  Blind users
> will also be able to take advantage of verbal readouts and
> voice-command features for ring tone status, inputting and accessing
> contacts, and various other settings.  Motorola expects these cell
> phones to be available in 2010.  The parties have also agreed to work
> together to make additional phones and features accessible to blind users.
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
> said: "In an age where productivity and success increasingly depend
> on access to mobile technology such as cellular telephones, it is
> critical that blind Americans have equal access to today's cell
> phones through user interfaces that do not require vision.  The
> National Federation of the Blind appreciates Motorola's commitment to
> making the features of its cell phone products accessible to blind
> users without the need for third-party software, and we look forward
> to working together with Motorola to make future improvements to the
> accessibility of telecommunication technology."
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