[Nmabs] Nmabs Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5

Tue Sep 15 05:31:11 UTC 2009

Right, we need to act as soon as we can if we want to make an impact  
by disability awareness day. According to a bank statement that just  
arrived today, we currently have $1,602.96 in our account. I'm all for  
helping out with this, we just need to decide how many we can  
reasonabily afford to buy.
Chris

On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Michael Postlethwait <mpostlet at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> 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>
>> Message-ID:
>>    <56be97960909131906h5baeaf1fk5cb3380e5c460fbc at mail.gmail.com>
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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
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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
>> Message-ID: <auto-000118660622 at mailfront2.g2host.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"
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>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>>
>>
>> CONTACT:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> Jennifer Erickson
>>
>> Motorola, Inc.
>>
>> (847) 435-5320
>>
>> Jennifer.erickson at motorola.com
>>
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind and Motorola
>>  to Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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