[Oabs] ATTN Fundraisers. The Maurers are awesome!

[Emily Pennington]

Hi, Kaiti and all.
What awesome news. I read the layout description Deborah gave last year, and her suggest Ed dimensions were 3.5 by 6.5; that can be changed, though. We also have the new logo to contend with, so our template is outdated. That can be easily fixed, however.
Emily

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> On Nov 4, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Deborah,
> 
> You did suggest it, and I know that Emily included NBP in the companies she asked people to call. I just think either the person who was supposed to do it either never really called, or was connected to the wrong person somehow. 
> 
> The woman handling our quote is named Nicole. She's super helpful, and is excited to work with us. I'll mention those who know you to her when I send the design. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 4, 2014, at 2:21 PM, "Deborah Kendrick" <dkkendrick at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Kaiti, 
>> I'm sure I suggested NBP to you before, but very glad you have called now.  
>> If Diane Croft or Joann Sullivan is the person to whom you have been
>> directed, let them know that I am connected to your group.  
>> I love them both and they might give you abreak.  
>> They have already dealt with Ohio NFB, by the way, as they have been selling
>> our Louis Braille coins, designed by Paul and Bernie Dressell, for many
>> years!
>> I'm so excited these bookmarks are finally going to happen!
>> Peace,
>> Deborah
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton via
>> Oabs
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 12:51 PM
>> To: Ohio Association of Blind Students list
>> Subject: [Oabs] ATTN Fundraisers. The Maurers are awesome!
>> 
>> Hi, all,
>> 
>> I have an update on Fundraising.  I took on responsibility for calling the
>> national office to see what they would suggest for getting braille bookmarks
>> done in September, since all our options were turning up duds.  I left a
>> message yesterday afternoon, and Pat Maurer returned my call this morning.
>> She said that we should try National Braille Press, which I believe someone
>> on the committee was assigned to call, but nothing came out of it.  She was
>> really helpful, and sent me an entire list of braille production companies.
>> 
>> On a hunch, I tried calling NBP to see what they would say.  I don't know if
>> they were never actually called before or what happened, but I found it very
>> easy to get what we need.  I have an email address now for a woman who can
>> give us a quote once she sees our design.  She can print as well as braille
>> the bookmarks, so everything would be professionally handled by National
>> Braille Press.  I wasn't sure how many we'd want per batch, so I said we'd
>> most likely buy them 250 or
>> 500 at a time, and she said any amount between those two numbers is doable.
>> She wanted to know if we would be using a 9.5 by 3 inch bookmark.  I thought
>> that was what our measurements were, but someone can correct me if I'm
>> wrong.
>> 
>> Anyhow, I have her email address, so once we get a template (which I think
>> Tim Pennington has), we can email it to her and get a quote.
>> 
>> Second tries are a charm.  Either that, or mentioning that I was calling on
>> Pat Maurer's suggestion did the trick.
>> 
>> --
>> Kaiti Shelton
>> University of Dayton 2016.
>> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
>> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
>> 
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