[Oabs] ATTN Fundraisers. The Maurers are awesome!

[Elif Emir]

hi all,
it is nice that we have some progress on it.
let me ask a few questions
are we supposed to sell them to blind people or sighted people?
are they for braille books?
3.5 inches seems too large to me. As far as I know, regular book marks
are about 2 inches.
Do you have a specific thing to write on it and 3.5 is required for it?
I know that you probably discussed this last year and decided. I just wondered.
I also thought that the more it is narrow the more it is cheap and easy to sell.
Maybe we can ask for a quote for couple of different dimentions

2014-11-05 11:48 GMT-05:00, Emily Pennington via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org>:
> 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 also have the new logo to contend with, so our template is outdated.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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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