[Ohio-talk] Barnes and Noble

[J. W. Smith]

I like the energy and enthusiasm here and it should start our year off in 
the right direction.
JW
At 08:51 AM 11/6/2008 -0500, Barbara Pierce wrote:
>OK, here's the deal. NAPUB met at convention and decided to try Louis
>Braille gatherings at book stores around the state on Jan. 4. We were asked
>to pick one big one in the state and focus our efforts there. But we thought
>it would be better to do it this way. Colleen is organizing Toledo. Annette
>is working on Cleveland. Jim Tuder agreed to contact a Barns and Noble in
>Cincinnati. Susan Day, I think, is tackling Dayton. Debbie Baker is going to
>work with Dayton or Columbus if we do something there. We agreed to begin
>with Barns and Noble because that seemed the best bet in most  places, and
>we thought there might be some drag with some stores if we were already
>working with others. But we always thought that we could go try another
>store if the B&N option did not work in an area. The point is to do
>something on Jan. 4 to celebrate Braille's birthday. We will have Braille
>cards to pass out that have the braille.org Website listed on them. Any
>activities that seem a good idea are fine. We talked about Brailling names
>for people, passing out cookies with Braille letters in M&Ms on them,
>reading a story from a Braille text to kids, maybe showing folks a Braille
>adult book or one loaded into a notetaker. Annette found that the store she
>wanted is busiest from noon to 3. We are going to try to organize several
>chapters to staff this event. How much you take on in one area should be
>determined by the number of volunteers you are sure you can get.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Barbara
>
>
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