[Ohio-talk] a note about the petition petition and helpend the book famine for the blind

[Deborah Kendrick]

Greetings, 
Just wanted to let anyone who is a bit computer phobic know that signing the
petition is extremely easy.  You just fill in your email address, first and
last name, and click to sign.  Be sure, however, to complete the
confirmation step.  The site send you an email to confirm that you are you
and really meant to sign.  You need to activate the link in that email, go
back to the site, which lets the great cyber ruler know that you did indeed
mean to add your support.  And I do indeed hope you will!

Peace,
Deborah


-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheri
Beth Wells-Jensen
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:31 AM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] FW: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] FW: Sign this
petition and helpend the book famine for the blind

Hi, Folks,

Here's that  URL  to  sign the  petition in case you  had  trouble  finding
it  in the  embedded messages.

https://nfb.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=2
<https://nfb.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=2&reset=1> &reset=1

You  may  see  a  'navigation cancelled' message on the webpage after you
sign:  it  appears to  me to  be  a  CGI programming  error  on  the  page,
but   doesn't  seem to   be a  real  problem.  That is, it  looks  to  me
like your  signature will still  be collected.  Just respond to the  email
confirmation   message you'll  get after you sign.

There  is  no   handy dandy   way  to  click  to   share the  message  with
others:   but   it   will  work   to  simply  forward the  link   above  to
anyone  you   like.

HTH.

Sheri  W-J

John G. Paré Jr. 
Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

Blind and print-disabled people in the United States and across the world
need your help to relieve the worldwide book famine that prevents us from
receiving an education, attaining employment, and fully participating in
society. The World Intellectual Property Organization is considering a
treaty that would make more books available to blind and print-disabled
people all over the world by promoting an exception to copyright law
allowing books to be produced in special formats like Braille and to be
shared across international borders. This treaty is called the Treaty for
the Blind or the VIP Treaty. Unfortunately, publishers, big media, and other
rights holders like GE and Caterpillar, some of whom have nothing to do with
the publishing of books at all, are complicating the negotiations in an
attempt to water down or kill the treaty. You can help by sending a strong
message that you support a treaty that helps the blind and print disabled
get access to more books. Please sign the petition at

https://nfb.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=2
<https://nfb.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=2&reset=1> &reset=1


Please share the petition link with your family, friends, and others who you
feel will support this effort.

 

Thank you for your support.

 

John G. Paré Jr. 

Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

 

 



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