[stylist] Voting for Pepsi- For our Youth SLAM Grant

Thu Aug 19 20:55:22 UTC 2010

     Peter,
Who are these "we" that don't do social networks? You make it sound like 
some kind of edict from on high. Personally, I have many NFB 
members/employees as LinkedIn connections and Facebook friends, many of 
whom are recent connections. I can't imagine you get any angrier than I 
do at not being able to use the Preview function on CD Baby which I paid 
to carry my CD or having to get my husband to open the "Source" edit 
field on Ezine Articles and Suite 101 so I can post an article, or 
dealing with the frustration of what I need to go through to post new 
article links to Facebook or LinkedIn. Facebook M is much more 
accessible than the standard version and, as you may have seen on this 
list earlier this week, I was trying to find people with complaints 
about Linked In's new In Box and extra security issues for a new article 
on the realities of accessibility for blind people. I suppose there are 
two philosophies here: boycott until they change of their own accord or 
get in there and slug it out making friends and explaining the 
situation, writing to support and letting them know there really are 
blind people with things to do and say that need access to the same 
services the sighted have. Personally, it feels like neither approach is 
working. I'd like to see a law insisting upon accessibility.

Donna
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On 8/19/2010 4:04 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:
> Hello Cheryl and everyone,
>
>      First let me remind you that we don't do social networks. In the future
> I would suggest that our local chapters, divisions,and state affiliates
> register as participants and supply the userid and password to those who
> don't participate in social networks or who due to hearing loss or other
> difficulty cannot use Web components that employ the use of captchas. Had
> this been done more people would have participated and the process would
> have been far more pleasant for them. You don't ever want to be around when
> this guy is having serious issues with inaccessible Web components.
>
>      We tried submitting our votes by standard email without success. I hope
> that more vote submission options are explored and the needed information
> supplied if more members are to participate in future campaigns of this
> kind.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cheryl echevarria"<cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Voting for Pepsi- For our Youth SLAM Grant
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>
> we are currently 19th from 26th this past Sunday. You only need to fill in
> captcha is you don't have a facebook page.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Leslie Newman"<newmanrl at cox.net>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:32 AM
> Subject: [stylist] Voting for Pepsi- For our Youth SLAM Grant
>
>
>    
>> Dear STYLIST Friends and Division Members
>>
>> I have been voting each day for our shot at getting the $250,000.00 grant
>> from Pepsi and there is  less than two weeks remaining in the voting; goes
>> to the end of August. This would be used to fund our 2011 NFB Youth Slam .
>> There are three ways to log a vote:
>>
>> First-  Text Message: Simply put the number 101913 into the body of a
>> text,
>> and send that text to 73774. That's all you have to do each day to vote
>> via
>> text. *Standard text-messaging rates  apply.
>>
>> Second- Go to<http://www.refresheverything.com/nfbyouthslam>
>> www.refresheverything.com/nfbyouthslam, click the link to vote, and then
>> choose the log in using Facebook option. Once you're successfully logged
>> in,
>> click the vote button on our page again and the vote link will disappear
>> and
>> you'll have logged your vote !
>>
>> Third- Go to<http://www.refresheverything.com/nfbyouthslam>
>> www.refresheverything.com/nfbyouthslam, click the link to vote, and then
>> choose the sign in directly with Pepsi option. This option is the least
>> desirable option, but with practice still can be done in less than a
>> minute
>> each day. An audio CAPTCHA is necessary for completing this option, but
>> only
>> this option requires the CAPTCHA. If you do not wish to solve a CAPTCHA
>> each
>> time to vote (and do not have the ability to text), please use the
>> Facebook
>> option, even if you simply create a Facebook account to vote for this
>> month
>> and deactivate it once we have won.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Robert Leslie Newman
>> President NFB Writers' division
>> Writers' Division Website-
>> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
>> Personal Website-
>> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>>
>>
>> Robert Leslie Newman
>> President NFB Writers' division
>> Writers' Division Website-
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>> Personal Website-
>> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
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