[Tall-Corn] New IDB Website.

[Emily Wharton]

Hello Mary and NFBI, we are working very hard to get all the content up and things that were broken during the upgrade fixed. A number of things we shared with the vendor that the state hired to do the migration were ignored and they managed to use some really offensively stereotypical stock images. It was very disappointing and frustrating to us when the page went live. I’ve spent about 12 hours on this myself and Connie and Janice are spending even more.   As noted on the site, please send a message to the contact email  or directly to Connie (CCed on this message) if there is something you need that is not up yet and we’ll get it to you as soon as we can. I apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your patience. As for the history of blindness microsite content, as we have shared repeatedly, we are looking for volunteers to help us curate and highlight portions of this material in preparation for our 100 year anniversary. Please contact Connie Mendenhall if you are interested in helping out with this project. Thanks much.

From: Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Mary McGee via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 11:47 AM
To: 'NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List' <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Mary McGee <mmcatitude at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tall-Corn] New IDB Website.
Hello, all!
              I have checked out the new IDB website and I must say that parts of it are easy to navigate and information is clear and concise.  I note, however, that past Commission Meeting records and Laws and Code appear to be missing.  There is also no consumer feedback link on the site that I can find.  What distresses me the most is that all of the Iowa History of Blindness materials have been taken down, so the public has no opportunity to learn about our rich history.  At your Chapter Meetings, you should mention this and let’s get our historical info back.  The IDB building is on the List of Historic Places; our history should be available.  We are proud of our IDB; we have just lobbied for what we believe is its improvement.  Let’s not let its history fall down a black hole!  Please provide an opinion, whether you agree or disagree with me.  Thanks!
Sincerely,
Mary L. McGee
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