[nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Wed Aug 3 13:18:13 UTC 2011


I haven't seen anything that indicates ACB has taken a position one way or
the other on the rehab act reauthorization.

Mike


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what isACB's rationale for supporting it?
Chuck  rationale for
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From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
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>I actually think adding the Braille Forum to NFB-NEWSLINE would be useful 
>and potentially enlightening to our membership.  That the ACB is supporting

>the Rehab Act re-auth including section 511 speaks volumes to me, at least.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 05:55:32PM -0700, Mike Freeman wrote:
>>Actually, not all NFB NewslineR sites are operated by NFB so I suspect 
>>that
>>there might be the same restrictions as per BARD. On the other hand, IMO
>>allowing the Braille Forum on NFB NewslineR would be a small price to pay 
>>to
>>get a wider distribution of the Monitor.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of Alan Wheeler
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 5:14 PM
>>To: 'Nancy Lynn'; 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor
>>
>>I was wondering about that. It would make sense to do it that way.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of Nancy Lynn
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 7:06 PM
>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor
>>
>>They were talking about putting it on newsline.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ed Meskys
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 6:56 PM
>>To: nfb-talk
>>Subject: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor
>>
>>I am surprised that no one has referred to Dr. Maurer's announcement of 
>>the
>>end of the cassette edition of the Braille Monitor after the December 
>>issue.
>>
>>Computer users will be encouraged to download it, but no decision has yet
>>been made as to what will be done for non-computer users. A possibility is
>>thumb drives, which can be cheaper than the cartridges. We are supposed to
>>get a full announcement in September. In answer to a question, we were 
>>told
>>that it cannot be placed on BARD, but downloads will have to be from an 
>>NFB
>>site.
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