[NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting

mike at michaelhingson.com mike at michaelhingson.com
Fri Apr 3 04:51:11 UTC 2020


Actually yes you would. A highly attended conference on Free Conference Call often causes the problem that people can't dial in and enter the conference room. NAGDU even experienced this prior to moving to Zoom when even a relatively small number of people were on the call and others couldn't enter. 


Best Regards,


Michael Hingson

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You wouldn't have this problem with freeconferencecall.com.

Judy

“Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.”


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Subject: [NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting

Hello, friends.  We were asked to join the live Presidential Release meeting of April, 2020 this evening.  We were told this was a great forum to listen and ask questions of the president.  We were cordially asked to participate, and nonmembers were also asked to participate in this meeting.  However, when I tried to call in, twice, I might add, I was bounced out and told that the meeting was full as there were over 300 participants.  I tried using Zoom on my computer and was told the meeting had reached its capacity.  While I’m sure this was an honest mistake, this was an unfortunate oversight on the part of the Federation.  Obviously, the technology wasn’t researched properly.  Frankly that angers me, but what’s worse is that this was advertised as a meeting we could all participate in or at least listen to live.  To me this seems like a serious misrepresentation.  If people are new and interested, it will appear that we don’t have our “ducks in a row.”  Yes, I’m sure we can listen to Presidential Release 493 some time in April, that’s really not the point.  At the very least, there should have been some warning that the Zoom capacity for this meeting was limited, so we should have called quite early.  I didn’t see this in any of the emails concerning this meeting.  We talk about being a “Federation family.”  This hardly seems like a proper example of what that should be.  If we can’t do better than this, maybe it’s understandable that some blind people don’t particularly like us.       
Mark Tardif 
Nuclear arms will not hold you. 
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