[NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting

Sat Apr 4 01:21:50 UTC 2020

I mist the meeting mark rikibonno

On 4/3/20, Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR) via nFB-Talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Mike and All,
>
> I wholeheartedly agree with you. It was a tremendous event. We all have
> problems with technology once in a while, and one thing I've taken to heart
> is patience. I didn't even get too frustrated when I was bounced from the
> meeting near the first of the President's remarks, but got back on via
> computer within about five minutes for the duration of the event. Things
> happen, and with all this virtual activity, I am pleased that this one went
> as well as it did.
>
> You should know, that if you are registered for the telephone version of
> newsline, the live release is now there and can be heard on the NFB news and
> tutorials  channel. I imagine you can go to the NFB.org web site and find it
> as well.
>
> All please have a safe, and nice weekend.
>
> /s/
>
> Bennett Prows
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> nFB-Talk
> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 2:13 PM
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> Cc: mike at michaelhingson.com
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting
>
> Cory,
>
> There was no mention of a limit and I expect that president Riccobono and
> others did not expect any attendance limitation. However, Zoom does have
> various levels of conferencing which determine how many hosts and attendees
> can be involved in any particular meeting. Given the reactions yesterday, I
> think the National Center believed that they had made arrangements for a
> large meeting. Zoom did not set up the space in time.
>
> No one's fault and I think we all need to move on. Zoom did expand the
> meeting attendee number part way through the meeting and, as I said
> yesterday, I think I saw that some 950 people heard the last part of the
> meeting. I am sure this won't be a problem in the future.
>
> It was interesting and relevant that people from within and outside the
> Federation were invited and attended. Given all the capabilities of Zoom I
> also expect that a recording was made and that recording will be made
> available especially since this was a regular presidential release. I don't
> know if President Riccobono was in the Center's recording studio, but from
> the audio it sounded like he was which means the Federation made its own
> recording.
>
> I look forward to the next release which I hope also will be broadcast live.
> This was a great experience.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Michael Hingson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cory McMahon
> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 1:53 PM
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> Cc: 'Mark Tardif' <markspark at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: RE: [NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting
>
> You're correct, Mark--I also tried, and was notified that the meeting had:
> "reached a maximum of 300 participants." I don't recall reading anything
> about a participant limitation in any of the announcements regarding this
> release.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Cory McMahon
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 9:31 PM
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> Cc: Mark Tardif <markspark at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting
>
> Well, I'm glad to hear that.  But I certainly couldn't get in and I wasn't
> the only one.
>
>
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hingson via nFB-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020 10:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting
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> I  will comment on your first point. At its peak the meeting had over 950
> attendees. I found no ineptness concerning this meeting.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Michael Hingson
>
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> Cc: Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Talk] Presidential Release Meeting
>
> I tried several times to get into the meeting as well and voiced my concern
> and displeasure to Chris Danielson and President Riccobono.  I feel this is
> technology that should have been well-understood before endeavoring to hold
> a meeting of this kind and publicize it so heavily.  It makes us look inept.
>
> I was very disappointed.
>
> I would like to know if the National Convention was discussed.  Thank you.
> Sherri
>
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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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