[NFBMI-Talk] Thank you!

[Nirit Glazer]

Hi Fred,



Thank you again for including LookingBus in the annual conference. From what 
I heard it was well organized and very interesting.



Best,

Nirit Glazer

The LookingBus team.



From: NFBMI-Talk <nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Fred Wurtzel 
via NFBMI-Talk
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2019 12:47 PM
To: 'Erin McCurry' <erin.mccurry at maymobility.com>
Cc: Fred Wurtzel <f.wurtzel at att.net>; 'McVoy, Shannon (LARA)' 
<mcvoys at michigan.gov>; 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List' 
<nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>; 'Sachin Pavithran' <sachin.pavithran at usu.edu>; 
'John Pare' <jpare at nfb.org>
Subject: Re: [NFBMI-Talk] Thank you!



Hi Erin,



The pleasure was all ours.  We were excited to see your company’s cutting 
edge vehicles on the street and actually carrying people.  Our members 
enjoyed our rides on the downtown Grand Rapids route and the chance to 
explore the vehicle at our convention hotel.  We enjoyed your presentation 
to our membership on Saturday.



The future of autonomous vehicles will bring many opportunities to all 
people and will, if done well, make a large impact on the independence of 
blind people in our need to travel to work, family events and for lots of 
other quality of life activities



Thank you for sending information on how to seek employment with May 
Mobility.  I am very happy that your company is open to  the prospect of 
interviewing qualified blind people for jobs.  Those companies who hire us 
to work at all levels in this emerging field will certainly have a 
competitive advantage over their peers if they have solved accessibility 
issues because they never became issues. Smart and successful companies will 
make strategic decisions to make sure there are blind engineers, planners 
and administrators in on the ground floor to intercept problems before they 
were ever built into the final design.



We look forward to working together a lot in the future.



Warmest Regards,



Fred Wurtzel, Board Member

National Federation of the Blind of Michigan



We can live the lives we want; blindness is not what holds us back.

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
characteristic that defines us or our future. Every day we raise 
expectations, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people 
and our dreams.


  _____

N





From: Erin McCurry [mailto:erin.mccurry at maymobility.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2019 12:56 PM
To: Fred Wurtzel <f.wurtzel at att.net <mailto:f.wurtzel at att.net> >
Subject: Thank you!



Hi Fred,



Just wanted to say thanks for including May Mobility in the NFBMI 
convention. I had a great time meeting everyone. If anyone has any 
questions, they are more than welcome to contact me. We're very excited to 
get to work on a vehicle accessible to people with low vision, and we really 
appreciate everyone's interest and feedback in our product!



As promised, here is the link to our job posting page. 
https://boards.greenhouse.io/maymobility



Let me know of any events in the future!




Best,






Erin McCurry

Technical Program Manager

(248) 767-5129







On Nov 12, 2019, 3:00 PM, at 3:00 PM, nirit.svn at gmail.com wrote:
>Hi Fred,
>
>
>
>Thank you again for including LookingBus in the annual conference. From
>what 
>I heard it was well organized and very interesting.
>
>
>
>Best,
>
>Nirit Glazer
>
>The LookingBus team.
>
>
>
>From: NFBMI-Talk <nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Fred
>Wurtzel 
>via NFBMI-Talk
>Sent: Monday, November 11, 2019 12:47 PM
>To: 'Erin McCurry' <erin.mccurry at maymobility.com>
>Cc: Fred Wurtzel <f.wurtzel at att.net>; 'McVoy, Shannon (LARA)' 
><mcvoys at michigan.gov>; 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List' 
><nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>; 'Sachin Pavithran' <sachin.pavithran at usu.edu>;
>
>'John Pare' <jpare at nfb.org>
>Subject: Re: [NFBMI-Talk] Thank you!
>
>
>
>Hi Erin,
>
>
>
>The pleasure was all ours.  We were excited to see your company’s
>cutting 
>edge vehicles on the street and actually carrying people.  Our members 
>enjoyed our rides on the downtown Grand Rapids route and the chance to 
>explore the vehicle at our convention hotel.  We enjoyed your
>presentation 
>to our membership on Saturday.
>
>
>
>The future of autonomous vehicles will bring many opportunities to all 
>people and will, if done well, make a large impact on the independence
>of 
>blind people in our need to travel to work, family events and for lots
>of 
>other quality of life activities
>
>
>
>Thank you for sending information on how to seek employment with May 
>Mobility.  I am very happy that your company is open to  the prospect
>of 
>interviewing qualified blind people for jobs.  Those companies who hire
>us 
>to work at all levels in this emerging field will certainly have a 
>competitive advantage over their peers if they have solved
>accessibility 
>issues because they never became issues. Smart and successful companies
>will 
>make strategic decisions to make sure there are blind engineers,
>planners 
>and administrators in on the ground floor to intercept problems before
>they 
>were ever built into the final design.
>
>
>
>We look forward to working together a lot in the future.
>
>
>
>Warmest Regards,
>
>
>
>Fred Wurtzel, Board Member
>
>National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
>
>
>
>We can live the lives we want; blindness is not what holds us back.
>
>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
>characteristic that defines us or our future. Every day we raise 
>expectations, because low expectations create obstacles between blind
>people 
>and our dreams.
>
>
>  _____
>
>N
>
>
>
>
>
>From: Erin McCurry [mailto:erin.mccurry at maymobility.com]
>Sent: Monday, November 11, 2019 12:56 PM
>To: Fred Wurtzel <f.wurtzel at att.net <mailto:f.wurtzel at att.net> >
>Subject: Thank you!
>
>
>
>Hi Fred,
>
>
>
>Just wanted to say thanks for including May Mobility in the NFBMI 
>convention. I had a great time meeting everyone. If anyone has any 
>questions, they are more than welcome to contact me. We're very excited
>to 
>get to work on a vehicle accessible to people with low vision, and we
>really 
>appreciate everyone's interest and feedback in our product!
>
>
>
>As promised, here is the link to our job posting page. 
>https://boards.greenhouse.io/maymobility
>
>
>
>Let me know of any events in the future!
>
>
>
>
>Best,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Erin McCurry
>
> Technical Program Manager
>
>(248) 767-5129