[Arizona-students] VRATE and Braille

[Allison Hilliker]

I brought up this issue at last Saturday's West Valley chapter meeting and 
everyone agreed with what Arielle says below.

Best,
Allison Hilliker:
Intern, Benetech (Bookshare.org).
Phone (623) 221-1026
E-mail allisonh at benetech.org
www.bookshare.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
To: "Arizona Association of Blind Students List" 
<arizona-students at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Arizona-students] VRATE and Braille


> Hi Bob and all,
>
> As someone who wasn't able to be at VRATE, I am glad to see that we
> have had some visitors who are i nterested in Braille NFB literature.
> It is definitely important to follow up with these interested people
> with Braille mailings. However, I agree with Gabe that next year's
> VRATE exhibit would be greatly improved by including something short
> in Braille, such as alphabet cards or the NFB brochure. We can still
> sign up people to receive more expansive Braille mailings if they
> wish, but I think it's important to have something for visitors to
> take with them that they can read. People may forget about our booth
> if they're visiting a bunch of booths in one day and it's helpful for
> them to have a little reminder. Also, as an organization we are
> dedicated to Braille literacy and this should be reflected in our
> exhibit.
>
> Of course, I'm not trying to publicly criticize those who organized
> our booth; it's just a suggestion for next year.
>
> Cheers
> Arielle
>
> On 11/20/07, krezguy <krezguy at cox.net> wrote:
>> This is Bob Kresmer, president of the NFB of Arizona.  I was glad to see
>> you, Gabe, at the VRATE.  As I told you and others who inquired about
>> Braille literature, I will be most happy to contact you to determine 
>> which
>> recruitment, mentoring, motivational, or other literature you are 
>> interested
>> in, and send it to you in BRF files or hard copy.
>> I believe any who are fans and supporters of Braille deserve increased
>> interest from our organization, and we should follow up personally.
>>
>> I will contact those who expressed interest during this week.  Happy
>> Thanksgiving,
>> Bob
>>
>>
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