[Colorado-talk] Legislative issues

[David Dawson]

Hello Taylor:

I apologize for the delay in responding to your inquiry concerning weather
alerts.  The Audio Information Network of Colorado  (AINC) broadcasts all
NOAA weather alerts on its three regional programming streams for all of
Colorado.  No matter where you live in Colorado, the AINC weather alerts
will be for the local area in which you reside.  All AINC services are free
of charge.  Call 303-786-7777 to get more information and sign-up.  AINC and
NFB Newsline work closely together and collaborate to provide audio
information to the blind of Colorado.

David Dawson, Executive Director
ddawson at aincolorado.org
303-786-7777 ex. 101

-----Original Message-----
From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Dan Burke via Colorado-talk
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:14 PM
To: Taylor Summer; NFB of Colorado Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Legislative issues

Welcome Taylor!  Glad to have you as a part of the NFB of Colorado.
Have you joined a chapter? Is there one near you?

Our legislative issues are directed by our membership at our annual
convention.  They come in the form of resolutions.  We passed a number of
these in October, several dealing with Colorado's Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation (DVR).

I can only partly address your questions about emergency notifications.
First, I've never given it a lot of thought as a topic, but it can be
important.  Many radio stations still interrupt broadcasts to issue
emergency weather alerts, but I'm not in the habit of listening to the radio
during work hours.

During the flooding in September 2013, my iPhone gave me a number of flood
alerts and heavy storm alerts.  I bet that a lot of folks on this list set
those alerts on their iPhone in one app or another, and then just forget
about it till a warning appears.

HTH. If you have other questions you can certainly write to me off this
list.  We hope to get our resolutions posted on the web shortly.

Best,
Dan






On 12/8/14, Taylor Summer via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> My name is Taylor Summer
> I am new to this group and organization
>
> I wanted to know more about your legislative issues because I have 
> some of my own issues that I am trying to address, and wanted your input
on them.
> One issue that I may come across in the future is not having proper 
> notification of an emergency that is one thing that I am trying to 
> grasp about what I can do in case if there was an emergency especially 
> weather related.
>
> The reason why I ask this is because I am wanting to get out on my own 
> someday and want to be prepared for in my future.
>
> Please let me know what I can do to make this easier for me.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Taylor Summer
>  		 	   		
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