Please relax a little. I and others are working with ARRL right now to do
this. It will happen.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: Why I am not a member of Arrl
> Hi Mark and all,
> I do agree with you about working within the league, but you need to set =
> a deadline.
> Folks, I've learned, through many experiences, (I wish I would have =
> learned this principle a long time ago), that you give people forever, =
> well, they'll take forever, and nothing will get done. So, if you're =
> gonna work with the league, or, really, any company, or organization, =
> give them a deadline.
> Don't wait forever.
> Trippy, ac8s
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: mark=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:14 AM
> Subject: Re: Why I am not a member of Arrl
>
>
> Hi
> I agree that working with in the League is probably our best bet. =
> Most
> sighted people want to be helpful to blind people, or at least this is =
> my
> experience.
>
> God bless, and 73,
> Mark WZ0K ARRL life member
>
> God Loves you!
> You can visit my website at:
> http://christiantraditions.info
> Please visit my blog at:
> http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of PATRICK GORMLEY
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:51 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Why I am not a member of Arrl
>
> Howard accessibility via an alternative method is not the best =
> approach. We
>
> don't have to be beligerent but we do have to make them aware of =
> problems=20
> such as this. Let's do what we can to make it as accessible as =
> possible. I
>
> haven't seen the digital edition yet so I can't comment now. All I =
> hope is=20
> they sidn't use some sort of desktop publishing software to put it =
> together.
>
> That's a whole other can of worms to open up since those packages read =
> their
>
> own formats and don't read earlier or later editions of the same =
> package.=20
> If it's going to bed made available to the general membership, then it =
> needs
>
> to be accessible. I'm going to use whatever influence I have as a =
> league=20
> member to make this happen. Betsy k1eic is sm in Conneticut. Also =
> Tony=20
> Olivero ao9d does technology evaluations for the international Braille =
> and=20
> Technology Center and can evaluate the June issue when it comes out. =
> If=20
> it's not accessible then let's put our ham ingenuity to good use and =
> come up
>
> with one and then offer our expertise to the League since members of =
> the=20
> League are the league itself. 73- pat kk3f
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Why I am not a member of Arrl
>
>
> > Now let me get this, qst is available free of charge from BARD, and =
> has=20
> > been
> > available free for members of ARRL and non-members of ARRL as well. =
> The
> > staff member of ARRL did not know this. Somehow this isn't a =
> reasonable
> > accommodation? Why isn't this a reasonable accommodation? Sounds =
> quite
> > reasonable to me. Its accessible and free to boot. Since the =
> person
> > calling and asking the question didn't apparently realize that =
> accessible
> > QST is already available from BARD, he can't blame the ARRL staff =
> member=20
> > for
> > not knowing that fact either.
> > Sounds like we have a tempest in a teapot here.
> > Just get it from BARD download it, listen and enjoy. Their is no =
> problem
> > here and no solution is necessary.
> > Now how many acronyms are their in this message?
> >
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