I just tried the site at www.nfb.greatergood.com and got the message
"cannot open location parameter incorrect"A????t 12:14 PM 2/22/1999 -0800,
you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Several have criticized me over this NFB shopping issue and said that I
>should point out solutions.  I say that the federation should live up to
>the very resolutions the organization passed on the topic.  Curtis Chong
>said that it was unfortunate about the accessibility troubles with the new
>shopping services but that the majority of people using the service would
>be sighted so it was the way it had to be.  Well below is the text of
>resolution 98-03 passed at last summer's NFB national convention.  Again
>how can an organization ask the rest of the world to live up to one
>standard and not follow such a standard itself?  Why would the NFB get
>involved with something that flies in the face of this resolution?
>
>Kelly
>
>
>Resolution 98-03
>WHEREAS, developments in information technology now being
>used for communication by electronic means are changing the way
>in which ideas and knowledge are spread throughout our society
>and the world; and
>WHEREAS, the new methods of information exchange resulting
>from these developments are affecting participation in society in
>a growing number of ways, including personal communications,
>provision of educational services, conduct of business, and
>interaction with entities of government for required filings, to
>obtain information and services, or to take part in the political
>process; and
>WHEREAS, entities engaged in the design and use of
>electronic information technology have a responsibility to assure
>equal participation, especially when the technology or
>information content is intended for general use; and
>WHEREAS, the new forms of communication by electronic means
>hold much promise for providing blind people with ready access
>and equal participation, but=97except in the most unusual of
>cases=97the design of both the technology and the content
>presented presumes that everyone who uses the technology or
>receives the information can see; and
>WHEREAS, participation on equal terms requires equal access
>to the channels of communication and sources of information
>available: Now, therefore,
>BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in
>convention assembled this tenth day of July, 1998, in the City of
>Dallas, Texas, that this organization insist upon equal access to
>electronic information technology as fundamental to the right of
>equal participation throughout our society; and
>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Federation seek the enforcement of existing=
>=20
>laws and the enactment of new laws and standards for nonvisual access so=
> that=20
>equal participation by means of equal (including nonvisual) access will be=
>=20
>embraced as a fundamental right by all entities of government involved in=
> the=20
>procurement, use, or regulation of electronic information technology.
>
>
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