Well said Pat.  This can work out.
The other pat, K9JAUAt 06:51 AM 3/21/2012, you wrote:
>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
>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
>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.
>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
>member to make this happen.  Betsy k1eic is sm in Conneticut.  Also Tony
>Olivero ao9d does technology evaluations for the international Braille and
>Technology Center and can evaluate the June issue when it comes out.  If
>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
>League are the league itself.  73- pat kk3f
>----- Original Message -----
>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
> > 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
> > 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?
> >