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system: You are Richard Webb, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Nfb Blind News message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: national convention".

They wrote:
>X-Listname: NFBnet NFB-Talk Mailing List
>Since I have been in the host affiliate twice for National
>Conventions I can tell you that if you think the hotels are more
>efficient in reservation taking you are sorly mistaken.  The
>problem is that the hotels will take on the responsiblility of
>determining if we will use the rooms which we block. We are a
>unique convention in that we pretty much use the rooms which we
>block.  Most conventions do not and the hotels end up holding the
>bag on empty rooms.  As far as confirmations and other information
>coming late.  At least I know that when I get a confirmation from
>Baltimore it will be honored. Many times over the last 20 some odd
>years there have been problems with hotels overbooking and our
>people having to spend one or two nights on another location.  Only
>someone who has been on the inside of this process can really
>understand the intricacies of what goes on to produce the kind of
>convention which we enjoy each year.  I do not know another
>organization of our size who works the details of a conference as
>efficiently as we do.  Our staff put in incredible hours putting
>this together.  We get more work and better work out of our
>National Center than anywhere I can remember.  So relax and plan on
>enjoying New Orleans. Denise

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assistant: From: Richard Webb <elspider@interl.net>
Subject: Re: national convention
Hello Denise and harvey,
Quite true.  Also, remember that we also do more to try to get new members
to attend conventions.  This means we have to build in some flexibility, as
we have a lot of folks sharing rooms, etc, sometimes with last minute stuff
being needed.
This is part of being a movement, and not just a fraternal organization, or
something of that nature.  For someone new to blindness, doing one of our
conventions can be just what they need, and we try to make that happen
whenever possible.
I would like to be there  this year, but have to do other things.  That
appears to be a busy week for me this year.
REgards,
Net-Tamer V 1.08.1 - Test Drive
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: New foreign language tables availabl07:57:3104/23/97".

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assistant: From: Matthew Roberts <robocop@pdn.net>
Subject: Re: New foreign language tables available for nfbtrans (Forward)
Where can I get a copy of NFBTrans?
In the wind on a bike!!!                Matt Roberts (robocop@pdn.net)
Harleys FOREVER!!                       803-774-3516
RBIKER on IRC                           Dillon South Carolina
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user: You are replying to All about "new money".

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assistant: From: Harvey <HHEAGY@delphi.com>
Subject: new money
I had a thought on this message about the new money.
originally posted here by James Sofka.
Treasury may change money for blind Americans
Copyright c 1997 Nando.net
Copyright c 1997 The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (April 12, 1997 9:02 p.m. EDT) -- Treasury officials are
considering ways to make the nation's currency more accessible for
the
200,000 blind Americans and the 3.5 million with impaired vision.
I was in England in 1984 and they have different sized bills.
They also have A.T.M. machines, so it is possible to redesign or
import such equipment for any different sized currency we may
implement.
Also, if you check the spring edition of the Merchant's Messenger
news letter which is available on our web sight and soon on our
bbs under the file name msgspr97.txt, you will find an article
about the proposed new money.  In this article it speaks of
having to incur the expense of redesigning the currency for
vending machines and such.  How come they can do it for vending
machines and not for the blind?  I am not necessarily making
different sized money a campaign, but the point I am making is
that it is possible to do.
After all, England changed their entire money system in the late
60's.
Harvey
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user: You are replying to All about "new files".

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assistant: From: Harvey <HHEAGY@delphi.com>
Subject: new files
I have uploaded 2 new files to nfbnet.  They are:
ecofax2.zip the latest shareware version of ecofax released by
eurisco.com, and msgspr97.txt the spring 1997 issue of the
Merchant Messenger the news letter of the N.F.B. Merchant's
Division.  They will be ready for downloading as soon as the
sysop releases them.  They can be requested from nfbnet.org.
Harvey
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user: You are replying to All about "NFB in SC".

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assistant: From: Matthew Roberts <robocop@pdn.net>
Subject: NFB in SC
Are there any NFB members in South Carolina  on this list? I
have Don Capps's number, but it is a long distance call ffor me.
Does anyone know if there is a chapter located near or around Dillon County?
In the wind on a bike!!!                Matt Roberts (robocop@pdn.net)
Harleys FOREVER!!                       803-774-3516
RBIKER on IRC                           Dillon South Carolina
system: You are David Bundy, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Nfb Blind News message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: NFB in SC".

They wrote:
>
>
>Are there any NFB members in South Carolina  on this list? I
>have Don Capps's number, but it is a long distance call ffor me.
>Does anyone know if there is a chapter located near or around Dillon County?
>
>In the wind on a bike!!!                Matt Roberts (robocop@pdn.net)
>Harleys FOREVER!!                       803-774-3516
>RBIKER on IRC                           Dillon South Carolina
>
>
>
>

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assistant: From: David Bundy <bundy@netside.com>
Subject: Re: NFB in SC
Mat,
Yes, we do have a Dillon County Chapter.  Its president is Hellena Pernell,
and her umber is 752-6105.  I hope this helps.
                                                David
At 09:52 PM 4/25/97 -0400, you wrote:
David W. Bundy, MSW
President, South Carolina Association of Blind Students
National Federation of the Blind
Telephone: (803) 252-2667
E-Mail: 	 bundy@netside.com	S-Mail: 2306 Sumter St., Columbia. SC 29201
http://www.netside.com/~bundy
SCABS Homepage: http://www.netside.com/~bundy/scabs.htm
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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: They're getting the message
hello listers,
Before I sign off for the night I want to end this session by telling you
all about a pleasent experiance that occurred this afternoon at a planning
meeting for the 1997 South Texas Internet Odyssey.  Besides being
appointed charman of the adaptive technology committee which was
established this afternoon one of the other team members told of a storry
that ws music to my ears.  She told us that one of her children is in a
class for Web Page Designers and that the instructor told them that when
they design Web Pages they must ensure that blind persons will be able to
access them with their adaptive hardware and software.
Up here we talk about the difficulties we're having with accessing the gui
environment, but it is refreshing to know that there are those who have
heard our message and concerns and are enstilling in their students the
need to ensure that we won't be shut out of the Information Superhighway.
I hope we will hear more of these kinds of stories in the future.  The
word is getting around and the future is bright with promise.
Take care and have a good weekend.
yours truly,
Peter Donahue
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: NFB in SC".

They wrote:
MR>X-Listname: NFBnet NFB-Talk Mailing List
MR>Are there any NFB members in South Carolina  on this list? I
MR>have Don Capps's number, but it is a long distance call ffor me.
MR>Does anyone know if there is a chapter located near or around
MR>Dillon County?
MR>In the wind on a bike!!!                Matt Roberts (robocop@pdn.
MR>net) Harleys FOREVER!!                       803-774-3516
MR>RBIKER on IRC                           Dillon South Carolina

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assistant: From: David Andrews <dandrews@visi.com>
Subject: Re: NFB in SC
I don't specifically know if there is a NFB Chapter in your county, but
there probably is.  I think there are something like 53 chapters in your
state.  You could also check 1-800-555-1212 directory assistance to see if
there is a toll-free number for the nfb of south carolina.  Some states, not
many, but a few, have such a number.
David Andrews
On 1997-04-25 NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org said to dandrews@visi.com
David Andrews (dandrews@visi.com)
or BBS: (telnet to nfbnet.org) or call (612) 696-1975
Net-Tamer V 1.08 - Registered
system: You are David Andrews, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Nfb Blind News message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Old Messages".

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assistant: Somehow, on sunday april 27, 1997, a large number of old messages from NFB
Talk were re-introduced into the NFB Talk mailing list.  I am not quite sure
why this happened, but I believe it is because the files in the messge area
itself became damaged.  I have repaired them.
I appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
David Andrews, SysOp and Moderator
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user: You are replying to All about "Looking for someone".

They wrote:
HH>I am trying to contact Becky Clark whom I met years ago but have lost
HH>track of. I know she is in the Kansas City Missouri area but she has
HH>an unlisted phone number.  If anyone knows her and can find out if
HH>she is interested in getting back in contact with me, please contact
HH>me via either of my e-mail addresses. hheagy@delphi.com or
HH>102662.2451@compuserve.com and I will send you my phone number and
HH>snail mail address at that time.

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assistant: From: Harvey <HHEAGY@delphi.com>
Subject: Looking for someone
On 27-APR-1997 21:52:40.7 NFB-Talk said to HHEAGY
I don't know why these old messages are re-surfacing, but I never
found her so if anyone knows where she is please respond to me at
either of the e-mail addresses listed above.  However, I am no
longer listed on the Global Blind Exchange.
Harvey
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: braille speak classic!!".

They wrote:
>
>
>anyone got a braille 'n speak classic for sale? note, it's a classic we're
>thanks!
>Isaac
>
>
>

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assistant: From: Earlene Hughes <hughese@pop.nlci.com>
Subject: Re: braille speak classic!!
I realize you said you were not looking for a braille 'n speak 640, but I
want to sell my braille 'n speak 640 because I have 2 computers and I am not
using the braille 'n speak.
At 08:48 AM 3/29/96 GMT, you wrote:
looking for, not a 640!!
Earlene Hughes
hughese@nlci.com
http://www.nlci.com/users/hughese/
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user: You are replying to All about "Test".

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assistant: From: David Andrews <dandrews@visi.com>
Subject: Test
This is a test.  Please ignore.
David Andrews, Moderator
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user: You are replying to All about "Joe Costello Dyed".

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assistant: From: Harvey <HHEAGY@delphi.com>
Subject: Joe Costello Dyed
Joseph Costello who at one time carried some N.F.B. programming
on his shortwave station W.R.N.O. Worldwide dyed Thursday at
Ochner Hospital here in New Orleans following a lengthy illness.
He had been in failing health for a long time due to diabetic
complications and other problems.  At the time of his death he
owned K.X.O.R. in Thibodaux and W.R.N.O. Worldwide only.  He had
sold W.R.N.O. 99.5 F.M. to ez Communications.  Joe Costello was
56 years old.
Harvey
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman".

They wrote:
>
> I just wanted to share that with you all as it appears that there are some
> in the meedia who want to portray blind people as we really are and not as
> they think we are perpetuating all of the stereotypes, and that with
> training and encouragement and support from our sight peers we can do just
> about anything a sighted person can do if given the opportunity.  It's
> great to see that this message is getting through to producers of tv shows
> such as Dr. Quinn medicine Woman.

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assistant: From: Matthew Roberts <robocop@pdn.net>
Subject: Re: Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman
On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Pete Donahue wrote:
I agree with you, Peter.  That is why I had to get out of my parents'
house, they did not allow me to function at my full ability.
Where I live now, I have a roommate who encourages me to do everything I
can do and not let my blindness stop me from doing it.
He is in the process of helping me arrange a ride along with the local
police, since I have an interest in law enforcement.
Since I have an interest in motorcycling, he is also going to introduce
me to people who can take me for rides on their bikes, until he can get
his motorcycle down to South Carolina.
I also had a situation in which my roommate was gone for six days, and my
landlady did not think I could survive on my own.  My attitude was I'll
show you, and I did just fine.
In the wind on a bike!!!                Matt Roberts (robocop@pdn.net)
Harleys FOREVER!!                       803-774-3516
RBIKER on IRC                           Dillon South Carolina
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user: You are replying to All about "Spring Vendor's Conference".

They wrote:
HH>I just wanted everyone to know about the upcoming Spring conference of
HH>the N.F.B . Merchant's Division here in New Orleans March first
HH>through third at the Hyatt -Regency Hotel.

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assistant: From: Harvey <HHEAGY@delphi.com>
Subject: Spring Vendor's Conference
On 27-APR-1997 11:52:37.3 NFB-Talk said to HHEAGY
I don't know how this message was re-posted, but it is over a
year old.  We have had the 1997 spring conference since then so
I also saw quite a few old messages in this latest packet so
somehow an old packet must have gotten out.  So as far as this
message about the 1996 spring conference, please disregard.
Harvey
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user: You are replying to Harvey about "Spring Vendor's Conference".

They wrote:
H> From: Harvey <HHEAGY@delphi.com>
H> Subject: Spring Vendor's Conference
H> On 27-APR-1997 11:52:37.3 NFB-Talk said to HHEAGY
HH>I just wanted everyone to know about the
HH>upcoming Spring conference of
HH>the N.F.B . Merchant's Division here in New Orleans March first
HH>through third at the Hyatt -Regency Hotel.
H> I don't know how this message was re-posted, but it is over a
H> year old.  We have had the 1997 spring conference since then so
H> I also saw quite a few old messages in this latest packet so
H> somehow an old packet must have gotten out.  So as far as this

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assistant: Somehow the NFB Talk message got damaged today, and 30 or 40 old messages
were spit back out today.  they got trapped by special software and didn't go
out via the fido side, but did go out to the mailing list.
My appology for the inconvenience to people.
David andrews
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: are we getting thru?????????".

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assistant: From: Diane Dobson <aa321@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: are we getting thru?????????
You made it to Victoria
Have an accessible day !
Diane
aa321@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
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user: You are replying to All about "buddy-l".

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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: buddy-l
Fellow Federationists and listers,
Kathy I find your suggestion that someone wanting to subscribe to buddy-l
tell them that they are a Seeing Eye graduate interesting and a might
contradictory to what I have heard from some sources.  It is
myunderstanding that buddy-l is operated indipendantly of The Seeing Eye
so why should they need to know that someone wanting to subscribe is a
Seeing Eye graduate.  The truth is that there are guide dog users on that
list who have obtained dogs from many different schools here in the States
and from abroad so why should it matter?  I am trying to sort out the
truth from falsehood, or is or is buddy-l not a list operated by the
SEeing Eye or is it run indipendantly of that school?
Earlier this year I corresponded with several individuals who would like
to see a mailing list for guide dog users established that is truly
indipendant of any schools and one that all guide dog users would feel
welcomed and could express their views freely and without fear of being
unfarely removed from the list.  just curious.
Peter donahue
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assistant: From: Pete Donahue <pdonahue@texas.net>
Subject: resolutions and sledge hammers
Fellow Federationists and Friends,
My my, this echoe is very active today.  It's good to see so many new
folks as well as those who were once on here but were out of action for a
while with us again.  Ain't it great.
Concerning our resolutions I believe that this resolution was in order as
leeniancy with one organization could start an avalanch of organizations
vendors, etc going off and having their activities outside of the
convention hotel causing inconveenience for convention attendeees, and
undermining the Federation's activities and mission.  With passige of this
resolution we sent a strong message to any who wants to conduct their
business with blind persons and use our hotel facilities to do it in a
mannor that dosn't savierely disrupt the activities of The National
Federation of the Blind.
I find it interesting that a guide dog school and it's graduates would
even think of treating blind people in such a dissrespectfull mannor.  I
don't hear those who exhibit technology and wrent room space for their
seminars which also last for only a few hours just as the Seeing Eye
breakfast did complaining, wining, and carryying on all because we charged
them a fee for using hotel space during our conventions.
Perhaps we should take the same posture concerning this resolution as
Kathy suggested about the October braille Monitor for 1995.  We must stop
this kind of carrying on and get on with the business of improving the
quallity of life for the blind.
Take care and have a good week.
peter donahue
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assistant: From: vdodd@Actrix.gen.nz (Vaughan Dodd)
Subject: What's Going on
Organization: My Spare Room
Well - this has to be the ultimate list problem i've had for a while,
and I am sure that David is working hard to halt it.
Logged in today, and so far in the space of 15 minutes, have received
230 mail messages, many of which ar Nfb-Talk of over a year ago,
Unfortunately, some of us pay for our email, and I am sure that I
won't hbet any money back for the unwanted traffic.  It is mail of
more than a year old, before I even subscribed to the list.  Perhaps a
more recent mail purging system is required at the list server end.
Sometime ago, when problems were being ironed out, we received a
similar number of messages which looped on themselves.  Hopefully,
DAvid and others can prevent that from happening as well.
Vaughan.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: Old Messages".

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>
>
>Somehow, on sunday april 27, 1997, a large number of old messages from =
>=20
>I appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. =20
>=20
>David Andrews, SysOp and Moderator
>

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assistant: From: vdodd@Actrix.gen.nz (Vaughan Dodd)
Subject: Re: Old Messages
Organization: My Spare Room
Hi David.
Hope the problem has been solved: It certaily made my Actrix credit go
for a bit of a dive as some of us in New Zealand sitl pay for email.
Some of the isps, including mine, reduce the unit charge if you keep
an account in credit.  Still: It's just one of those things.
Vaughan.
On 28 Apr 97 01:55:32 GMT, you wrote:
NFB Talk were re-introduced into the NFB Talk mailing list.  I am not =
quite sure why this happened, but I believe it is because the files in =
the messge area itself became damaged.  I have repaired them.