[BNU] Re: e: URGENT: Bookshare Needs Your Help!
- From: kevin lin <gkl7899@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lucysirianni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 10:48:34 -0700
On 5/25/13, Lucy Sirianni <lucysirianni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would very much like to sign the whitehouse.gov petition,
> but it seems to require a CAPTCHA. Is there anyway to sign this
> via the BrailleNote?
>
> Thanks and best,
>
> Lucy
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul <turtlefam28@xxxxxxxxx
> To: Braillenote List <braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date sent: Fri, 24 May 2013 19:30:02 -0600
> Subject: [BNU] URGENT: Bookshare Needs Your Help!
>
> Please listen! I urge you to! This is very important!
>
> Sent from my braillenote apex. Follow your dreams and you will
> get somewhere. Somewhere you want to be. You can believe, but
> you have to do something. So help your dream come true like your
> dream is a baby and you want to feed that baby which means to
> help your dream come true. Feed goodness to your dreams and care
> for them. Who knows! Maybe just maybe you will end up having
> your dreams come true!
>
> ---- Original Message ------
> From: "Bookshare" <Bookshare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: URGENT: Bookshare Needs Your Help
> Date sent: Sat, 25 May 2013 00:10:45 +0000
>
> Dear Bookshare Supporter,
>
> It's not typical for us to send you an email like this, but we
> felt
> this situation was so important it was necessary.
>
> You may already be aware, but for years negotiations have been
> moving
> forward on what many have come to call the "Treaty for the Blind
> -
> http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/39440e0084/abc2c9568d/8c6ac19ad5
> ." The goal of the international treaty is to make it possible
> for
> people who are blind, or have other print disabilities such as
> dyslexia, to get access to the books they need for education,
> employment and inclusion in society--no matter where they live.
> It's
> something we already do, with great success, in the United States
> through Bookshare.
>
> However, private interests are trying to alter the treaty in such
> a
> way that it would become useless--even harmful. For example,
> they're
> trying to get language adopted that basically says: "if you can
> buy
> it, you can't borrow it." This is not only an attack on people
> around
> the world with print disabilities--it's also an attack on
> libraries,
> like Bookshare, and could have a drastic effect on the number of
> books you have access to.
>
> Our biggest worry is this becoming a treaty that could stop
> Bookshare
> from serving our users in the United States the way we do today.
> We
> need our government negotiating for a treaty that supports a
> library
> like Bookshare.
>
> That's why we're working with a coalition of disability and
> library
> groups, including the National Federation of the Blind and the
> American Council of the Blind, to fight back against the proposed
> changes by these private interests. We'll do everything we can
> to
> secure a treaty that both protects the access we have now and
> that
> will benefit people with print disabilities around the world--but
> we
> need your help.
>
> We're asking you to take a moment to sign a petition on the White
> House's website that urges the President to step up his support:
> -
> http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/39440e0084/abc2c9568d/4e4438ce56
> . If we can get to 100,000 signatures, the White House is
> required to
> respond to the petition and will, hopefully, take positive
> action.
> With your help we know we can reach that number. We also
> recommend
> the petition -
> http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/39440e0084/abc2c9568d/f43c9aab46
> /sid=2&reset=1 at the National Federation of the Blind's site,
> which is
> particularly accessible.
>
> Thank you for your time and support. Together, we believe that
> our
> collective voice can make a real impact.
>
> If you're interested in more background on the treaty, here are
> some
> articles and resources you can review:
>
> Huffington Post piece by Jim on how the treaty is being poisoned
> by
> private interests:
> http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/39440e0084/abc2c9568d/3f5de5c34d
>
> WIRED Magazine article that gives some recent updates on the
> treaty:
> http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/39440e0084/abc2c9568d/7e58bb06a5
>
> Sincerely,
> Jim Fruchterman & Betsy Beaumon, Bookshare
>
> P.S. Please post the link to the White House petition on your
> social
> media to help spread the word and get your friends involved!
> Again,
> here is the link: -
> http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/39440e0084/abc2c9568d/af6f03126e
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Hi All do you know the whit houses email address. Because we need that
library to work and to get the materials that we need.
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