Dipendra, I believe you should speak with Talknav and ensure that the interests of international users are represented. -----Original Message----- From: access-boun...@accessusers.com [mailto:access-boun...@accessusers.com] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:33 AM To: 'Access e-mail forum' Subject: [access] Latest update on our campaign
Dear All, An update on progress thus far for you all... To date we've accumulated over 1,600 signatures to our protest list, it's a great start so well done to all of you who have been rallying the cause. Vodafone are now in negotiations with myself in terms of where to proceed with the Access application and I can relay the following to you at this time. Vodafone accepts that it has both a social and ethical as well as a legal contractual obligation towards Wayfinder Access users, and this is a really important statement believe me. It means that they know that they cannot simply rinse their hands of us as a user group. At this time there are several options being discussed, one is to refund users, either in full or in part. Another is based on a suggestion of mine to exchange WFA licenses for an alternative accessible GPS product. This would have to not cost them more necessarily than a direct refund, but it has merits especially if we can show that there's a real media risk of damage to them if they don't help us out. Please do not press too much for detail on this as I cannot give it to you, but in essence assume Vodafone had to in some degree refund users, that would amount to figure `x`, if we could use this same amount to buy in mass an alternative accessible option this could work for us. One or two other options are on the table at this time, which I cannot say more about, as the logistics and commercial viability is still being looked into, but this is a great start and one we should be proud of. Today Rory Heap and I took part in a BBC In Touch radio interview being aired tomorrow evening on BBC Radio 4. I'm sure that those of you outside the UK will be able to download it, and hopefully Tim will be able to set it up on the protest site. What happens next, now more than ever, as we enter the very heart of the negotiation can we not afford to have a slow down on sign ups to our protest. If Vodafone see that we've reached our pinnacle of signatories they may assume that 1,600 is the maximum number of supporters our cause has, this is most certainly not a few that we wish to convey. So it's essential that we redouble our efforts to sign people up. Resend the message to your mailing lists, get friends, family and work colleagues to sign up. It takes just a minute and people can choose to do it privately if they wish. Be sure they know just how much Access means to you and how it's essential that they understand that their support could directly influence Vodafone's decision. A few bits of good news: Way finder's CEO has assured me that service isn't going to just stop, not at all, so no matter when service does eventually stop, we're going to know with a good lead time. Wayfinder are sympathetic and conscious of our position and their obligations. These are all excellent things to know and be assured of. He did though say that the time will come and it is likely not to be 12 months away but sooner. For now that's it, please people, now more than ever we need to show our selves as being in favour of this product. So let's get out there and get people's names on our list. www.talknav.com/protest Best wishes. Neil Barnfather TalkNav _______________________________________________ Access mailing list acc...@accessusers.com http://wfusers.com/mailman/listinfo/access Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
