Danielle, Everyone's input is welcome. My only objection is to the idea of limiting the message. With the possible exception of audio, none of the proposed formats have necessarily been a big expenditure with volunteer help from the community. We have at this moment roughly the following resources:
Dark writing the leaflet Eleanor and I offering editing and developer support of various sorts. This also includes Valiant8086 as well though he hasn't spoken publicly on this topic. We have had the offer of two operational braille embossers and about 4,000 pages of braille paper for said embossers. Even if you assume 10 pages/leaflet that's 400 leaflets. No one has volunteered printer capabilities for a large print edition yet, that I remember, but I am sure several of us could contribute. Web site space has been offered by multiple parties for electronic distribution. Scott has offered to investigate getting cheaper audio copies pressed in the U.k. John and some others have volunteered to burn CD's. For an idea that was only a mere suggestion a little over a week ago, that's a lot of progress. We are almost, as you suggested, at the point of needing to really organize. However, as Scott pointed out earlier, we need to thrash out the issues first before we get to that stage. By airing concerns and issues now, by having suggestions that are less workable torn apart now, we save time and wasted effort when it counts. In a community effort like this the opinions, criticisms, and resources of the entire community are important. Personalities might clash, but each challenge to an idea makes it firmer and gives it a better shape. That said, not every idea that every member contributes is always good in the form it's submitted in. Sometimes people misspeak themselves. Sometimes their idea just isn't workable for reasons they haven't considered. Also too, We have to remember that at this point we have only a nebulous plan. No plan survives contact with reality. No doubt portions of it will have to be modified. We're just trying to anticipate those bumps as much as possible. Thanks for your input, don't crawl under a rock. Take care, Jeremy -- In the fight between you and the world--back the world! Frank Zapa --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
