Re: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian Currency petition! and a worrying development

2017-10-04 Thread Vikas Kapoor 
I've read in a couple of news items that the new Rs.100 note is going to retain 
its original size to avoid the recalibration of ATMs.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) 
  To: a...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in ; accessindia@accessindia.org.in 
  Cc: bgf...@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 9:49 PM
  Subject: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian Currency 
petition! and a worrying development


  Hi all,

  Congratulations! We have crossed 2000 signatures through our
  Accessible Indian Currency petition in less than 100 hours! This level
  of support definitely has contribution of many of you and much needed
  from each one of us. It is indeed an important milestone of achieving
  10% of our targeted 20,000 signatures. In fact you can track the
  number of signatures real time by clicking the below link. Worth
  saving it in your favorites / bookmark to keep following the score! If
  you haven’t still signed, why not right now by clicking the below
  link. All you need to do is read the page, enter your name, email id,
  and submit. You will receive an email from change.org and click on the
  link provided in the mail. Do remember to make it public while sharing
  on Facebook (in case you use Facebook).
  http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition

  There is a worrying development. A recent Economic Times article says
  that RBI is going to come up with new 100-rupee notes shortly. If they
  go as per their original plan, the size difference between 50 and 100
  and 200 will be just 2mm each. Factor 0.5mm error margin that they
  have defined and additional 1mm due to shrinkage of note as people
  keep folding the notes. Therefore, the size of these notes are going
  to be so similar that it will be practically impossible for a blind
  person to identify independently.
  It becomes more important for us to intensify our campaign now and
  spend lot more effort. It is time to involve your family members,
  colleagues, online groups, social work groups, etc. We will be sharing
  ready-made mails targeting different segments that you can keep
  forwarding to your network. Just forwarding is not effective. Reach
  out to your close ones in person and ask them to sign the petition,
  share on Facebook and further spread the word.

  In addition, we have just sent a comprehensive representation to RBI
  and Finance Ministry highlighting all our issues with accessing notes,
  coins, websites, mobile apps and ATMs. In addition, proposed specific
  solutions based upon the comprehensive national and international
  study that was done, including inputs from a few of you. The
  representation will have lot more value if the same is endorsed by
  many NGOs working for blind. That is when it will be seen as a problem
  faced by not just one group, but the whole country. So if you are an
  NGO and willing to take a lead, please share your email id and name of
  the organization on this mail or drop a mail to contact.b...@gmail.com
  We will share the representation with you within 3 days. All you would
  need to do is sign and send. Of course, feel free to improvise. Also
  do spread the word among persons with visual impairment connected with
  your NGO.

  Remember, it is our campaign and each one of us will have to lead it
  to hope for a solution.

  Thanks and regards,
  Vishal
  Blind Graduates Forum of India.


  On 10/2/17, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)
   wrote:
  > Hi all,
  >
  > You can use the below message to forward to your contacts, all the
  > WhatsApp groups and online groups to spread the word on accessible
  > Indian currency.
  >
  > How would you feel if you unknowingly give away a 500-rupee note to
  > the auto person instead of Rs 20 note and realize after he drives
  > away? Frightening and disabling. isn’t it? Unfortunately, this
  > scenario is becoming a day-to-day challenge for over 50 lakh blind
  > people in India. Please support accessible Indian currency campaign by
  > signing the below petition and sharing it on Facebook.
  >
  > Here are the three simple steps you need to follow:
  > 1. Click on the below change.org petition and sign the petition by
  > sharing your email id. Your message will automatically reach the
  > authorities by an email as soon as you sign the petition. So get as
  > many people as possible to sign this. Also, share the petition on your
  > Facebook profile and remember to make it public.
  > http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition
  >
  > Click on the below Accessible Indian Currency Facebook page. Like the
  > page to get future Updates on this. You can share the petition on to
  > your Facebook account from here as well if required.
  > http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyFacebookPage
  >
  > 2. Click on the twitter page and retweet. You may directly tweet to
  > 3. The authorities by picking the twitter handles on the page

[AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian Currency petition! and a worrying development

2017-10-04 Thread Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) 
Hi all,

Congratulations! We have crossed 2000 signatures through our
Accessible Indian Currency petition in less than 100 hours! This level
of support definitely has contribution of many of you and much needed
from each one of us. It is indeed an important milestone of achieving
10% of our targeted 20,000 signatures. In fact you can track the
number of signatures real time by clicking the below link. Worth
saving it in your favorites / bookmark to keep following the score! If
you haven’t still signed, why not right now by clicking the below
link. All you need to do is read the page, enter your name, email id,
and submit. You will receive an email from change.org and click on the
link provided in the mail. Do remember to make it public while sharing
on Facebook (in case you use Facebook).
http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition

There is a worrying development. A recent Economic Times article says
that RBI is going to come up with new 100-rupee notes shortly. If they
go as per their original plan, the size difference between 50 and 100
and 200 will be just 2mm each. Factor 0.5mm error margin that they
have defined and additional 1mm due to shrinkage of note as people
keep folding the notes. Therefore, the size of these notes are going
to be so similar that it will be practically impossible for a blind
person to identify independently.
It becomes more important for us to intensify our campaign now and
spend lot more effort. It is time to involve your family members,
colleagues, online groups, social work groups, etc. We will be sharing
ready-made mails targeting different segments that you can keep
forwarding to your network. Just forwarding is not effective. Reach
out to your close ones in person and ask them to sign the petition,
share on Facebook and further spread the word.

In addition, we have just sent a comprehensive representation to RBI
and Finance Ministry highlighting all our issues with accessing notes,
coins, websites, mobile apps and ATMs. In addition, proposed specific
solutions based upon the comprehensive national and international
study that was done, including inputs from a few of you. The
representation will have lot more value if the same is endorsed by
many NGOs working for blind. That is when it will be seen as a problem
faced by not just one group, but the whole country. So if you are an
NGO and willing to take a lead, please share your email id and name of
the organization on this mail or drop a mail to contact.b...@gmail.com
We will share the representation with you within 3 days. All you would
need to do is sign and send. Of course, feel free to improvise. Also
do spread the word among persons with visual impairment connected with
your NGO.

Remember, it is our campaign and each one of us will have to lead it
to hope for a solution.

Thanks and regards,
Vishal
Blind Graduates Forum of India.


On 10/2/17, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)
 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> You can use the below message to forward to your contacts, all the
> WhatsApp groups and online groups to spread the word on accessible
> Indian currency.
>
> How would you feel if you unknowingly give away a 500-rupee note to
> the auto person instead of Rs 20 note and realize after he drives
> away? Frightening and disabling. isn’t it? Unfortunately, this
> scenario is becoming a day-to-day challenge for over 50 lakh blind
> people in India. Please support accessible Indian currency campaign by
> signing the below petition and sharing it on Facebook.
>
> Here are the three simple steps you need to follow:
> 1.Click on the below change.org petition and sign the petition by
> sharing your email id. Your message will automatically reach the
> authorities by an email as soon as you sign the petition. So get as
> many people as possible to sign this. Also, share the petition on your
> Facebook profile and remember to make it public.
> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition
>
> Click on the below Accessible Indian Currency Facebook page. Like the
> page to get future Updates on this. You can share the petition on to
> your Facebook account from here as well if required.
> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyFacebookPage
>
> 2.Click on the twitter page and retweet. You may directly tweet to
> 3.The authorities by picking the twitter handles on the page if you
> Wish. Ignore if you do not have a twitter account.
> https://twitter.com/accessibleinr
>
> Please forward this to your contacts and ask them to share it further.
> It will be good if you could get in touch with your close ones in
> person to support in making Indian currency accessible for the blind.
>
> In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “In a gentle way, you can shake the world!”
>
>
>
> On 10/2/17, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)
>  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Glad to have all of us united on raising our voice for Accessible
>> Indian Currency. The current new notes and coins and the

[AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian Currency petition! and a worrying development

2017-10-04 Thread Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) 
Hi all,

Congratulations! We have crossed 2000 signatures through our
Accessible Indian Currency petition in less than 100 hours! This level
of support definitely has contribution of many of you and much needed
from each one of us. It is indeed an important milestone of achieving
10% of our targeted 20,000 signatures. In fact you can track the
number of signatures real time by clicking the below link. Worth
saving it in your favorites / bookmark to keep following the score! If
you haven’t still signed, why not right now by clicking the below
link. All you need to do is read the page, enter your name, email id,
and submit. You will receive an email from change.org and click on the
link provided in the mail. Do remember to make it public while sharing
on Facebook (in case you use Facebook).
http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition

There is a worrying development. A recent Economic Times article says
that RBI is going to come up with new 100-rupee notes shortly. If they
go as per their original plan, the size difference between 50 and 100
and 200 will be just 2mm each. Factor 0.5mm error margin that they
have defined and additional 1mm due to shrinkage of note as people
keep folding the notes. Therefore, the size of these notes are going
to be so similar that it will be practically impossible for a blind
person to identify independently.
It becomes more important for us to intensify our campaign now and
spend lot more effort. It is time to involve your family members,
colleagues, online groups, social work groups, etc. We will be sharing
ready-made mails targeting different segments that you can keep
forwarding to your network. Just forwarding is not effective. Reach
out to your close ones in person and ask them to sign the petition,
share on Facebook and further spread the word.

In addition, we have just sent a comprehensive representation to RBI
and Finance Ministry highlighting all our issues with accessing notes,
coins, websites, mobile apps and ATMs. In addition, proposed specific
solutions based upon the comprehensive national and international
study that was done, including inputs from a few of you. The
representation will have lot more value if the same is endorsed by
many NGOs working for blind. That is when it will be seen as a problem
faced by not just one group, but the whole country. So if you are an
NGO and willing to take a lead, please share your email id and name of
the organization on this mail or drop a mail to contact.b...@gmail.com
We will share the representation with you within 3 days. All you would
need to do is sign and send. Of course, feel free to improvise. Also
do spread the word among persons with visual impairment connected with
your NGO.

Remember, it is our campaign and each one of us will have to lead it
to hope for a solution.

Thanks and regards,
Vishal
Blind Graduates Forum of India.


On 10/2/17, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)
 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> You can use the below message to forward to your contacts, all the
> WhatsApp groups and online groups to spread the word on accessible
> Indian currency.
>
> How would you feel if you unknowingly give away a 500-rupee note to
> the auto person instead of Rs 20 note and realize after he drives
> away? Frightening and disabling. isn’t it? Unfortunately, this
> scenario is becoming a day-to-day challenge for over 50 lakh blind
> people in India. Please support accessible Indian currency campaign by
> signing the below petition and sharing it on Facebook.
>
> Here are the three simple steps you need to follow:
> 1.Click on the below change.org petition and sign the petition by
> sharing your email id. Your message will automatically reach the
> authorities by an email as soon as you sign the petition. So get as
> many people as possible to sign this. Also, share the petition on your
> Facebook profile and remember to make it public.
> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition
>
> Click on the below Accessible Indian Currency Facebook page. Like the
> page to get future Updates on this. You can share the petition on to
> your Facebook account from here as well if required.
> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyFacebookPage
>
> 2.Click on the twitter page and retweet. You may directly tweet to
> 3.The authorities by picking the twitter handles on the page if you
> Wish. Ignore if you do not have a twitter account.
> https://twitter.com/accessibleinr
>
> Please forward this to your contacts and ask them to share it further.
> It will be good if you could get in touch with your close ones in
> person to support in making Indian currency accessible for the blind.
>
> In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “In a gentle way, you can shake the world!”
>
>
>
> On 10/2/17, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)
>  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Glad to have all of us united on raising our voice for Accessible
>> Indian Currency. The current new notes and coins and the