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

[Phen Varghese]

Dear Aditi ,

I tryed the link still it's only showing that it is redirecting .
The webpage is not loading even if it says 100 %.
Is there any other way to sign the petition?

Regards,

Phen Varghese


On 10/6/17, aditi shah <shahaditi1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Phen,
>
> That link should open immediately, in case it does not, please try
> this alternate link :
> https://www.change.org/p/support-us-in-making-indian-currency-accessible-for-the-blind?recruiter=798955114utm_source=share_petitionutm_medium=copylinkutm_campaign=share_petitionutm_term=triggered
>
> Let me know if any further issues.
>
> Best,
> Aditi Shah
>
> On 10/6/17, Kotian, H P <hpkot...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>> Dear Aditi
>> Pl help phen.
>> Harish.
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Phen Varghese
>> Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 10:03 AM
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
>> the disabled. <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
>> Subject: Re: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian
>> Currency petition! and a worrying development
>>
>> Hi team,
>>
>> I tryed opening the link
>> It is not opening . When i hit enter it shows that it is redirecting
>> and some tick tick sound comes.
>> Can anyone tell how long will it take for the link to open?
>> Kindly pls revert back.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Phen Varghese
>>
>>
>> On 10/6/17, Srinivasu Chakravarthula <li...@srinivasu.org> wrote:
>>> I saw a notification from Change.org last evening that 69 people have
>>> signed with my link share. That's great to see the progress. Now we are
>>> 2891 and let's continue to spread the word. Let's target to achieve 5000
>>> by
>>> this week end.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
>>> Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com
>>>
>>> Let's create an inclusive web!
>>>
>>> Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 5:46 PM, aditi shah <shahaditi1...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there Satguru,
>>>>
>>>> Glad that you signed the petition and shared it on social media as well.
>>>> It's sad that change.org's share on facebook functionality did not
>>>> work as expected in this case.
>>>> I would suggest the following two alternate approaches to share the
>>>> petition on facebook :
>>>> 1. Go to our facebook page :
>>>> https://m.facebook.com/accessibleindiancurrency
>>>> and share the first post on the page which talks about the petition.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Just copy paste the below link with your message in a facebook post :
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you face any glitches in the process.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Aditi Shah
>>>>
>>>> On 10/5/17, Kotian, H P <hpkot...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > -Original Message-
>>>> > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> > Of Satguru Rathi
>>>> > Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:30 PM
>>>> > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
>>>> > Subject: Re: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible
>>>> > Indian
>>>> > Currency petition! and a worrying development
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Have signed it. But could not post it on my facebook page as some
>>>> > error
>>>> > comes. please fix this. Have shared it on my Twitter and whatsapp
>>>> > also.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > With best regards,
>>>> > Satguru
>>>> > ___,__.___
>>>> > "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But
>>>> sooner
>>>> > or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can."
>>>> >
>>>> > Satguru Rathi
>>>> > +91-9871489945
>>>> > satgurura...@gmail.com
>>>> >
>>>> > On 10/5/2017 12:53 

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

[aditi shah]

Hi Phen,

That link should open immediately, in case it does not, please try
this alternate link :
https://www.change.org/p/support-us-in-making-indian-currency-accessible-for-the-blind?recruiter=798955114utm_source=share_petitionutm_medium=copylinkutm_campaign=share_petitionutm_term=triggered

Let me know if any further issues.

Best,
Aditi Shah

On 10/6/17, Kotian, H P <hpkot...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
> Dear Aditi
> Pl help phen.
> Harish.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Phen Varghese
> Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 10:03 AM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled. <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
> Subject: Re: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian
> Currency petition! and a worrying development
>
> Hi team,
>
> I tryed opening the link
> It is not opening . When i hit enter it shows that it is redirecting
> and some tick tick sound comes.
> Can anyone tell how long will it take for the link to open?
> Kindly pls revert back.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Phen Varghese
>
>
> On 10/6/17, Srinivasu Chakravarthula <li...@srinivasu.org> wrote:
>> I saw a notification from Change.org last evening that 69 people have
>> signed with my link share. That's great to see the progress. Now we are
>> 2891 and let's continue to spread the word. Let's target to achieve 5000
>> by
>> this week end.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
>> Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com
>>
>> Let's create an inclusive web!
>>
>> Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 5:46 PM, aditi shah <shahaditi1...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there Satguru,
>>>
>>> Glad that you signed the petition and shared it on social media as well.
>>> It's sad that change.org's share on facebook functionality did not
>>> work as expected in this case.
>>> I would suggest the following two alternate approaches to share the
>>> petition on facebook :
>>> 1. Go to our facebook page :
>>> https://m.facebook.com/accessibleindiancurrency
>>> and share the first post on the page which talks about the petition.
>>>
>>> 2. Just copy paste the below link with your message in a facebook post :
>>> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition
>>>
>>> Let me know if you face any glitches in the process.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Aditi Shah
>>>
>>> On 10/5/17, Kotian, H P <hpkot...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -Original Message-
>>> > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>>> Behalf
>>> > Of Satguru Rathi
>>> > Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:30 PM
>>> > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
>>> > Subject: Re: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible
>>> > Indian
>>> > Currency petition! and a worrying development
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Have signed it. But could not post it on my facebook page as some
>>> > error
>>> > comes. please fix this. Have shared it on my Twitter and whatsapp
>>> > also.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > With best regards,
>>> > Satguru
>>> > ___,__.___
>>> > "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But
>>> sooner
>>> > or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can."
>>> >
>>> > Satguru Rathi
>>> > +91-9871489945
>>> > satgurura...@gmail.com
>>> >
>>> > On 10/5/2017 12:53 PM, Mahendra Galani wrote:
>>> >> exlant, Vasu.
>>> >> others should do also the same.
>>> >>
>>> >> At 12:02 PM 10/5/2017 +0530, you wrote:
>>> >>> I have shared in distribution lists at my work too. So more people
>>> >>> would sign. This would be a good idea for people working at
>>> >>> different
>>> >>> companies to share among their internal distribution lists. By doing
>>> >>> so, we are automatically raising more awareness in community.
>>> >>> Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter:
>>> >>> http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Web

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

[Phen Varghese]

Hi team,

I tryed opening the link
It is not opening . When i hit enter it shows that it is redirecting
and some tick tick sound comes.
Can anyone tell how long will it take for the link to open?
Kindly pls revert back.

Warm regards,

Phen Varghese


On 10/6/17, Srinivasu Chakravarthula <li...@srinivasu.org> wrote:
> I saw a notification from Change.org last evening that 69 people have
> signed with my link share. That's great to see the progress. Now we are
> 2891 and let's continue to spread the word. Let's target to achieve 5000 by
> this week end.
>
> Regards,
>
> Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
> Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com
>
> Let's create an inclusive web!
>
> Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 5:46 PM, aditi shah <shahaditi1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there Satguru,
>>
>> Glad that you signed the petition and shared it on social media as well.
>> It's sad that change.org's share on facebook functionality did not
>> work as expected in this case.
>> I would suggest the following two alternate approaches to share the
>> petition on facebook :
>> 1. Go to our facebook page :
>> https://m.facebook.com/accessibleindiancurrency
>> and share the first post on the page which talks about the petition.
>>
>> 2. Just copy paste the below link with your message in a facebook post :
>> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition
>>
>> Let me know if you face any glitches in the process.
>>
>> Best,
>> Aditi Shah
>>
>> On 10/5/17, Kotian, H P <hpkot...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > -Original Message-----
>> > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> > Of Satguru Rathi
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:30 PM
>> > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
>> > Subject: Re: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian
>> > Currency petition! and a worrying development
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >
>> > Have signed it. But could not post it on my facebook page as some error
>> > comes. please fix this. Have shared it on my Twitter and whatsapp also.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > With best regards,
>> > Satguru
>> > ___,__.___
>> > "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But
>> sooner
>> > or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can."
>> >
>> > Satguru Rathi
>> > +91-9871489945
>> > satgurura...@gmail.com
>> >
>> > On 10/5/2017 12:53 PM, Mahendra Galani wrote:
>> >> exlant, Vasu.
>> >> others should do also the same.
>> >>
>> >> At 12:02 PM 10/5/2017 +0530, you wrote:
>> >>> I have shared in distribution lists at my work too. So more people
>> >>> would sign. This would be a good idea for people working at different
>> >>> companies to share among their internal distribution lists. By doing
>> >>> so, we are automatically raising more awareness in community.
>> >>> Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter:
>> >>> http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org |
>> >>> http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead
>> >>> Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:49 PM,
>> >>> Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) < contact.b...@gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote: > 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 &

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

[Srinivasu Chakravarthula]

I saw a notification from Change.org last evening that 69 people have
signed with my link share. That's great to see the progress. Now we are
2891 and let's continue to spread the word. Let's target to achieve 5000 by
this week end.

Regards,

Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com

Let's create an inclusive web!

Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica


On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 5:46 PM, aditi shah <shahaditi1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there Satguru,
>
> Glad that you signed the petition and shared it on social media as well.
> It's sad that change.org's share on facebook functionality did not
> work as expected in this case.
> I would suggest the following two alternate approaches to share the
> petition on facebook :
> 1. Go to our facebook page :
> https://m.facebook.com/accessibleindiancurrency
> and share the first post on the page which talks about the petition.
>
> 2. Just copy paste the below link with your message in a facebook post :
> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition
>
> Let me know if you face any glitches in the process.
>
> Best,
> Aditi Shah
>
> On 10/5/17, Kotian, H P <hpkot...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
> Behalf
> > Of Satguru Rathi
> > Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:30 PM
> > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
> > Subject: Re: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian
> > Currency petition! and a worrying development
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > Have signed it. But could not post it on my facebook page as some error
> > comes. please fix this. Have shared it on my Twitter and whatsapp also.
> >
> >
> >
> > With best regards,
> > Satguru
> > ___,__.___
> > "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But
> sooner
> > or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can."
> >
> > Satguru Rathi
> > +91-9871489945
> > satgurura...@gmail.com
> >
> > On 10/5/2017 12:53 PM, Mahendra Galani wrote:
> >> exlant, Vasu.
> >> others should do also the same.
> >>
> >> At 12:02 PM 10/5/2017 +0530, you wrote:
> >>> I have shared in distribution lists at my work too. So more people
> >>> would sign. This would be a good idea for people working at different
> >>> companies to share among their internal distribution lists. By doing
> >>> so, we are automatically raising more awareness in community.
> >>> Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter:
> >>> http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org |
> >>> http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead
> >>> Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:49 PM,
> >>> Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) < contact.b...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote: > 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

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

[aditi shah]

Hi there Satguru,

Glad that you signed the petition and shared it on social media as well.
It's sad that change.org's share on facebook functionality did not
work as expected in this case.
I would suggest the following two alternate approaches to share the
petition on facebook :
1. Go to our facebook page :
https://m.facebook.com/accessibleindiancurrency
and share the first post on the page which talks about the petition.

2. Just copy paste the below link with your message in a facebook post :
http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition

Let me know if you face any glitches in the process.

Best,
Aditi Shah

On 10/5/17, Kotian, H P <hpkot...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Satguru Rathi
> Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:30 PM
> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
> Subject: Re: [AI] Congratulations! 2000 signatures on accessible Indian
> Currency petition! and a worrying development
>
> Hi,
>
>
> Have signed it. But could not post it on my facebook page as some error
> comes. please fix this. Have shared it on my Twitter and whatsapp also.
>
>
>
> With best regards,
> Satguru
> ___,__.___
> "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But sooner
> or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can."
>
> Satguru Rathi
> +91-9871489945
> satgurura...@gmail.com
>
> On 10/5/2017 12:53 PM, Mahendra Galani wrote:
>> exlant, Vasu.
>> others should do also the same.
>>
>> At 12:02 PM 10/5/2017 +0530, you wrote:
>>> I have shared in distribution lists at my work too. So more people
>>> would sign. This would be a good idea for people working at different
>>> companies to share among their internal distribution lists. By doing
>>> so, we are automatically raising more awareness in community.
>>> Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter:
>>> http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org |
>>> http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead
>>> Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:49 PM,
>>> Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) < contact.b...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote: > 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, pro

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

[Satguru Rathi]

Hi,


Have signed it. But could not post it on my facebook page as some error 
comes. please fix this. Have shared it on my Twitter and whatsapp also.




With best regards,
Satguru
___,__.___
"Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later 
the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can."

Satguru Rathi
+91-9871489945
satgurura...@gmail.com

On 10/5/2017 12:53 PM, Mahendra Galani wrote:

exlant, Vasu.
others should do also the same.

At 12:02 PM 10/5/2017 +0530, you wrote:
I have shared in distribution lists at my work too. So more people 
would sign. This would be a good idea for people working at different 
companies to share among their internal distribution lists. By doing 
so, we are automatically raising more awareness in community. 
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: 
http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | 
http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead 
Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:49 PM, 
Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) < contact.b...@gmail.com> 
wrote: > 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. 

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

[Mahendra Galani]

exlant,  Vasu.
others should do also the same.

At 12:02 PM 10/5/2017 +0530, you wrote:
I have shared in distribution lists at my work 
too. So more people would sign. This would be a 
good idea for people working at different 
companies to share among their internal 
distribution lists. By doing so, we are 
automatically raising more awareness in 
community. Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - 
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: 
http://www.srinivasu.org | 
http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an 
inclusive web! Lead Accessibility Consultant, 
Informatica On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:49 PM, 
Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) < 
contact.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 

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

[Srinivasu Chakravarthula]

I have shared in distribution lists at my work too. So more people would
sign. This would be a good idea for people working at different companies
to share among their internal distribution lists. By doing so, we are
automatically raising more awareness in community.

Regards,

Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com

Let's create an inclusive web!

Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica


On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) <
contact.b...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 

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

[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)
  <contact.b...@gmail.com> 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 

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

[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

[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