I d like to sign the petition as well, and I tried solving that capcia 3 times and wasn't able to. On May 25, 2013, at 7:50 PM, martin nelson <martinnelso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How did you manage to get around that capsy? I couldn't understand the audio. > Martin Nelson > > From: Alan Lemly > Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 3:21 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: FW: URGENT: Bookshare Needs Your Help > > I checked with Raul who gave me permission to post this. The below letter > from Bookshare seeking signatures on a petition to ensure greatest access to > books for those unable to read print in the international treaty being > negotiated has been making the rounds. I urge everyone to sign this petition. > I will caution you that you must have a WHite House.gov account to sign the > petition and I believe you have to go through one of those annoying captchas > to set it up. At any rate, all signatures would be welcome. When I signed > last night, the count was about 98,000 shy of the 100,000 needed to force a > White House response to the petition. > > Thanks. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bookshare [mailto:booksh...@mail.vresp.com] > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 6:58 PM > To: wale...@gmail.com > Subject: URGENT: Bookshare Needs Your Help > > Dear William, > > 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." 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://ow.ly/lkJVs. > 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 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://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-fruchterman/poisoning-the-treaty-for-_b_3225181.html > WIRED Magazine article that gives some recent updates on the > treaty:http://ow.ly/lfP15 > > 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://ow.ly/lkJVs. > > Note: this advocacy effort by Benetech, the nonprofit organization that > operates Bookshare, has not been supported or endorsed by Bookshare funders, > including the U.S. Department of Education. > > > Click to view this email in a browser > > If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message > with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: > Unsubscribe > Benetech > 480 S. 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