[dandrews at visi.com: Fw: Admittedly off topic]

[Edward L. Barnes]

Hi Ann and list.
?While I believe it is a great idea to nominate Kirk for such an award I 
don't know how receptive the CNIB would be to such a nomination, after 
all, that not so wonderful organization which claims to be the be all 
and end all of organizations for the blind in Canada which it isn't in 
my humble opinion doesn't have a link to the speakup project 
http://www.linux-speakup.org site, not sure why, if it's a question of 
the fact they are unaware of the project or if it's a question of the 
fact the CNIB doesn't think Speakup worthy of such a link.
And, do you think the CNIB would actually bother to go to all the 
trouble of bestoing an award upon someone who is just doing plane old 
good work, or do you feel as I do and conclude that in this case the 
level of publicity which this achieved and the fact that Uncle Bill sunk 
a bit of pcket change into their digital library project has more to do 
with the award? Just my wramblings on this one, am curious what others 
might think.
Best regards to all.

Ed Barnes
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
home phone +1-709-596-3165
e-mail and msn messenger id ebarnes at enigma2.cjb.net
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On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Ann Parsons wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Yeh, hear, hear, hear!
> 
> Ann P.
> 
>