Hi, Festus , All VICS members are welcome to come to the AGM. To the best of my knowledge nobody has ever been bullied or threatened when attending an AGM. I, for one, would not stand for such actions. The reason why people were not enthusiastic about VICS becoming involved with sending second-hand equipmenbt to anyone is the question of licencing. If I buy equipment and software, they are in my name. If they are then sent to anyone else, wherever that may be, the software licence remains in my name. This could cause a legal problem for all involved further down the line. For instance, what happens when the recipient wants to upgrade the version of JAWS that is on the computer? It would be unwise for VICS to get involved with such a scheme without having the appropriate legal and other support to do so. There are groups like the Veronica Foundation who do just this kind of thing. Maybe we will meet you on May 24th? Take care, Gerry Ellis Secretary, VICS Tel +353-(0)1 282-7791 Mob +353-(0)85 716-8665 Email gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you don't know where you're going, How will you know when you get there? ----- Original Message ----- From: Festus Asemota To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:46 PM Subject: [vicsireland] hello chairman of vics hello Tony, greetings to you in the name of our lord Jesus Christ amen. My name is Festus asemota I wish to inform you that I have been very very scared of attending vics AGM and training days because I felt deeply that you were angry with me for asking for donations to blind people in Africa I.e. Nigeria. I was highly worried because I felt you were going to intimidate and embarrass me I just couldn't stand that threat. I have spent eight loving years and I have acquired a lot of skills in computer technology through many blind and sighted friends in Ireland. My dreams are to be able to impact these knowledge to needy blind persons in Africa because they're still using type writers. I like to use this medium to apologize to you in every way if I have offended you by asking for favors for blind people in the third world. Please forgive me in the name of mother Mary, Joseph and Jesus Christ. Please give me the all clear invitation in the A.G.M. coming up at N.C.B.I. headquarters in May. I must confess that you are all wonderful humane and loving blind computer experts in vics Ireland so let sleeping dogs lie. Cheers and God bless amen I shall meet you in the next A.G.M. with a lot of confidence. yours sincerely Festus asemota -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 16290 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len