I shared Ana’s Facebook post and a friend shared it as well. I saw that Blind
Riders IK shared it.
Leslie
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 5, 2022, at 5:17 PM, Michelle LaBarre <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
That would be great if you could spread the word to them! Great idea!
LaBarre Dressage
www.labarredressage.com
On Jul 5, 2022, at 10:58 AM, Beccam1580 <beccam1580@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Has anyone shared this with USABA? United States of America blind athletes?
I'll try to make them aware if nobody else has yet… I plan to be on the zoom…
BTW. Equestrian is not something that they currently do but maybe in the
future?…
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 3, 2022, at 8:17 AM, Michelle LaBarre <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ah! Yes, the attachment is the flyer and that is a pdf. I don’t think either
for if it I have pdf or Jpeg will be readable by jaws. But the way I sent it, I
thought you could just hit forward and edit the fill in the blank parts. Glad
it’s working! Phew!
LaBarre Dressage
www.labarredressage.com
On Jul 3, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Ament, Suzanne <seament@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Michelle, my bad… I thought you said it was an attachment so I didn’t even look
belowin the actual message… I can read that fine the attachment is the flyer
correct?
If I have it right no need to do anything!
Suzanne
From: blindequestriancommunity-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blindequestriancommunity-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of michelle labarre
Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2022 9:40 PM
To: BEC Group <blindequestriancommunity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blindequestriancommunity] Here is the letter itself
NOTICE: This email originated externally. It is not from a Radford University
account. Use caution responding, opening attachments, or clicking links.
Dear [fill in the name],
I am writing to you on behalf of the Blind Equestrian Community (BEC) to let
you know about our upcoming Zoom meeting featuring Andrew Burfitt and Sue-Ellen
Lovett. They will be introducing and discussing the value of the DAMA system
that Andrew created and produces and Sue-Ellen uses as a blind rider. The
Dressage Arena Marker Announcer system has been used in FEI competitions
successfully as well as in various therapeutic riding centers around Australia.
It is the first technological system designed to help identify arena markers
for riders with low or no vision and as such it helps level the playing field.
Normally, to compete and train blind riders need to find a lot of people (up to
12) willing to commit the time and learn the techniques necessary to be living
letters. This issue has made it very difficult for blind riders to travel to
compete and even to train at home accurately. The DAMA system is easy to
transport and set up and requires only one person to operate. This is a huge
step forward towards equity for this community!
Naturally, we at the BEC are very excited to learn that this system exists and
are so happy that Andrew and Sue-Ellen are willing to answer our questions and
talk about how the DAMA system has been used by both individual riders and
dressage organizations as well as by various therapeutic centers. We are
wondering how the dressage community at large in the US may be able to support
blind riders by having such a system available for use.
Please consider joining us at this zoom meeting and feel free to invite anyone
you think may be interested in learning more about the DAMA system. The meeting
will be recorded, so for those interested but unable to attend, they can
contact Michelle LaBarre at
michellelabarre@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:michellelabarre@xxxxxxxxx> for a copy of the
recording.
The meeting is at 8 pm eastern on Thursday July 14.
Here is the zoom link:
https://hamilton.zoom.us/j/7311788025<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhamilton.zoom.us%2Fj%2F7311788025&data=05%7C01%7C%7Ca3eb3ed27b1e4e82d78f08da5ee4d72f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637926634241772940%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=56Rf722cpoclIjaXMAWhin5sRO8l61yLbLsLRbnSbbc%3D&reserved=0>
You may also use this phone number to join by voice only:
(669) 444-9171
Please keep this letter until the meeting so that you have the zoom link
available. We will not be able to resend the zoom link to everyone planning on
attending.
Thank you for considering this invitation and if you have any further questions
you can either ask me or contact Michelle at the above email address.
Hopefully we will ‘see’ you Thursday July 14th!
Sincerely,
{your name} for the BEC.
