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 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
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.
