Hi there, really sorry for the rant yesterday. Thanks so much for adding me to the new list! Rebecca On 2/5/15, Paul Nobrega <paul.nobrega@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > nice to read you Rebecca. I used to be active on the list but with all the > sex junk postings, it is not appealing. a lot go to my junk mail but some > still go to my inbox. > there is a lot of new exciting equipment we could discuss and inform each > other. > best regards, > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rebecca jackson > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 5:26 PM > To: lv-ottawa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [lv-ottawa] A much needed quick hello > > Hello all, or should I say all 3 of you who probably all forgot you > were subscribed to this list ... I was digging around the internet and > was curious to find this list. I live in Ottawa and have a visual > impairment and thought this list would have even a small trace of > useful information on it. I was very disappointed with what I found. A > list with spam bots and the most recent post dating back to June of > this past year. A cobweb of a list! This both frustrates and upsets me > because I feel that this list could be a forum to bring the Ottawa > blind/lv community closer. I know that email is becoming a thing of > the past, but even just a general news/discussion thing every few > weeks would be beneficial I think. Maybe we could have a group of > people that sends out a newsletter about events in Ottawa both for > blind people and just regular events. My point is, this thing has > potential! So to the mod of this list, it's time to get your act > together! Clean up those stupid spam bots and start networking and > finding other people who are blind/lv to add to this thing! Let's make > this list *actually* a useful resource for blind and low vision people > in Ottawa! > Rebecca > > >