Re: [nvda-translations] email to NVDA community
- From: David Hole <balubathebrave@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nvda-translations@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:20:12 +0200
Hi. As far as I can read, it seems OK.
Med vennlig hilsen / Best regards
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 13:49, Mesar Hameed <mesar.hameed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi team,
>
> I took some time to write the following email in our name,
> Can you please read it and say if you are ok or if I have missed something.
>
> What I want to do after we are finnished, is to send it to the nvda users
> mailing list, the nvda freelist and for you to translate it
> and send it to nvda language lists or post it on community websites.
>
> below is the email so far:
>
> subject: support NVDA or you will lose it.
>
> Dear nvda users,
>
> Sorry for the long email, please bare with us to the end.
>
> The time has come to show your appreciation and your determination for NVDA
> development to continue.
> Due to the economic downturn NV Access has received less grants than what we
> would have hoped for.
>
> We all have a duty and an obligation to request from the organizations
> working for the blind such as the RNIB, UK or AFB/NFB, USA or the appropriate
> blind organization in your country, to tell them that NVDA has been and
> continues to be a useful and valuable tool to provide accessibility for all
> of us and that they should promote and sponsor the excellent work that is
> being done.
>
> Despite all the politics and the slow movement within organizations, we the
> real NVDA users are able to keep NVDA development going
> if each one of us took their responsibility seriously.
> This is without having to wait for organizations or companies to give grants
> to NV Access.
>
> Due to many advantages, benefits and unique features of NVDA, the number of
> NVDA users are growing but sadly the personal donations are not matching this
> increase and are often not regular.
>
> What we want to say clearly is that any regular donation large or small, will
> keep Jamie and Michael in their full time employment working for NVDA.
> What we have to remember is that they are two blind individuals like you and
> me, but are gifted with rare skills that many of us could benefit from.
>
> We should work hard not to put them in a situation where they have to choose
> between doing something that they love and beleave in (improving NVDA), and
> having to provide the necessities for their families and children.
>
> The current funding is able to keep both of them employed until september
> this year, and if the donations haven't increased by then
> they may have to look for alternative employment.
>
> Even if one of them leaves and the other continues the work load will be a
> lot harder, and progress will be much slower.
> This will directly impact on us because we will have to wait for much longer
> before tickets can be solved, which will cause us a lot of frustration and
> anguish. This is not what we have been accustomed to in the last few years,
> we often see regular releases and each version is superior to the previous
> one.
>
> We all need to understand that, what is required is for each one of us to
> donate according to our circumstances, may it be as little as 5 or 10
> dollars a month, this will be enough to keep the project going.
> We Thank those of you who already donate on a regular basis.
>
> Put this in context, we easely spend 5 dollars on a coffee
> or 10/20 dollars on a meal when we eat out, surely NVDA deserves this token
> amount?
>
> Many people do charity events, such as running a marathon, doing a tandem
> ride, or baking and seling cakes in their community to raise money for canser
> research or any other worth while charity, we can all do the same but for NV
> Access which is also a charity.
>
> Please don't lose this opportunity to support NVDA, because if we fail to set
> up regular donations, in a few months time we will all have to start paying
> for expensive screenreaders because NVDA would not have been developed and
> updated to match our latest needs.
>
> We are writing this email as individuals that strongly believe in open
> source, and as volunteer contributors to NVDA. We understand that it is hard
> for Jamie and Michael to keep sending emails asking for donations because it
> feels bad to keep asking, but we the users should act before we reach the
> point of no return.
>
> Please repost/translate or anything that you feel appropriate, and please
> don't forget to raise donations.
>
> Link for donations:
> http://www.nvaccess.org/wiki/Donate
>
> Mesar, and NVDA translators.
>
>
>
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