Hi James and All,
Thanks for the reply and encouraging words.
There's clearly not enough interest for the meet-up this autumn so
we'll postpone that for another time.
We're still working with Drake Music and Queen Mary University of
London on ways to go forward short and long term, but without basic
funding it's hard to make real progress, so it's sort of on hold for
the moment.
Meanwhile, as you say, this Email group is there for anyone to use to
keep in touch, pass on useful info, ask questions and share ideas, so
please do post with anything you'd like to say.
Best wishes to all,
Peter
At 10:11 28/08/2015, you wrote:
Dear Peter, and greetings to all,
I think the idea of a meet-up sounds good in theory, but I cannot make that date. In fact, Saturdays are going to be tricky due to childcare for me this term at least.
It is disappointing that the level of demand articulated at the meeting last November has not translated into ongoing interest. So, I wonder what people think about keeping this email list going for general discussion, networking and peer-to-peer support and see whether the need for an official association emerges. Traffic on the list thus far has been low so let's all start using this resource to share our thoughts.
Thanks Peter for your commitment and determination to meet the concerns of blind and partially sighted musicians
Cheers, James
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Bosher [mailto:peter.bosher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 27 August 2015 11:43
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Possible meet-up and really need your views
Hi All,
A few weeks back I wrote about a possible meet-up on Saturday 3
October, but there has been almost no interest in that, so if you
care, then please read this and let us know what you think.
The idea of that meet-up was based on something that VISA, the
Visually Impaired Sailing Association, has been doing successfully
for a few years. We reserve a quiet room in a pub in central London,
meet up around 12 and have lunch with informal mingling. After lunch
there is time for people to present anything they like, (e.g. the
possible confidence and promotion workshop, Steve Burge's idea for
collaboration and live events, accessible technology, etcetera) and
then open up for general discussion.
We are still working on finding follow-up funding after the end of
the pilot project, and without that funding, it's difficult to hold
meetings like the one last autumn, or to do solid work such as
developing on-line and off-line support, but we did agree that the
sharing and networking side would be a useful activity, and this
suggested meet-up was intended to be a way to help keep that alive.
From the very few responses I did get, I wonder whether the idea of
a pub put people off, or whether Saturday afternoon is not
convenient, or what other suggestions you may have.
So, firstly, if you like the sound of that meet-up then it's
essential that you let me know if you plan to come. I'll hold the
booking open for a few days but if I don't hear from even a few
people then we'll simply scrub that altogether.
Secondly, what, if anything, would you like to do to help? We've
floated the idea of an association, similar to BCAB, the British
Computer Association of the Blind, which is based around self-help
and networking. To make that happen we need a few people who are
willing to give some time and thought to how this would work. So
many people have said what a great idea VIBE is, but we can't really
do anything useful without a core group of interested people, so over
to you for your thoughts, views, reactions, ideas.
Please reply to the Email group, vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, so that everyone
can see your responses and join in the discussion. If you are not
subscribed to that group, you can join either by sending a message to
this address:
vibe-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
In the subject line write:
subscribe
or, by going to this link and joining from there:
//www.freelists.org/list/vibe/
Finally, if you've seen this message from a round-about source and
wonder what VIBE is all about, you can read more here:
http://www.vibeworks.net/
Best to all,
Peter
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