I have shared in distribution lists at my work too. So more people would sign. This would be a good idea for people working at different companies to share among their internal distribution lists. By doing so, we are automatically raising more awareness in community.
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Congratulations! We have crossed 2000 signatures through our > Accessible Indian Currency petition in less than 100 hours! This level > of support definitely has contribution of many of you and much needed > from each one of us. It is indeed an important milestone of achieving > 10% of our targeted 20,000 signatures. In fact you can track the > number of signatures real time by clicking the below link. Worth > saving it in your favorites / bookmark to keep following the score! If > you haven’t still signed, why not right now by clicking the below > link. All you need to do is read the page, enter your name, email id, > and submit. You will receive an email from change.org and click on the > link provided in the mail. Do remember to make it public while sharing > on Facebook (in case you use Facebook). > http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition > > There is a worrying development. A recent Economic Times article says > that RBI is going to come up with new 100-rupee notes shortly. If they > go as per their original plan, the size difference between 50 and 100 > and 200 will be just 2mm each. Factor 0.5mm error margin that they > have defined and additional 1mm due to shrinkage of note as people > keep folding the notes. Therefore, the size of these notes are going > to be so similar that it will be practically impossible for a blind > person to identify independently. > It becomes more important for us to intensify our campaign now and > spend lot more effort. It is time to involve your family members, > colleagues, online groups, social work groups, etc. We will be sharing > ready-made mails targeting different segments that you can keep > forwarding to your network. Just forwarding is not effective. Reach > out to your close ones in person and ask them to sign the petition, > share on Facebook and further spread the word. > > In addition, we have just sent a comprehensive representation to RBI > and Finance Ministry highlighting all our issues with accessing notes, > coins, websites, mobile apps and ATMs. In addition, proposed specific > solutions based upon the comprehensive national and international > study that was done, including inputs from a few of you. The > representation will have lot more value if the same is endorsed by > many NGOs working for blind. That is when it will be seen as a problem > faced by not just one group, but the whole country. So if you are an > NGO and willing to take a lead, please share your email id and name of > the organization on this mail or drop a mail to [email protected] > We will share the representation with you within 3 days. All you would > need to do is sign and send. Of course, feel free to improvise. Also > do spread the word among persons with visual impairment connected with > your NGO. > > Remember, it is our campaign and each one of us will have to lead it > to hope for a solution. > > Thanks and regards, > Vishal > Blind Graduates Forum of India. > > > On 10/2/17, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > You can use the below message to forward to your contacts, all the > > WhatsApp groups and online groups to spread the word on accessible > > Indian currency. > > > > How would you feel if you unknowingly give away a 500-rupee note to > > the auto person instead of Rs 20 note and realize after he drives > > away? Frightening and disabling. isn’t it? Unfortunately, this > > scenario is becoming a day-to-day challenge for over 50 lakh blind > > people in India. Please support accessible Indian currency campaign by > > signing the below petition and sharing it on Facebook. > > > > Here are the three simple steps you need to follow: > > 1. Click on the below change.org petition and sign the petition by > > sharing your email id. Your message will automatically reach the > > authorities by an email as soon as you sign the petition. So get as > > many people as possible to sign this. Also, share the petition on your > > Facebook profile and remember to make it public. > > http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition > > > > Click on the below Accessible Indian Currency Facebook page. Like the > > page to get future Updates on this. You can share the petition on to > > your Facebook account from here as well if required. > > http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyFacebookPage > > > > 2. Click on the twitter page and retweet. You may directly tweet to > > 3. The authorities by picking the twitter handles on the page if you > > Wish. Ignore if you do not have a twitter account. > > https://twitter.com/accessibleinr > > > > Please forward this to your contacts and ask them to share it further. > > It will be good if you could get in touch with your close ones in > > person to support in making Indian currency accessible for the blind. > > > > In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “In a gentle way, you can shake the > world!” > > > > > > > > On 10/2/17, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Glad to have all of us united on raising our voice for Accessible > >> Indian Currency. The current new notes and coins and the probable new > >> notes are going to be impractical for persons with impairment to > >> identify. Indeed, we have a disaster in the making. It is too serious > >> a matter for us not to work on this issue until we have a solution. So > >> let us run together the biggest possible social media campaign and > >> ensure our voice is heard and acted upon immediately! > >> We have created an exclusive Accessible Indian Currency Facebook page, > >> petition on change.org and a twitter handle. Let us target obtaining > >> at least 20,000 signatures, hundreds of Facebook shares and twitter > >> tweets. If each of us contribute with getting just fifteen people to > >> join this campaign, we can do it! All you need to do is get at least 5 > >> relatives, 5 blind friends and 5 sighted friends to share the below > >> Facebook page and sign the petition in the next one week. If each of > >> us together do not spend 20 minutes every day for the next few days, > >> we may have to live with inaccessible currency for the next ten odd > >> years. It is a matter of our independence, livelihood, and dignity. > >> Isn’t it? > >> > >> Here are the three simple steps you need to follow: > >> 1. Click on the below change.org petition and sign the petition by > >> sharing your email id. Your message will immediately reach the > >> authorities by email as soon as you sign the petition. Also post the > >> petition on your Facebook profile and remember to make it public. > >> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyPetition > >> > >> 2. Click on the below Accessible Indian Currency Facebook page. > Like > >> the page to get future updates and coverage on this. If required you > >> may share the petition on your Facebook account from here as well. > >> http://tinyurl.com/AccessibleCurrencyFacebookPage > >> > >> 3. Click on the twitter page and retweet. You may directly tweet to > >> the authorities by picking the twitter handles on the page if you > >> wish. Ignore if you do not have a twitter account. > >> https://twitter.com/accessibleinr > >> > >> A smart approach could be to forward this to people who have different > >> set of connections and ask them to share it further. Remember, people > >> may not act unless you personally request and follow up with them. > >> > >> In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “In a gentle way, you can shake the > >> world!” > >> > >> Thanks and regards, > >> Team Blind Graduates Forum of India. > >> > > > > The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > > You should now post to the id: [email protected] > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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