The TAPING RECORDER January 31, 2002 No. 2-0101
News from and about Taping For The Blind Inc.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!--It appears that we survived the holidays once again, and
we have just about worn out the first month of the new year, so let's get
going with the first edition of the RECORDER for 2002.

THANKS--The installation of digital broadcast equipment was successfully
completed and our staff is now getting used to the new Audio Vault software
as well as the somewhat unnatural bridge between reel and cassette
equipment and the new hardware. We have one booth set up with new
equipment for digital recording. We want to recognize and thank John
Deming, VP of Planning for his outstanding effort in making this project a
success. John proved his worth in planning as well as executing the plan,
and he swings a mean paintbrush--Mr. Deming, we can't thank you enough for
all of your hard work! We also want to recognize Jim Martinez (Radio
Manager), Chris Cruz, Justin Blount, and George Holsomback for their
contributions to the success of this project--we thank you all so very
much! (No doubt there are others who need to be recognized for their help
on this project, but once again, your editor finds that he is up against a
deadline, so please be gentle and forgiving).

NEW DIRECTORS--Our Board of Directors was expanded to 20 members last year,
and we have staffed the available positions with some dynamite new
directors! Join us in welcoming David Gillmore, Ulyess LeGrange, Ellin
Royds, Betti Saunders, Morgan Smith, and Dena Marks Sokolow. Please don't
confuse new director Betti Saunders with past president Betty Sanders who
continues her board service--their names just sound alike. We had an
excellent turnout at the first board meeting of the year, and we are
looking forward to a very positive year for Taping.

BOOTH UPGRADES--Phase two of our project to convert our facilities to a
digital format is underway as we have confirmed funding for 5 booths. We
don't have a schedule set for this part yet, but we will keep you
updated--keep reading the RECORDER!

COMMITTEES--We are in the process of forting the various committees that
make Taping go, and here is a brief summary: Sam Bertron (VP Development)
and Joe Laughlin will co-chair the Development committee this year; John
Deming (VP Planning) will chair the Planning Committee; Dr. Ed Bradley
will chair the Listeners Committee; Bob Bartlett will chair the Endowment
Committee; Robin Rice will chair the Personnel Committee; Dr. Bill Gordon
will chair the Nominating Committee; Leila Reynolds will chair the Bylaws
Committee; and David Gillmore will chair the Outreach Committee. If you are
interested in serving on a committee, contact the chair or talk to
President Chris Kiersted.

THE WEB SITE--We are still struggling to get the secret handshake down
which will allow us to associate our domain name with our web site. In the
meantime, we are sorry that some of our friends with AOL are not able to
access the site (apparently due to some sort of internal firewall), but we
do encourage you to use the link below and check the site out. We will get
the problem solved and report to you when we do. Here's the link:
http://www.hal-pc.org/~taping

BRIEFLY--Bill & Diane Brown will become grandparents for the first time
around the 1st of March***Janet Parisi and her husband are headed for a
working vacation to London, Amsterdam, and southern India (yes, she is
packing all clothing possibilities)***Taping is describing the rodeo parade
and 6 rodeo performances--part of the parade will be broadcast on HTBR
Saturday, February 9th***Mary Pedersen is doing a description of the Adam's
Mark Hotel which will be the site of the national convention of the
American Council of the Blind June 29 through July 6, 2002, and she will
also describe the Westchase Hilton which will be the convention overflow
hotel this year***CONGRATULATIONS to our volunteers as you worked over
15,000 hours for Taping in 2001!

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RLB