The TAPING RECORDER November, 2005
News from & about Taping For The Blind,
Inc. www.tapingfortheblind.org

HOLIDAY RECEPTION--We hope you can join us for our annual holiday reception
on Wednesday, December 7, 2005, from 5-7 p.m. at 3935 Essex Lane. Join
your fellow volunteers (some of the nicest people in the world) and bring
the holiday season in with a bang. Well, possibly with a bang is better
suited to a Fourth of July bash, but come anyway. Great food and great
fellowship!

AWARD-WINNING--We are very pleased to announce that our website (see URL
above) is an award-winning site. And we have a trophy to prove it. We
received this recognition in the recent AIR-Houston competitionand we were
judged by experts. Our new website has a great new look and content that
has been completely revised and improved. We have expanded our program
schedule substantially, and we have many more graphics and photos to make
the site more appealing. And, best of all, it is wonderfully accessible,
which is the point of the AIR-Houston competition. As a result of this
competition there are more accessible sites and more people who know how to
code these sites. Best of all, it raises awareness of the importance of
having websites that are accessible. Congratulations to Technology
Chairman (and Webmaster) Scott Ward for the great work he has done. We
also thank Joan Gallo and Ginger Gish for their hard work on the content of
the site. Thanks as well to Josh Jackson for his wonderful contributions!

NEW OFFICERS--The Board of Directors elected new officers for 2006. They
are Randy de La Garza, President; Larry Foust, Vice President Planning &
Technology; Jerry Hanlon, Vice President Development; Michael Garrett, Vice
President Client Services; Janet Parisi, Secretary; and Ulyesse LeGrange,
Treasurer. Congratulations and best wishes to our new officers! (More
about changes on the Board in our December issue.)

HOLIDAY HOURS--We will be on holiday hours (7 a.m. to noon) from Thursday,
11/24 through Sunday, 11/27. We hope this is not a serious inconvenience
to anyone. We do wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

LIGHT THE CANDLES--Our apologies to those with October birthdays for not
having an October newsletter. We do want to honor the volunteers
celebrating October birthdays, so here they are: 10/01 Polly Clark; 10/04
Monica McHam; 10/05 Mary Farish Johnston, Jo Marks; 10/10 Marcie Corder,
Ada Fay Peters; 10/11 Sandie Louvet; 10/13 Kate Rodwell, Ellin Royds; 10/14
Kathy Osman; 10/21 Dave Herfort; 10/22 Robert Hargrove; 10/23 Donna Colson,
Pat Pilkington; and 10/30 Lyndon Joslin.

And here are the volunteers with November birthdays: 11/01 Linda
Gibson, Charlie Tigner; 11/02 Kim Prescott, Katherine Sintihakis; 11/07
Hunter Green; 11/10 Resa Dunn; 11/12 Lisa Foronda Casey, Karl Hess; 11/15
Michael Szabo, Scott Ward; 11/17 Sandra Reid; 11/19 Stan Crawford, Anita
Simpson; 11/22 Bunny Cherin, Dan Downey, Barry Okin, Susanne Schmeltz;
11/24 Tina Atkins; 11/25 Julia Barrett; 11/26 Dan Parsons; and 11/28
Margaret Huron. Many happy returns to all, and, as usual, if you celebrate
in October or November and did not see your name in the appropriate list,
please contact Ginger Gish so we can update our records.

CONGRATULATIONS--We extend congratulations to volunteer Morton Fefer and
his wife as they celebrate their 49th anniversary on November 22. Y'all
are getting right close to that big 50!

ON THE MEND--Josephine Tarr is back after breaking her wrist and we say
"Welcome!" Volunteer Anna McLean's husband, Tom, is recovering well after
recent hip surgery, and we are glad to hear that!

OUR SYMPATHY--We extend the sympathy of the entire Taping family to the
family and friends of Doris "Dee" Weaver who passed away recently.

We further offer our sympathy to the family and friends of Karl
Seibert who died recently.

Our sympathy to Resa Dunn whose mother-in-law, Mary Dunn, passed away.

Our sympathy also goes to Kim Prescott whose father-in-law passed
away.

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RLB