From: lisa hall 
Subject: Re: more AMway literature and WEb access information
Hi everyone,
I want to express my thoughts on what Peter Donahue had said about the
importance of contacting Amway Corporation and the Internet Services
Corporation on the importance of having sales literature and catalogs in
accessible format that we can use independently to build our businesses. I
urge all blind Amway distributors and customers who buy Amway products from
any distributor to express the importance of getting information in a form
that we can readc.  This is a project that is long overdue.  With today's
technology, there can be no more excuses in getting this done.  When writing
to Amway Corporation be sure to put your ADA number on your correspondence.
I got the power and I'll see you on the beaches of the water.  Let's get out
there and do it and do not complain about it.
Lisa Hall
San Antonio, Texas
lisahall@texas.net
  
                       At 04:30 PM 9/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>Hello listers,
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>This message is of concern to the AMway DIstributers on these lists, and
>to the individuals to whom the message is being sent.  Last WEekend, mary
>and I along with our entire distributer organization attended our FRee
>ENterprize DAy CElebration in Houston.  While there we had the Opportunity
>to meet Dick DEvos, the Son of Co-Founder Rich DEvos, and now the
>President of Amway Corporation.  WE weighlayed him after he finnished
>speaking, and introduced ourselves to him.  WE ppounced on the opportunigy
>to discuss with him the issues that have plagued blind AmwayDistributers
>for years; the lack of sales and product information in accessible
>meedia..  WE made him aware of the problems we discovered with The ABN
>@Web Site which I told you all about last week as making them aware of the
>need to design Amway's computer Software so it is blind friendly.  After
>some discussion he agreed that we had some serious matters that needed to
>be examined, and he introduced me to Mr. Bill Payne; one of his
>assistants.  SInce DIck was audographing his new book 2which was being
>sold at the function he asked Mr. Payne too get all the information from
>us, and to discuss a possible cource of action for addressing the needs of
>disableed AMway DIstributers in the Future.  WE discussed the creation of
>a task force made up of DIsabled AMway DIstributers to look in to the
>unique challanges faced by us, and how the company can address these
>concerns.  He told us that he would discuss this matter further with Mr.
>DEvos.  Anmd this is whare you all come in.  BIll Payne's E-mail address
>is: billp@windquest.com.  ALl of you are strongly urged to drop him an
>E-mail message and let him know of the problems you may have or may have
>had in ggetting material in accessible meedia in a timely mannor.  Let him
>know of the challanges you may have had with this matter, and how Amway
>could remedy it in the future.  Most importantly, we need to let them know
>that we are out there trying to build our businesses, and that we have
>concerns that need to be addressed.  Distributers; please remembedr to
>include your ADA Numbder in your message.  WE would also encourage thgose
>of you who are customers, or who may have, or are considering AMway as a
>business for yourselves to write and let your concerns with respect to
>literature accessibility be known.
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>The following information will be of interest to Distributers in the Yager
>Organization.  WE also had the opportunity to talk with representatives of
>Internet SErvices; the company that produces the busijness building tools
>that the Yagers make available to their distributers.  WE were told that
>during the next year Intternet SErvices will begin putting the reckemended
>books they distribute on cassette tape and on compact disk.  WE urged them
>to do this as this would at last make this information available in a form
>we can access independently.  Those of you who are planning to attend your
>FRee ENterprize DAy Function are strongly urged to look up the folks from
>Internet SErvices, and urge them to move forward with this project.
>Infact, they all ready have a few titles available on audio cd.  check
>with your upline for more information.  THe url for Internet SErvices web
>site is www.internet-services.com.  You could leave an E-mail message
>there making your voice heard on this, and other information access
>matters of concern to Internet SErvices.  Like THhe AMway Business Network
>this too  is a secured site and requires a password which you must obtain
>from your upline in order to access it.  WE have not yet had the
>opportunity to check it out so we can't tell you how blind friendly it is.
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>Those of you in other DIstributer Organizations would do well to check
>with your upline, and find out what efforts are being undertaken to
>make their business building tools such as books available in meedia other
>than print.  But don't forget too that some of these titles are salso
>available from your cooperating NLS library,  or from REcording for the
>BLind and Dyslexic.
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>Okay people.  WE began opening the door to ge;tting something done about
>our concerns with respect to information access, but we can't do it alone.
>WE got the ball rolling. Now you too must give us a hand and let your
>concernes be known.  Please take the time to write to BIll Payne
>concerning the availability of AMway SAles and product information in
>accessible meedia produced by AMway Corporation.  Materials access to
>information produced byy specific distributor organizations must be
>addressed to those individuals, and companies that produce this literature
>for these groups.  Working together we can at last get something about
>this situation, and enhance the AMway Opportunity for other blind persons.
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>One more thing bears comment.  We hear people complain about the high cost
>of attending major functions such as FREe ENterprize day; that the cost of
>the tickets, in our case it was $115.00 per person.  But put that along
>side the above information.  If being willing to invest in our business in
>this way will result in our eventually having rgreater access to the
>information we need to grow our businesses we will have gootten more than
>our money's worth.  ANd not just for ourselves, but for those who will
>come after us.  REMember that this is a money making business so attending
>these functions should not be a problem.  So before you complain about how
>expensive going to major functions can be remember what we were able to
>accomplish during this past weekend.  Together  we need to see to it that6
>AMway follows through and we have an easier time of getting the
>information we need in meedia we can access independently..
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>Mary and I once more want to urge you to let your voice be heard on this
>matter so write Mr. Payne as soon as possible.  REmeember that working
>together we've got the power!!!  TAke care all and we'll see you on the
>beaches of the World.
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>Peter Donahue
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