VIBUG is the Visually Impaired and Blind User Group, serving blind and visually impaired computer users primarily in Massachusetts. If you'd like to know more about us, you can download our flyer, which is available as a Microsoft Word document, or a braille formatted file. We encourage you to share this flyer with people you think would be interested in our computer users group.
VIBUG membership costs $20 a year. You may join VIBUG by coming to a meting and paying your dues by cash or check. Or, if you prefer, you can mail your check to:
Jim Roberts, VIBUG Treasurer
20 Mount Vernon Street
Apartment 103
Boston MA 02108
All checks should be made payable to VIBUG.
If you'd like to receive VIBUG meeting notices, as well as other announcements of interest to blind and visually impaired computer users, feel free to join the VIBUG mailing list.
The next meeting of VIBUG will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on the campus of MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, Building 5, Room 134.
In addition to announcements and our usual question and answer period, we will have 3 presentations:
A few reminders:
If you are a paid 2012 member and want to attend meetings online, please send an email to president@vibug.org and I will send you the password for online participation.
If you are a member in good standing, and want to join the VIBUg Member Support email list, plese send an email to president@vibug.org requesting that you be added and I will send you an invitation.
Finally, now that winter is here, if the meeting is canceled due to inclement weather, I will send an email by 6:00 A.M. on the day of the meeting. In addition a message will be available in the VIBUG mailbox, 617-383-9560 advising of any cancelation or change.
If you have questions or need additional information, please Email president@vibug.org, or leave a message in the VIBUG mailbox at (617) 383-9560.
See you on the 11th.
Amy Ruell, VIBUG President
Follow this link for Directions to the VIBUG meeting room at MIT.
Members in good standing are invited to join us for meetings online in real time. All members will be given the password for the online chat room when their dues is received by our treasurer and/or president.
Members are reminded not to share this password with anyone who is not a VIBUG member. Failure to adhere to this rule will result in loss of online participation privileges.
On the day of the meeting, go to the VIBUG Meeting Room, and click on the link to install a small plugin if you are visiting the room for the first time. Once the plugin has been installed, click on the link to enter the room. Enter your name at the Username prompt, and your password when asked for a password.
If you need assistance with logging in online, please contact Amy Ruell, VIBUG president by phoning the VIBUG mailbox at 617-383-9560, or writing to president@vibug.org.
Please use the links below to explore the VIBUG Web site, and learn about other resources of interest to blind and visually impaired computer users:
Send questions or comments about VIBUG to Amy Ruell, VIBUG President, or leave a message in the VIBUG mailbox, (617) 383-9560.
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last updated: Monday, January 30, 2012