Please circulate to your networks of blind and partially sighted friends and family. GTTSupport Email Discussion List: Get Together with Technology (GTT) Sponsored by the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) GTT is an exciting initiative of the Canadian Council of the Blind, founded in 2011 by Kim Kilpatrick and Ellen Goodman. GTT aims to help people who are blind or have low vision in their exploration of low vision and blindness related access technology. Through involvement with GTT participants can learn from and discuss assistive technology with others walking the same path of discovery. GTT is made up of blindness related assistive technology users, and those who have an interest in using assistive technology designed to help blind and vision impaired people level the playing field. GTT groups interact through social media, and periodically meet in-person or by teleconference to share their passions for assistive technology and to learn what others can offer from their individual perspectives. The CCB's Get Together with Technology program now offers an email discussion list for blind, deafblind and partially sighted Canadians. This GTTSupport email list is a good tool through which members can share their assistive technology discoveries, make comments, and ask questions about assistive technology. To subscribe send an email to the following address. Gttsupport+subscribe@groups.io 1. Put the word subscribe in the subject line and leave the body of the email message empty. 2. You will get a return email to confirm your subscription. Simply reply to that email to confirm. 3. You will get a second email returned to you that welcomes you as a list member. It will give instructions on how to post messages to the list. For questions about the list contact its moderators, Brenda Bush, Kim Kilpatrick or Albert Ruel by sending an email to, GTTsupport+owner@groups.io. For more information please contact your GTT Coordinators: Albert Ruel or Kim Kilpatrick 1-877-304-0968,550 1-877-304-0968,513 albert.GTT@CCBNational.net GTTProgram@Gmail.com CCB Backgrounder: The CCB was founded in 1944 by a coalition of blind war veterans, schools of the blind and local chapters to create a national self-governing organization. The CCB was incorporated by Letters Patent on May 10, 1950 and is a registered charity under the provisions of the Income Tax Act (Canada). The purpose of the CCB is to give people with vision loss a distinctive and unique perspective before governments. CCB deals with the ongoing effects of vision loss by encouraging active living and rehabilitation through peer support and social and recreational activities. CCB promotes measures to conserve sight, create a close relationship with the sighted community and provide employment opportunities. The CCB recognizes that vision loss has no boundaries with respect to gender, income, ethnicity, culture, other disabilities or age. The CCB understands in many instances vision loss is preventable and sometimes is symptomatic of other health issues. For the 21st century, the CCB is committed to an integrated proactive health approach for early detection to improve the quality of life for all Canadians. As the largest membership organization of the blind and partially sighted in Canada the CCB is the "Voice of the Blind ". CCB National Office 100-20 James Street Ottawa ON K2P 0T6 Tol Free: 1-877-304-0968 Email: info@ccbnational.net URL: www.ccbnational.net *** Albert A. Ruel, GTT Coordinator Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) Get Together with Technology Program (GTT) Toll Free: 1-877-304-0968 Ext. 550 iPhone: 250-240-2343 Email: albert.GTT@CCBNational.net GTT Blog: https://gttprogram.wordpress.com/ URL: http://ccbnational.net/fresco/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccbnational Facebook Group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/414313508657159?refid=27 Twitter: @GTTWest @GTTProgram @CCBNational >From an Island in the Pacific Parksville BC Canada If you think you can or if you think you can t, you re right . Henry Ford