NZ Radio for the Print Disabled Inc. 29, Queen St W. Levin 5540. Ph 06 3682229

Email: rrsinfo@radioreading.org.nz

A Radio Reading Service for print disabled people

focused on providing current, regional,

and nationally originated radio

broadcasts.

Tell us what you

think.

We are always

keen to hear what

you think of our

service and any

suggestions you

might have.

June 2011

On the web live @

www.radioreading.org.nz

News items

Training Day

Saturday 23rd July 9.30am – 1pm

To be held in the RRS studio

rooms.

We are fortunate to have Sharon

Crosbie, well known in Radio NZ

broadcasting. She will be

facilitating the day providing,

training, advice and helpful tips.

We will start the day with tea

and coffee.

Annual General Meeting

The AGM will be held on August

30th, 7.30pm in the RRS board

room. The Board will have a

vacancy from August and will be

looking for a new member. Your

nominations are encouraged

and welcome.

Programme Changes

We are reading out Horowhenua

Council communications as they

become available. Listen for

them on …………

Tune in to station 2XA at 1602 AM

or

Listen to us

The Annual General Meeting of the

Radio Reading Service was held on

August 13th. The chairman’s report

noted with appreciation the work of

staff and volunteers for the year.

The focus has been on continued

fund raising, updating and

maintenance of equipment, further

development of the website,

expansion of our listener base,

developing partnerships, and

marketing the service.

It is pleasing to note that each

month the numbers visiting our

website are increasing. Hopefully

this means that a wider audience is

discovering and listening to the

Radio Reading Service on line. We

gain these statistics via the website.

Two exciting stories of interest are a

direct result of people getting to

know us via the website. One

listener, a Kiwi living in Saudi Arabia,

accessed our website and

contacted her two family members

living in Levin, suggesting that this

might be something they would be

interested in becoming involved in.

We now have the two young

women training to be readers!

The second website success story is

of Nellie from the Hawkes Bay who

liked what she saw and heard and

has offered to help promote the

RRS by distributing information to

various places & people who may

use the service. Thank you Nellie!

Our Board meeting this month

focused on updating and

affirming our business plan,

reviewing and ‘ticking off’ the

activities of the past year and

setting the plan for the next year.

The Activity Plan 2012/13

continues most of the priorities for

the previous year, with an

emphasis on seeking opportunities

to expand our listener base. One

very interesting development is an

association we have with Access

Internet Radio (AIR), which will

allow us to have our live radio

stream accessed from their

website www. http://www.accessradio.org/

The really exciting part of this

project is being able to listen to

selected programmes when you

want to rather than via the

live link. This is done using

podcasts, stored audio files which

can be listened to at any time.

Similar principle to "TV On

Demand".

Welcome to our new volunteers.

We are pleased and grateful to

have you with us and hope you

find it interesting and rewarding.

September 2012