It would be NICE to see how it feels if we as a consumer to them BOYCOTT their VRS Service and see how reality struck on their end.

I am for boycott, are you?

The purposes for VRS is to bless us with a phone call to our needs, not to be in any damn competition or taking advantage of us deaf/hh.

One blogger named Surprised! has stated that it is too late to bark at them, I agree but BOYCOTT is best and to do that find a good VRS Provider such as Purple and CONVO…They are a blessing to use their friendly tools.

Thank u!

There are aspiring artists of all kinds that would love to have the visibility that a large company could give their work. Those people would jump on this opportunity, as many likely have. Not to mention that the effort wasn’t in building a corporate logo, but rather to help promote Deaf Awareness Week. Perhaps you feel you are better than those artists or the cause isn’t worth a donation of your effort?

They respected your work enough to approach you with an offer to promote it along with a good cause. Instead of simply saying ‘no thank you’ and walking away, you instead turned the situation into some kind of anti sorenson rant.

Should not be surprised by this situation with SorensonVRS. Basically Sorenson is invested and operated by a large wealthy group of hearing people that they care about the money. They do not really care what the deaf people needs. Lowering the cost and maximizing their profit are most essentials to them. This idea is applied to many of other VRS companies. You notice Sean Belanger, CEO of ZVRS is just another one of these hearing wolves in sheepskin. Don’t fall for it.

I would suggest you to shift your VP200 remote controller from SorensonVRS to these VRS companies which are operated and/or owned by deaf person or people.

1) ConvoRelay
2) PowerVRS
3) West Interpreting Network (WIN)
4) Bimbaum Interpreting Service (BISVRS)
5) NationWide VRS
6) Hey-Say VRS
7)

Shifting from SorensonVRS to Deaf-Owned VRS companies, the deaf economic will be expanded largely and competitively better. Reducing the Sorenson’s market share would be a lot better and healthier for other VRS competitors.

Links:

http://commerson.blogspot.com/2010/03/open-letter-from-alfred-sonnenstrahl.html

http://rc.blip.tv/

http://djstacey.weebly.com/1/post/2010/05/sorenson-asking-for-a-bailout-from-fcc.html

http://www.myvrs.org/blog/2010/08/sorenson-communications-layoffs-employees-after-fcc-change-vrs-tired-rate/comment-page-2/#comment-617

http://www.myvrs.org/blog/2010/08/sorenson-communications-layoffs-employees-after-fcc-change-vrs-tired-rate/comment-page-2/#comment-615

I cannot helped but be bothered how Sorenson boasts to “invest a great deal in deaf-centric sponsorships to support deaf-related causes” while in fact they have dared to find the money to sponsor AGBell convention every year. http://nc.agbell.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=274

What kind of message is Sorenson sending to the Deaf community when prioritizing their sponsorship to such organization that suppresses sign language instead of sponsoring Deaf artists like you? Sorenson, if the resources are so limited, then it is the time to re-prioritize and do the right thing.

We are sorry to miss the opportunity of featuring your great work as part of our celebration of deaf culture in September. Sorenson appreciates that you work hard to create interesting and compelling work which you sell to support your family. The value that Sorenson is able to bring to artists in this program is the exposure and promotion to the tens of thousands of individuals who visit our website and Facebook page. The people highlighted in our Deaf Awareness Month program are presented to both hearing and deaf visitors as a celebration of deaf art and culture. Sorenson does, in fact, invest a great deal in deaf-centric sponsorships to support deaf-related causes, and we will continue to do so. We wish our resources were unlimited so that we could fund any and all appropriate causes. Of course, this is not the case, and while it may seem that Sorenson has unlimited funds, we cannot do everything that we would like to do. We wish you much success in your endeavors and hope that we can work together another time.

Sincerely,

Dana