{"id":20697,"date":"2012-11-13T02:03:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T07:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20697"},"modified":"2012-11-13T02:41:44","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T07:41:44","slug":"help-protect-your-vrs-meeting-111312-dfw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/11\/13\/help-protect-your-vrs-meeting-111312-dfw\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Protect Your VRS Meeting 11\/13\/12 &#8211; DFW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/11\/13\/help-protect-your-vrs-meeting-111312-dfw\/sorenson_vrs_fcc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sorenson_vrs_fcc.jpg?fit=600%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,430\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sorenson_vrs_fcc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sorenson_vrs_fcc.jpg?fit=560%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-20696 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"sorenson_vrs_fcc\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sorenson_vrs_fcc.jpg?resize=500%2C330\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Help Protect Your VRS Meeting 11\/13\/12 &#8211; DFW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FCC is considering harmful changes to VRS. Take action now by attending a special town hall meeting (refreshments will be provided) to find out how you can protect your rights and make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>When: Tuesday, November 13, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Time: 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Where:<br \/>\nDFW Airport Marriott Hotel North<br \/>\n8440 Freeport Parkway<br \/>\nIrving, Texas 75063<\/p>\n<p>RSVP: Contact Fred Odoardo at fodoardo@sorenson.com<\/p>\n<p>Learn more by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savemyvrs.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.savemyvrs.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sorenson video Relay Service (SVRS) is a free service for the deaf and hard-of-hearining community.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2012 Sorenson Communications. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help Protect Your VRS Meeting 11\/13\/12 &#8211; DFW The FCC is considering harmful changes to VRS. Take action now by attending a special town hall meeting (refreshments will be provided) to find out how you can protect your rights and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/11\/13\/help-protect-your-vrs-meeting-111312-dfw\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[24388,15876,342,2019,12883,259,123,501,1114,3608,4791,650,61],"class_list":["post-20697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-dfw","tag-dfw-airport-marriott-hotel-north","tag-fcc","tag-federal-communications-commission","tag-fred-odoardo","tag-hotel","tag-meeting","tag-sorenson","tag-sorenson-communications","tag-sorenson-vrs","tag-svrs","tag-video-relay-service","tag-vrs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-5nP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19834,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/09\/05\/important-message-about-vrs-toll-free-numbers-from-svrs\/","url_meta":{"origin":20697,"position":0},"title":"Important Message about VRS Toll-free Numbers from SVRS","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"September 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Important Message about VRS Toll-free Numbers from Sorenson\u00a0Communications On November 21, 2012, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order\u00a0will go into effect that will change the use of Video Relay Service\u00a0(VRS) toll-free numbers. 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