<div dir="ltr"><div>I agree. Andrea has done a fantastic job.<br><br><br><br></div>Sincerely,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Michael Burks<br>919 349 6661<br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Gunela Astbrink <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:g.astbrink@gsa.com.au" target="_blank">g.astbrink@gsa.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It's great to see that Andrea Saks continues to achieve much for accessibility for people with disability particularly in the ITU and IGF.<br>
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Resolution 175 (revised in Busan) has a large number of actions for ITU to do or continue to do.<br>
<br>
One of these was the adoption of an ITU accessibility policy in 2013 to work on its own internal practices to make them more accessible. These actions are outlined at:<br>
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/action/accessibility/Pages/makingITUaccessible.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/en/action/<u></u>accessibility/Pages/<u></u>makingITUaccessible.aspx</a><br>
and are listed below:<br>
provide basic training in disability awareness for all staff;<br>
incorporate a reference to reasonable accommodation in registration forms and invitation letters to ITU events and conferences;<br>
assess the opportunity for improving the efficiency of ITU internal processes regarding the provision of captioning services;<br>
improving the accessibility of Word documents used in ITU meetings and conferences;<br>
defining an action plan for the provision of reasonable accommodation during PP14;<br>
organizing a side-event during PP14 to inform ITU Membership on the implementation of the ITU Accessibility Policy<br>
organizing a showcase-demos on specific areas related to accessibility;<br>
setting a process to systematically collect information on needs and preferences of meeting and conference participants concerning accessibility;<br>
inviting ITU Member States to allocate a budget line for the implementation of the Accessibility Policy in the Union's budget<br>
conducting an assessment of the level of accessibility of ITU recruitment process;<br>
adjusting ITU procurement processes to incorporate the accessibility requirements (focus on IT equipment);<br>
mainstreaming accessibility in ITU programmatic activities.<br>
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These are practical actions. ITU also works on integrating accessibility in policy and general standards development.<br>
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ICANN is also developing its accessibility practice through the At-Large Accessibility Taskforce.<br>
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It's worthwhile revisiting ISOC's Accessibility Issues Paper and its suggested actions:<br>
<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-accessibility-internet-use-persons-disabilities-moving-forward" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.<u></u>org/doc/internet-<u></u>accessibility-internet-use-<u></u>persons-disabilities-moving-<u></u>forward</a><br>
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The more people who highlight accessibility issues the better. We can all contribute to helping ISOC become a more accessible organisation and to work on integrating accessibility into policy and practice. While Chapters have a significant role to play in furthering accessibility, the Internet Society head office could provide significant leadership in this area. Disability awareness training is a good start....<br>
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Gunela Astbrink<br>
Director, ISOC Australia<br>
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Jane Coffin said the following on 9/11/14 13:11 :<br>
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Hi Glenn,<br>
<br>
Andrea Saks has been working on this in the ITU space (and with national<br>
governments) for many years and started off the first Resolution on the<br>
road to the PP series of text in 2010 either at the WTSA 2008 or WTDC in<br>
2010. She has done incredible work to move the ball forward. She is<br>
largely the person responsible for captioning at events. If you need<br>
links to her, many of us have them.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Jane<br>
<br>
From: Glenn McKnight <<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.<u></u>com</a>>><br>
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 22:18<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.<u></u>isoc.org</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@<u></u>elists.isoc.org</a>>"<br>
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<mailto:<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@<u></u>elists.isoc.org</a>>>, Gunela Astbrink<br>
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Subject: [Chapter-delegates] ITU Resolution 175- Resolution for the<br>
Rights of Disabled Persons<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
Judith Hellerstein of ISOC DC Chapter upon return from a grueling<br>
two weeks in Busan, Korea at the ITU shared with me the document<br>
on rights of the disabled in our digital space.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/Documents/final-acts/pp14-final-acts-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/en/<u></u>plenipotentiary/2014/<u></u>Documents/final-acts/pp14-<u></u>final-acts-en.pdf</a><br>
<br>
FINAL ACTS*<br>
OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE Resolution 175 highlighted the need<br>
to recognize the billion people with disabilities, especially those in<br>
developing countries.<br>
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A number of recommendations were made in the resolution as to making<br>
our communication more accessible.<br>
<br>
Judith, Gunella and myself have advocating within ISOC these concerns<br>
and given this document we need to see how this blueprint call<br>
assist ISOC in its policy work to ways and means to implement these<br>
concepts.<br>
<br>
Glenn<br>
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