<div dir="ltr">Hi Lia,<div><br></div><div>Please reach out to me about how the Disability and Special Needs Chapter can assist with this effort.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark D. Urban</div><div>Vice-Chair, ISOC DSN</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Lia Kiessling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kiessling@isoc.org" target="_blank">kiessling@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




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<p>Hi Klaus et all<br>
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<p>Klaus I've responded to you personally but thought it would also be great to post here so others are looped in.</p>
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<p>Thank you for always being an advocate of our site - it's great to have a strong and passionate community!  You are correct - the homepage only has been experiencing some blips on the multilingual side but this is now resolved and the translated content
 should start appearing as early as tomorrow.<br>
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<p>I'd also like to take the chance to invite others to be a part of our accessibility working group. We've got a great team started.  If you'd be interested in being a part of it please send me an email and I can send you more details.  If you can't formally
 be a part of the group but would like to follow along on discussions, contribute ideas, share best-practices, and being a part of web accessibility goal setting you will be more than welcome. We'll have more details on how you can be a part of this is the
 coming days.  Please feel free to get in touch with me any time about this.<br>
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<p>Thanks again to all for helping to ensure we are moving towards a great web presence<br>
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<div><b>From:</b> Klaus Birkenbihl <<a href="mailto:Klaus.Birkenbihl@Isoc.de" target="_blank">Klaus.Birkenbihl@Isoc.de</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> January 29, 2015 at 2:50:57 PM GMT+1<br>
<b>To:</b> Kathy Brown <<a href="mailto:brown@isoc.org" target="_blank">brown@isoc.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> "<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [Chapter-delegates] Once again: accessibility and ISOC's website [was: Happy new year!]</b><br>
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<div><span>is it always me to disclose Web-site oddities？</span><br>
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<span>After talking about ISOC being a multilingual organization on the European</span><br>
<span>chapters workshop this morning, I decided to practice some multilingualism</span><br>
<span>and payed a visit to our new home page which proudly offers:</span><br>
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<span> * العربية <<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/ar" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/ar</a>></span><br>
<span> * 简体中文 <<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/zh-hans" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/zh-hans</a>></span><br>
<span> * English <<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/</a>></span><br>
<span> * Français <<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/fr" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/fr</a>></span><br>
<span> * Русский <<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/ru" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/ru</a>></span><br>
<span> * Español <<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/es" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/es</a>></span><br>
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<span>Wow! I decided to challenge my 中文</span><br>
<span><<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/zh-hans" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/zh-hans</a>>. Surprise! Though my skills are</span><br>
<span>rather basic I could read everything. Guess what: the same applies</span><br>
<span>for every translation exceptEspañol <<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/es" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/es</a>>.</span><br>
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<span>Though not by intend: if you are a native 中国人 and don't speek</span><br>
<span>English you might feel fooled.</span><br>
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<span>Kathy Brown schrieb am 09.01.2015 um 13:00:</span><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Klaus and all, </span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>We did, indeed, pick up your message --I meant to reply yesterday but the day got away from me. We take time, though, to talk through your very helpful intervention and to make some immediate improvements as per your recommendations.
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>As you rightly point out, we need to bake accessibility into our design and initial planning for all communication. I agree that it is a quality issue. It is also a "principle" issue. If we say that the Internet is for everyone,
 we better mean everyone.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>We are about to begin an upgrade for the ISOC site. Now is the time to set the design and quality standards for all aspects of our communications. The BY THE NUMBERs piece was an attempt to make data alive--something I think that
 is very important. Help us think through and perfect how to make these type of design experiments work for everyone.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Lia Kiessling will be point on this for Staff. Expert input is key to the process so I asked her to reach out to you. There's also the Disability and Special Needs Chapter that both you and Lia can coordinate with.  I believe you
 have Lia's Skype details so I'll leave it with the two of you to start this needed process.​</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you, again, for your quick, thorough and helpful contribution. We all, together, need to continue to build the Internet and the Internet Society for everyone.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Kathy Brown</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On Jan 9, 2015, at 4:27 AM, Klaus Birkenbihl <<a href="mailto:Klaus.Birkenbihl@Isoc.de" target="_blank">Klaus.Birkenbihl@Isoc.de</a>> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Gunela and Judith,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Gunela, I appreciate your paper</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>(crazy enough it doesn't mention you authored it). And I'm not saying</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>we are bad at preaching. But we often forget to drink the water we preach.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>So we should not be overly optimistic. Accessibility is part of</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>quality. Given that we have this discussion since 3 years now and</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>neither tools, procedures nor means for quality assurance have been</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>installed, and given the observation that this topic is treated</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>carelessly, I'm afraid that hope alone will not make it. Asimple bug</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>tracker would provide the means to properly handle issues and is</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>minimum state of the art today.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>But good news (and a new experience): somebody obviously picked my</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>message up quickly and provided alt texts at least for</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Gunela checked the page after my mail. The page source I downloaded at</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Best, Klaus</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Judith Hellerstein schrieb am 09.01.2015 um 02:04:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>HI Gunella,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks for your very helpful note.  Glenn and I have been working on</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>that his region generates, and the events that NA Chapters hold more</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>events and the short videos that ISOC does.  We are hoping for many</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>changes and positive moves on accessibility front now that ISOC has</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>a new Communications Director James Wood. Glenn and I shared with</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Judith Hellerstein, Founder & CEO</span><br>
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www.linkedin.com/in/jhellerstein/</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On 1/8/2015 3:42 PM, Gunela Astbrink wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>As I've done for years, I support improved accessibility.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you to Klaus for updating us on the accessibility status of</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I do note that some of the alt tags on the home page are empty</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>while many images are well-described. However, there are a number</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>of other accessibility issues including the need to caption videos.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>accessible. The problem is that if there isn't an embedded</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>accessibility may be forgotten. This also relates to the level of</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>However, the central work of ISOC HQ is vital. This goes beyond web</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>accessibility. Further details are in the paper I wrote for ISOC:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Moving Forward"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>It is useful to see that organisations such as ICANN, ITU and IGF</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>are all working on accessibility in different ways.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>ICANN - RFP for web accessibility analysis</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>ITU - a number of actions including Resolution 175 (rev) from the</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>2014 Plenipotentiary, internal accessibility, incorporating</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>accessibility in standards development and encouraging Member</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>States to improve ICT accessibility.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/renewing-itus-mandate-to-promote-ict-accessibility/" target="_blank">https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/renewing-itus-mandate-to-promote-ict-accessibility/</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>IGF - Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability. Its latest</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>output is a guide to accessible meetings.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/documents/dynamic-coalitions/dynamic-coalition-on-accessibility-and-disability/258-igf-2014-dcad-accessibility-guidelines-final-v5/file" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/documents/dynamic-coalitions/dynamic-coalition-on-accessibility-and-disability/258-igf-2014-dcad-accessibility-guidelines-final-v5/file</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I look forward to working with ISOC on accessibility in 2015. We</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>may see good things happening.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Regards,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Gunela</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Klaus Birkenbihl said the following on 8/01/15 20:17 :</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Happy new year to everybody!</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Following Kathy's Onto 2015! HNY</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>ended</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>up on this page:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/internet-society-numbers" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/internet-society-numbers</a>.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Wow a lot of info, a lot of figures, some meaningless but some</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>impressive. And a great artwork.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>From there I payed a visit to our home page</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/</a>> . New layout</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>big images, not too much text ...</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>From there I checked weather we still think accessibility is</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>important. Yes we do "Internet Accessibility: Internet use by</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>persons with disabilities: Moving Forward"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-accessibility-internet-use-persons-disabilities-moving-forward" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-accessibility-internet-use-persons-disabilities-moving-forward</a>></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>is still out there.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>There is an ongoing promise since the last relaunch of our</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>precious home site that we at ISOC will follow the principles</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>we published in the before mentioned document.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>The most simple, famous and first rule to achieve accessibility</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>is "Provide text alternatives for any non-text content so that</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#text-equiv" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#text-equiv</a>></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>it can be changed into other forms people need, such as</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>large print, braille, speech, symbols or simpler language.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#text-equiv" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#text-equiv</a>>"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>HTML, the source language of Web pages provides easy</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>means to do so.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>After so many years of discussion, delay, lip prayers one</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>has to learn things are getting worse. Nearly all alternative</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>texts for pictures on "<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/</a>" are</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>"" (nullstring, nothing, nix nada!). You might argue, that the</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>images are decorative only. Hm, they cover 80% of the</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>page - so even this should be explained.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>But on the top of the tops you find</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/internet-society-numbers" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/internet-society-numbers</a>.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>All info in a pixle (png) file no alt text no underlying link,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>and all text within the graph in a small - even for somebody</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>who is not visually impaired - nearly unreadable print.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>This wonderful artwork would have been the case for</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>a wonderful technology - part of HTML5 and processed by</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>all modern browsers - called SVG! With at least the</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>following advantages:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>* provides better accessibility</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>* provides searchability</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>* can be infinitely scaled (without breaking apart into pixle</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I wish you all a usable and accessible 2015 - at least outside ISOC,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>PS.: In case you want to read the contents of</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-society-numbers" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-society-numbers</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I recommend</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/Internet%20Society%20By%20The%20Numbers.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/Internet%20Society%20By%20The%20Numbers.pdf</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">
https://portal.isoc.org</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">
https://portal.isoc.org</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Klaus Birkenbihl</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Treasurer and Board member</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (<a href="http://ISOC.DE" target="_blank">ISOC.DE</a>)</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>c/o ict-Media GmbH</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.isoc.de/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.de/</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed</span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society</span><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">
https://portal.isoc.org</a></span><br>
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<span>-- </span><br>
<span>Klaus Birkenbihl</span><br>
<span>Treasurer and Board member</span><br>
<span>Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (<a href="http://ISOC.DE" target="_blank">ISOC.DE</a>)</span><br>
<span>c/o ict-Media GmbH</span><br>
<span><a href="http://www.isoc.de/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.de/</a></span><br>
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As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br>
to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society<br>
Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">https://portal.isoc.org</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div>Mark D. Urban</div><div><a href="mailto:docurban@gmail.com" target="_blank">docurban@gmail.com</a></div></div>
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