[Chapter-delegates] Invitation and introduction - Disability Projects Co-ordinator and Co-ordination

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Dear Anne,

thanks a lot for this introduction. I had the pleasure of meeting Arnoud 
recently and have had a brief email exchange with him. He conveyed to me 
some insights about how the present evolution of Internet content, towards 
video and audio files, is regressing the progress that the Internet meant 
for the deaf, for which I am very thankful. He also came through with a 
warm, engaging personality.

I am sure that we will be able to do very good work in the chapters with 
Arnoud, and thus also build on the many contributions made over the years 
by Mike Burks and Cynthia Waddell, among others. And, the thrust for ISOC 
to support and attend to people with disabilities, notably the 
hearing-impaired, comes all the way from ISOC's foundation. If my 
reconstruction is correct one force behind this was Vint Cerf.

When Vint Cerf and others called for the creation of the Internet Societal 
Task Force, a few years into ISOC's life, attending to people with 
disabilities was one of the emerging forces. For the couple of years 
during which the ISTF was in ascent, Mike and Cynthia were energetic 
contributors both to this field and to the societal impact of the Internet 
as a whole.

We have therefore a deep-rooted history in this field on which Arnoud's 
professional dedication will make it inexcusable for us not to make 
significant progress.

(I am sure others will tell us more about this partially-told story.)

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Tue, 20 May 2008, Anne Lord wrote:

> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:08:53 +1000
> From: Anne Lord <lord at isoc.org>
> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Invitation and introduction - Disability Projects
>      Co-ordinator and Co-ordination
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I would like to 'e-introduce' you to Arnoud van Wijk, who is ISOC's
> Disability Projects Co-ordinator. Disability is a key project area
> relating to Underserved Communities under the 'Enabling Access"
> initiative. The initiative focuses on enabling access to the Internet by
> addressing the fundamental impediments to Internet growth and usability.
>   Arnoud has written a personal letter of introduction describing his
> role and background and would like to work closely with the Chapters in
> this area.  His introduction and invitation to Chapter Delegates is on
> the chapter wiki under "Disability Nexus" at:
>
>   http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Disability
>
> or: http://tinyurl.com/4yfjzf
>
> If your Chapter is involved in disability work, or is interested in
> pursuing and co-ordinating activities in this area, please do contact
> Around at <vanwijk [at] isoc [dot] org>.
>
> I will leave Arnoud to add any comments by way of follow up to this
> list. If you have any questions, on or off list, please do not hesitate
> to get in touch with Arnoud directly.
>
> kind regards,
>
> Anne
> --
>
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