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

Tue May 20 02:03:57 PDT 2008

Hello Alejandro,
Thank you for your kind words.

I am actually interested in more details on the Internet Societal Task
Force. It is always good to have more awareness on our own history as well.

I already had the pleasure communicating with Cynthia and Mike. And I expect
to do that much more this year.

I am not here as a Supreme General who will order you how to do your work. I
see myself more as a guide and helper and together we will flesh out the
whole Disability-Nexus work, making it a work of us all together!
So, this means if you have suggestions, ideas, wishes, etc...please let us
all know.

And join the Chapter-Disability-Nexus mailing list for easier communication.
The mailing list is not to stay off the chapter delegates mailing list. But
having a specialized mailing list is easier keep this work coordinated. News
and announcements will also be posted here. :-) 

Sincerely,

Arnoud

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Arnoud van Wijk
Disability Projects Coordinator
email: vanwijk at isoc.org
SIP (ToIP) vanwijk at sip.isoc.org
FAX +31412614000                            
Internet Society (ISOC)       "The Internet is for everyone"
http://www.isoc.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org [mailto:chapter-
> delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Alejandro Pisanty
> Sent: dinsdag 20 mei 2008 6:08
> To: Anne Lord
> Cc: Chapter Delegates
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Invitation and introduction -
> Disability Projects Co-ordinator and Co-ordination
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .
> .  .
>       Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
> UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
> 
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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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