[Chapter-delegates] E-meeting "Accessibility and Disabilities", 22 January 2009 - corrected URL
Sabrina Wilmot
wilmot at isoc.org
Wed Jan 21 08:00:55 PST 2009
Dear Colleagues,
Please note that the correct URL to access the captured text during our
meeting is
http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=ISOC
In case you have not yet confirmed your attendance for the meeting
please do so by emailing me a.s.a.p. so that we have the names available
for the captioning service.
Best regards,
Sabrina Wilmot
ISOC
On 1/20/2009 7:56 PM, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This is a friendly reminder of our upcoming e-meeting on "Accessibility
> and Disabilities" chaired by Cynthia Waddell, Vice Chair of the ISOC
> Disability and Special Needs Chapter, on 22nd January 2009 at UTC/GMT
> 20:00.
>
> In addition to using Marratech software we will be *captioning* the
> meeting so that deaf and hard of hearing can follow what is said. You
> can use the following link to access the captured text during our meeting:
>
> http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=ISCO
>
> A transcript of the event will also be made available later.
>
> I hope you can join us! Please let me know in case you have any
> questions on how to participate in this e-meeting.
>
> Thanks,
> Sabrina Wilmot
> ISOC
>
> On 1/14/2009 2:04 PM, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> We would like to invite you to an e-meeting (using Marratech) on
>>
>> 22nd January 2009 at UTC 20:00 entitled
>>
>> "Accessibility and Disabilities"
>>
>> We are happy to have the following experts on this call:
>>
>> * Cynthia Waddell - Vice Chair, ISOC Disability and Special Needs
>> Chapter,
>> * Gunela Astbrink - Board Director of ISOC Australia, and
>> * Arnoud van Wijk - ISOC's Disabilities Project Coordinator,
>>
>> The e-meeting is aimed at helping you creating awareness on Disability
>> accessibility and support in your country. Accessibility can be
>> considered on several different levels, e.g.:
>> * Infrastructure and carriage - real time text protocols and applications
>> * Tools - authoring and related software - building in accessibility
>> * Content - accessible web sites
>>
>> Chapters who are active in this area as well as those who would like
>> to know more are warmly invited to join the call.
>>
>> Due to the low turn out of our recent e-meetings, we would like to
>> establish a quorum of 5 Chapter delegates for the call. If you would
>> like to join please reply to <chapters (at) isoc (dot) org> or sign up
>> on the Chapter wiki at:
>>
>> http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=E-meeting+schedule+via+Marratech+and+Dial+in&bl=y#b_Accessibility_and_Disabilities_January_with_Cynthia_Waddell_ISOC_Disabilities_and_Special_Needs_UTC_20_00_b_
>>
>>
>> or http://tinyurl.com/6v99sl (wiki login required!).
>>
>> We are also available to test Marratech with you beforehand. Links to
>> Marratech manuals can be found on our web page at:
>> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/meetings/
>>
>> Please don't hesitate to contact us should you have any comments or
>> questions.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Sabrina Wilmot
>> Manager, Chapters & Individual Members
>> ISOC
>>
>> -----
>> The draft agenda for the e-meeting is as follows (see also
>> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/meetings/20090122.php ):
>>
>> 1. Opening and introductions
>> 2. Information about "Accessibility and Disabilities" work done by
>> Chapters (e.g. by the Disability & Special Needs Chapter)
>> 3. Ideas about mentoring other Chapters and creating awareness on
>> accessibility
>> 4. Exploring practical steps on "Accessibility and Disabilities"
>> for Chapters
>> 5. AOB
>
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