[Chapter-delegates] Arnoud van Wijk leaving ISOC HQ

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear Arnoud,

after having spoken to you at length in Sharm el Sheikh, the news which 
you relate fill me with a mix of happiness and sadness.
Happiness that R3TF is taking off and progressing to provide an umbrella 
for the much needed collaboration of researchers and other people to 
implement RTT on a wider basis.
Sadness because this departure heralds the loss of an ISOC Superstar, 
and you know what, you're a jolly nice chap too!
So congratulations, and please stay in touch.

Warmest regards,

Olivier

-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html



Le 28/01/2010 17:46, Arnoud van Wijk a écrit :
> Dear Chapters.
>
> I have for almost 2 years worked with ISOC as a coordinator for 
> disability projects. It has indeed been an interesting and great time. 
> I have met several of you in person. And I have been working together 
> with several ISOC Chapters as well e.g. ISOC-Argentina, 
> ISOC-Australia, ISOC-Colombia and the Disability and Special Needs 
> Chapter.
> One of my biggest activities with ISOC has and is the Real-Time Text 
> Taskforce (R3TF), www.realtimetext.org. It started as a project 
> incubated by ISOC. The focus in the beginning was mainly on standards. 
> With the Real-Time Text standards now in place (RFC4103 and ITU T. 
> 140), the focus will now move towards:
>
> • Implementing Real-Time Text (RTT)
> • Promoting interoperability of the different RTT systems and services 
> and
> • Expanding creating awareness of RTT towards the industry, 
> organizations, end-users and governments.
>
> To pursue these goals, I am pleased to share with you that the R3TF 
> has been established as an independent organisation to provide an open 
> forum for engineers, experts, motivated individuals, companies and 
> organisations who want to help to test, implement, and advance the 
> wide-spread adoption of Real-Time Text (RTT). As an international 
> non-profit foundation based in the Netherlands it will have additional 
> flexibility to pursue its mission. I am also pleased to share that I 
> will take the position as the Director of the R3TF.
>
> As a result, I regret that my role as Disability Project Coordinator 
> will not be possible anymore. But I am glad to see that the awareness 
> of an accessible Internet is high within ISOC and with the continued 
> work of the Chapters I am sure it will continue to be so! And without 
> the support of ISOC, the R3TF would not have happened. Together, we 
> can continue to grow and develop the R3TF to become a significant 
> actor in the Accessibility and ICT field.
>
> I enjoyed working with you and I really want to continue being 
> involved with the ISOC community involved in disabilities work as an 
> ISOC member. I would, of course, be particularly happy to discuss with 
> you issues related to Real-Time Text and to have your participation in 
> R3TF activities. Other Disability work is possible with me via my own 
> consulting company GreenGiraffe.
> I am still looking how I can stay in touch with all of you and I am 
> open to your suggestions and advice. In the meantime, I wish all of 
> you the best and look forward to talking with you all again soon.
> You can always e-mail me at arnoud at realtimetext.org and feel free to 
> ask me anything about the R3TF or to discuss possibilities with me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnoud van Wijk
> Director
> Real-Time Text Taskforce
> http://www.realtimetext.org/
>
> PS You can still find me on the chapters-disability-nexus mailing 
> list, where I will contribute as an individual ISOC member. 
> http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapters-disability-nexus
>
>
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