[Chapter-delegates] Arnoud van Wijk leaving ISOC HQ

[Prof.Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman]

Congratulation and best wishes for your new job.

Best regards,
Srisakdi
www.charm.au.edu

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Arnoud van Wijk wrote:

> 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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