[Chapter-delegates] ISOC meetings in San Francisco for ICANN 40 - Disability awareness for Chapters

Tue Mar 8 22:43:03 PST 2011

Dear Gunela,

     This is a really interesting topic and I would be delighted to
organize similar event in our Polish Chapter. I remeber 8-9 years ago
we had similar discussion and even found an apted engineer who
constructed clever devices for disabled people allowing them better
net presence.

    In the very early days of Polish Internet (mid 90's) we had even
so called IdN (Internet dla/for Niepelnosprawnych/Disabled) initiative
(it was based on example of my project Internet for Schools (IdS),
initiated and run by late Marek Car, an energetic animator of Internet
Community of Poland and I took part in several their undertakings,
related to the teleworking possibilities for disabled persons).

    I would appreciate if you could link me with the persons involved
in current ISOC initiative.

With kindest regards,
Jacek Gajewski
ISOC-PL

2011/3/9 Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>:
> Hi Sabrina,
>
> I'd like to have an agenda item at the Chapters and Members meeting during
> ICANN 40 on the ISOC Community Grant project: Disability Awareness for
> Chapters.
>
> This project is developing an awareness-raising tool for ISOC Chapters to
> use to inform their membership and the broader Internet community of the
> social benefit in assisting people with disabilities to use the Internet.
>  This will be done with ongoing collaboration of targeted Chapters in the
> Asian region to set up a “disability training module” which can be used by
> Chapters when organising events, seminars, conferences or training sessions.
>
> The “disability training module” will be designed so that a session can be
> organised by Chapters with limited or no experience in disability issues. It
> will act as a resource by not only providing suitable content but also by
> consideration of accessible venues, liaising with disability organisations
> and obtaining local speakers with disabilities.
>
> Looking forward to discussing it further on Sunday at the Chapters and
> Members meeting at ICANN 40.
>
> Regards,
> Gunela Astbrink
> ISOC Australia
>
>
> On 7/03/11 11:59 PM, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Please note the time change for one of our upcoming ISOC meetings in San
>> Francisco alongside the ICANN 40 week. Both meetings will now take place on
>> Sunday evening (local time):
>>
>> 1. “Internet Society Participation @ ICANN” meeting,
>>       PDT 13 Mar 2011, 18:30-19:30 (local); UTC 14 Mar 2011, 01:30-02:30
>>
>> followed by:
>> 2. ISOC Chapters and Members meeting at ICANN 40,
>>     PDT 13 Mar 2011, 19:30-20:30 (local); UTC 14 Mar 2011, 02:30-03:30
>>
>> There will be _no_ ISOC meeting on Tuesday (15 March) evening.
>>
>> Both meetings on Sunday will be in room: Elizabethan D, Second Floor,
>> Westin St. Francis.
>> We will be offering food and drinks - in order to determine the required
>> amount please indicate your attendance at
>> http://www.doodle.com/qmmecpkxs7iemgpx
>>
>> Remote participation will be via phone bridge and Webex, details can be
>> found at http://isoc.org/wp/chapter-meetings/  (same details for both
>> meetings).
>> Please send your suggestions for agenda topics
>> to<chapter-support at isoc.org>  and contact us if you wish to schedule
>> individual meetings during the week.
>>
>> ==>  I'm also happy to inform you that the ISOC San Francisco Bay Area
>> Chapter together with ISOC Global can be found at booth #209 throughout the
>> week and we look forward to seeing you there!!
>>
>> Last but not least, please don't forget to subscribe to the newly
>> implemented "icann-discuss" mailing list. It is intended to facilitate
>> communication among Internet Society members and staff active in ICANN to
>> discuss issues, share views, and to plan for ICANN meetings. We will use
>> this list for communication to ISOC members about ICANN issues.
>>
>> In order to subscribe to the new list you will need to login to your ISOC
>> member profile at https://portal.isoc.org/
>> Go to: My Account -->  Interests and Subscriptions -->  Topics of Interest
>> -->  Public Policy and check "ISOC Participation in ICANN". Please make sure
>> to click "Save" at the end. (Give it ca. 24 hours for your subscription to
>> be enabled.)  Please share this information with your Chapter members who
>> might be interested in ICANN matters.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sabrina Wilmot
>> Internet Society
>>
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