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

Thu Mar 24 22:55:39 PDT 2011

Gunela,

Thanks you for Kindness.

Best Regards

Asif Kabani

On 9 March 2011 15:25, Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au> wrote:

> Dear Asif and Carlos,
>
> Thank you for your interest.
>
> I'll look forward to involving you in the project and hope that you can
> participate in the Webex conference in April.
>
> Regards,
> Gunela
>
>
> On 9/03/11 9:07 PM, cveraq at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> We are also interestwd in join. In Ecuador people with disability or qith
>> special abilities are now being attended in different ways because a new
>> concept in our government. We have constitutional and legal rights
>> concerning the inclusion (social, educational and economic), and now I hope
>> digital inclusion, of people with special abilities
>>
>> Carlos Vera
>> Isoc Ecuador
>> Mensaje enviado desde mi terminal BlackBerry® de Porta
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gunela Astbrink<g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>
>> Sender: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
>> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:33:42
>> To: Jacek Gajewski<jacek.ceenet at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Chapter Delegates<chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC meetings in San Francisco for ICANN
>> 40
>>  - Disability awareness for Chapters
>>
>> Dear Jacek,
>>
>> Thank you for your positive response. I'm glad to hear that there have
>> been some important Polish disability projects.
>>
>> This current ISOC-AU project funded through the ISOC Community Grants
>> programme aims to increase awareness among Chapters about disability and
>> accessibility especially working towards mainstream Internet solutions
>> rather specialised solutions. It will mean that Chapters can run
>> seminars for their own members about disability and how to improve
>> accessibility, thus increasing awareness of the many issues involved.
>>
>> The disability awareness module will be trialled at the Chapters meeting
>> at INET Sri Lanka in May. At the conclusion of the project, the
>> materials will be made available on the ISOC website for use by any
>> Chapter.
>>
>> During the time of the project, I'll be running some Webex conference
>> sessions to discuss the disability awareness module and to clarify any
>> questions. This is good for two reasons: to assist those who may not be
>> able to attend INET in Sri Lanka and to ensure that I am covering the
>> most important points based on the questions that I receive.
>>
>> I'll be happy to discuss this project further with you and would be
>> delighted if the Polish Chapter would like to use the disability
>> awareness module.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Gunela Astbrink
>>
>> On 9/03/11 5:43 PM, Jacek Gajewski wrote:
>>
>>> 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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