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Accessibility
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Announcing the Accessibility Forum meeting
hosted by Apple in Cupertino, California, February 24 - 26,
2003. As we have for past meetings, we expect to broadcast
plenary sessions via Webcast. We will begin first thing Monday
morning and conclude at the end of the day Wednesday. Daily
sessions start at 8:30 AM (PST) and conclude at 4:30 PM (PST)
The event will be archived for later
viewing at www.tvworldwide.com.
Participants should have the free QuickTime player installed
prior to the event and should log on for the meeting by 8:15
AM EDT. Questions can be directed to 703-961-9250, ext 223
before and during the event.
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Monday,
February 24 - Plenary Session
- Welcome
and Agenda Review
- Welcome
comments from Apple
- Vendor
Approaches to 508 - Apple
- Guest
Speaker - Loretta Guarino Reid, Adobe
- ATIA/Interoperability
Update - Mary Beth Janes, Apple - Marney Beard, Sun
Microsystems - Chris Hofstader, Freedom Scientific
- Department
of Justice - Ken Nakata
- Review
of 508 Activities in the various states - Cynthia
Waddell
- PANEL:
Accessibility and Application Building Tools
-Keith Elliott, Director--Accessibility Competence
Center, SAP
-Preety Kumar, CTO, Deque Systems
-Connie Myers, Accessibility Program Manager, Oracle
-Bob Regan, Accessibility Product Manager, Macromedia
-Skip Crane (Staff), Moderator
- Project
Team Close-out Report - Bill Hetzner and Jim Kindrick,
Staff
- Government
Experience and Need for Tools - Harry Leibowitz, Social
Security Administration
- Review
of Government Agency Interviews (Survey) - (Follow
up to presentation from October Web Cast) - Terry
Weaver, GSA and Joy Gatewood-Fulton, Staff
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Tuesday,
February 25 - Plenary Session
- Welcome
and Agenda Review
- Understanding
Requirements for Procurement - Lesley Field, Office
of Federal Procurement Policy
- Proof-of-Concept
Presentation: Feedback and Q&A session - An approach
for people involved in the procurement process to
simplify full compliance with and successful implementation
of 508 - Bill Hetzner and Jim Kindrick, Staff
- Open
Q&A Session on Proof-of-Concept Presentation
- Maintaining
the Information Base - Skip Crane, Staff
- Vendor
approaches to 508: - Marney Beard, Sun Microsystems
- ITTATC
- Mimi Kessler
- Council
Activity Report - Mary Beth Janes, Apple, Council
Chair
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Wednesday,
February 26 - Plenary Session and Workshops
- Welcome
and Agenda Review
- Guest
Speaker - Mary Mitchell, GSA
- Break
Out Group Workshops
- Continued feedback / Validation re Proof-of-Concept
Presentation
- Transition to a Member-Supported Consortium
- General
Discussion/ Open Issues
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Contact: Andrea Gwartney
Director of Operations
andrea@tvworldwide.com
www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250 ext.229
About TVWorldwide.com
As a leading streaming video
applications service provider, TVWorldwide.com is developing
a network of video channels that is an affiliation of community-based
Internet television stations, each underwritten by a strategic
partner, "aimcastingsm" to targeted B2B and special
interest demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com
works with strategic partners to develop the latest in live
and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications.
TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of the streaming video
industry’s “Hottest Companies” by Streaming Magazine, which
also just honored TVWorldwide.com CEO Dave Gardy as one of
the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media.
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Skip Crane |
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Mary Beth Janes, Apple - Marney Beard, Sun Microsystems - Chris Hofstader, Freedom Scientific |
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Cynthia Waddell |
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-Keith Elliott, Director--Accessibility Competence Center, SAP
-Preety Kumar, CTO, Deque Systems
-Connie Myers, Accessibility Program Manager, Oracle
-Bob Regan, Accessibility Product Manager, Macromedia
-Skip Crane (Staff), Moderator |
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Bill Hetzner and Jim Kindrick, Staff |
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Harry Leibowitz, Social Security Administration
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Terry Weaver, GSA and Joy Gatewood-Fulton, Staff
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Lesley Field, Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
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Bill Hetzner and Jim Kindrick, Staff |
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Skip Crane, Staff |
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Marney Beard, Sun Microsystems |
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Mimi Kessler, ITTATC |
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| Forum
Chronology |
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| October 2002 - Accessibility
Forum 5th Webcast Meeting |
| September 2002
- Accessibility Forum Project Workshops hosted by AT&T
was held in Washington, DC |
| August 2002 - Mary
Beth Janes, Apple, was elected Chair person for the
Strategic Management Council. Chris Hofstader, Freedom
Scientific, was elected Vice Chair. |
| July 2002 - Council
members vote "YES" to accept Council processes
and procedures |
| June 2002 - Accessibility
Forum Meeting in Washington, DC |
| February 2002 - Accessibility
Forum Meeting in Denver, Colorado |
| January 2002 - Strategic
Management Council initiates sub-groups to explore and
Recommend Forum Strategy, Processes and Procedures,
Project Interaction, and Affinity Groups. |
| November 2002 - Initial
Strategic Management Council Meeting held |
October 2001
Accessibility Forum Webcast (October 30) presented to
update Members on Forum activity and progress:
Strategic Management Council (volunteer) members were
announced |
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September 2001
-Canceled due to the events of September 11, 2001
-Work on two priority Projects began (AT/E&IT
Interoperability and Objective Measures)
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August 2001
-Members selected the Organization Structure
of the Forum
-Project teams were formed from volunteers
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June 2001 - July 2001
-Members determined projects the Forum would
conduct by ballot
-Alternative approaches for organizing the Forum
leadership were presented to the members
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May 2001
Accessibility Forum Meeting – Washington, DC - Refining
our Mission, Objectives and Plan -Project consolidation
membership group identified
-Developed a Mission Statement
-Developed a Membership
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