[blindlaw] 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

[Fred Wright Lopez]

If the organizers and sponsors of the Jacobus tenBroek Symposium do not believe they have the resources or personnel to arrange for a "Web conference" or "Webinare"   than this may be something that those of us who are interested can go to the American Bar Association and seek their assistance.   I am confident that the ABA (as well as many state bars) have considerable in house experience in organizing inter active live web conferences.    I for one would be willing to volunteer to work on this as a project if the Symposium organizers consent..

We may continue to disagree as to the situs of the Jacobus tenBroek Symposium but we need not be disagreeable in doing so.  The objective here should be to secure the widest possible participation of practitioners for this event.   It may well turn out that by adding a live web conferencing feature to the Symposium that not only will a wider audience be reached put it may actually encourage attorneys and others to attend in person at future events.    



On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Patrick H Stiehm wrote:

> Of the two points raised by Mr. Lopez below, the suggestion that the
> symposium be offered on the web seems to have generated the most
> comments. I join those who favor that alternative. I understand that
> these decisions are made by committee. Let's hope the members of the
> committee take heed of the well reasoned comments concerning the second
> point. Even if it does not occur for the 2011 symposium it will hopefully
> be adopted soon thereafter.
> 
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> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:49:15 -0700 Fred Wright Lopez <fwlopez at comcast.net>
> writes:
>> With the long lead time for the 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium I 
>> wish to raise two issues:
>> First: Organizers of the important symposium should consider 
>> alternative geographic sites for this annual legal conference.  
>> Limiting the site every year to the NFB Baltimore headquarters 
>> limits the ability of many to participate in the discussion and 
>> interact with attorneys and otehrs who are advocates for blind and 
>> disabled.   It is rather ironic that a conference named in honor of 
>> a long time professor of law at the University of California is 
>> never held in that state.  Perhaps for the 2012 or 1023 symposium 
>> the conference could be held in California, Texas, Colorado or 
>> another Western state.
>> 
>> Second:  Will the 2011 tenBroek Symposium be webcast or streamed so 
>> that others unable to travel to Baltimore can fully participate?  In 
>> this current technological age there is no valid excuse for not 
>> webcasting this important event.
>> 
>> Thank you:   Fred W. Lopez, Member DC Bar
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 2, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Blake, Lou Ann wrote:
>> 
>>> Jacobus tenBroe
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