[blindlaw] 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Wed Aug 4 21:33:18 UTC 2010

Another advantage to offering the symposium electronically is that it can
be stored and accessed later on an on demand basis by those who for one
reason or another cannot attend either in person or electronically while
the event is going on. The audio portions of the symposium could be
converted to podcasts which would simply increase their availability.
Like Fred and Susan I would certainly be willing to work on this project,
should it be seriously considered by the powers that be.
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On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:16:08 -0700 "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov>
writes:
> I agree, and would also love to help to the degree possible 
> work-wise.
> By the way, the webinar service that is used by the San Francisco
> non-profit (ILRC) is "Go to", a Citrix program which obviously is
> web-based and very clear with WinZoom and ZoomText.  Because I can 
> still
> use a screen magnifier for many things, I do not know how accessible 
> it
> is to screen narration.  ILRC also then utilizes a conference 
> calling
> center for the audio portion, which has the ability to mute 
> listeners
> intermittently while the speaker is presenting a topic, and re-open 
> for
> questions / participation.  I think our State Bar uses the Citrix
> program for both audio and screen presentation, so I do not know how 
> the
> audience participation portion works on that. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Fred Wright Lopez
> Sent: Wednesday, 04 August, 2010 2:01 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law 
> Symposium
> 
> 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
> s 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.
> > 
> > Stiehm Law Office
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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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