[blindlaw] 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Patrick H Stiehm stiehm.law at juno.com
Thu Aug 5 14:26:47 UTC 2010 

Scott,
Thank you for the comments below. I am sure all of us who were urging the
availability of the symposium on an "online" basis appreciate your
efforts in bringing our concerns to the Steering Committee.

The content of the symposium is such that CLE credits are clearly
available when a participant applies to his or her state for such credit.
The problem with and videotaping the symposium and offering it online
later, is that it then becomes the same as CLE that is offered on a "on
demand" basis. There are some states, Minnesota for example, that require
that any online CLE be offered on a "live" basis for credit approval. As
a matter of fact I think this requirement goes one step further and
requires that the online participants be able to ask questions. Since NFB
is already going to the trouble of recording each session, it seems to me
that the next logical step is to do those things that are necessary to
offer it "live" not just for CLE approval in those states that require
such live presentation but so that those participating online can fully
participate by asking questions of the speakers the same as the people
physically present in the live audience.

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:34:53 -0600 "Scott C. LaBarre"
<slabarre at labarrelaw.com> writes:
> I serve on the steering committee and I appreciate everyone's 
> comments.  We 
> have conducted three of these symposia thus far.  Past programs, or 
> at least 
> the plennary sessions, have been recorded and later placed on the 
> web.  We 
> can certainly explore fully whether we can broadcast the syposium 
> live over 
> the internet and construct interactive features.  As for moving the 
> 
> Symposium around, there is nothing written in stone about what we 
> have done. 
> There is, of course, the preference to do the symposium at our 
> headquarters 
> where we have wonderful facilities to do so but who knows what the 
> future 
> might bring.  We are just delighted that the syposium has grown each 
> year 
> and generates more and more interest.  Again, thank you for your 
> thoughts 
> and ideas and I will bring them to the rest of the steering 
> committee.
> Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Wright Lopez" <fwlopez at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 3:00 PM
> 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 
> 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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