[blindlaw] 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

ckrugman at sbcglobal.net ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
Thu Aug 5 20:52:31 UTC 2010


I have had bad experiences using the GO to or Citrix formats with JAWS. 
While I could listen to the webinars I could not actively participate using 
JAWS.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium


>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
> 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.
>>
>> Stiehm Law Office
>> Alexandria, Virginia
>> 703-360-1089 (Voice)
>> 703-935-8266 (Fax)
>> Email address: stiehm.law at verizon.net
>>
>> 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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