Thread Subject: Re: TEITAC update

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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Tue, Apr 03 2007 1:55 PM

It would be great to have WIKI pages (off the Main WIKI site) for notes on
each of these 5 parts of the report so the TEITAC could watch them evolve.
Most of the TEITAC committee is interested in these as well and can't see
the big picture well from where we are working.

Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf
> Of James Elekes
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:49 AM
> To: TEITAC Committee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-committee] TEITAC update
>
> Rex,
>
> Hope I'm not speaking out of turn. Jim/Mike will present a
> TEITAC Status/Update to the Access Board's Ad Hoc
> Committee-Technologies on May 31st. Thus far, there are 5
> parts to the presentation:
>
> -Update of TEITAC Work completed to date.
>
> -TEITAC work remaining prior to presentation of Final Recommendations.
>
> -Proposed presentation format of TEITAC deliverables.
>
> -Issues/concerns likely to remain unresolved and needing to
> be address by Board's Committee-Technologies and Board staff.
>
> -Research Recommendations from TEITAC for Board consideration.
> (Recommendations received will be provided to Board's
> Technical Programs Committee and considered for incorporation
> into FY-08 funding from resources available).
>
> I'm working, as Chair, Ad Hoc Committee-Technologies for the
> Board to have our Committee up to speed and ready to handle
> materials as they are handed-off to us.
>
> In exchanging communications with Jim Tobias, I suggested if
> there are other TEITAC materials to be discussed with the
> Board's Committee, I'll make sure there's time on our agenda
> for these materials on May 31st as well.
>
> Jim
>
> James J. Elekes, M.Ed, MPA/CPM
> Presidential Appointee/Public Member and Chairman, Ad Hoc
> Committee-Technologies United States Access Board
>
> (O) 888.564.8430 (Direct Voice/Fax)*
>
> *TTY/VRS Users are encouraged to contact their State's Relay
> Center by dialing 711 or, the Federal Relay Service (FRS) for
> this assistance.
>
>
> At 04:59 PM 4/2/2007, you wrote:
> >Thanks, Tim.
> >
> >That does clear up the date questions, but I feel like I'm
> out of the loop
> >when I see one set of dates in correspondence and another on
> the WIKI. Was
> >the WIKI wrong, or did the date change?
> >
> >Now this still leaves the question of delivery of the
> roughest of drafts, so
> >that folks that must implement this can get an early sense
> of how things
> >might break...
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Rex
> >
> >Rex Lint, Consultant
> > Chair, Section 508 Working Group
> > Information Technology Ass'n of America
> > PH: 603-860-7651
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf
> Of Creagan Tim
> >Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 2:03 PM
> >To: TEITAC Committee
> >Cc: Capozzi David
> >Subject: Re: [teitac-committee] TEITAC update
> >
> >Hello Rex and everyone,
> >Let me jump in here for a clarification:
> >
> >The date of the next face to face TEITAC meeting is May
> 22-24, 2007. The
> >Wiki calendar should be amended shortly.
> >
> >"... will prepare an interim report to the Access Board's
> May meeting on
> >May 31, 2007."
> >
> > N.B .: The "Access Board's May meeting" refers to
> the bi-monthly
> >meeting of the U.S. Access Board (federal and public
> members) itself. The
> >Access Board, through the Board liaison, Jim Elekes, has
> asked for a report
> >on the status of the TEITAC and its work. This report is to
> be given to the
> >Access Board from the TEITAC's co-chairs, Jim Tobias and
> Mike Paciello.
> >They will give a report to the Access Board on May 31, 2007.
> The Access
> >Board meeting dates are found here:
> >http://www.access-board.gov/about/meetings.htm
> >
> >I hope that clears up the dates.
> >
> >Tim
> >
> >
> >
> >Timothy P. Creagan
> >Senior Accessibility Specialist
> >U.S. Access Board
> >1331 F Street, N.W.
> >Suite 1000
> >Washington, DC 20004-1111
> >
> >202-272-0016 (V); 1-(800) 872-2253 (V)
> >202-272-0082 (TTY);1-800-993-2822 (TTY)
> >202-272-0081 (Fax)
> > = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >
> >"Thank you for your questions concerning section 508 of the
> Rehabilitation
> >Act Amendments of 1998. Section 508 authorizes the Access
> Board to provide
> >technical assistance to individuals and Federal departments
> and agencies
> >concerning the requirements of this section. This technical
> assistance is
> >intended solely as informal guidance; it is not a
> determination of the legal
> >rights or responsibilities of entities subject to section 508."
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf
> Of Rex Lint
> >Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:55 PM
> >To: 'TEITAC Committee'
> >Subject: Re: [teitac-committee] TEITAC update
> >
> >Jim,
> >
> >Two things -
> >
> >DRAFT? - I'm hoping that not only will you release templates
> for draft,
> >you'll also release the FIRST DRAFT. I'd like to have a
> date of such a
> >draft to send to my constituents, followed by the first
> draft for met to use
> >to solicit their comments.
> >
> >A second point - I don't understand the timing outlined in your note:
> >
> >1. "EWG will present its proposals for the Final Report at
> the May 22-24,
> >TEITAC face-to-face meeting,"
> >
> >The WIKI calendar says the meeting is May 21-23
> >Thanks,
> >
> >2. "... will prepare an interim report to the Access Board's
> May meeting on
> >May 31, 2007."
> >
> >The meeting's not on the 31st, and if the report is intended
> for the May
> >meeting, the 31st is too late.
> >
> >Rex
> >
> >Rex Lint, Consultant
> > Chair, Section 508 Working Group
> > Information Technology Ass'n of America
> > PH: 603-860-7651
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf
> Of Jim Tobias
> >Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:08 PM
> >To: 'TEITAC Committee'
> >Subject: [teitac-committee] TEITAC update
> >
> >1. Editorial Working Group. The EWG has been
> established;... We will be
> >meeting this coming Tuesday, April 3. Soon thereafter we
> will release the
> >template for the 2nd draft of subcommittee reports. The
> EWG will present
> >its proposals for the Final Report at the May 22-24, TEITAC
> face-to-face
> >meeting, and will prepare an interim report to the Access Board's May
> >meeting on May 31, 2007.
> >
> >

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