Thread Subject: Re: Meeting Weds., new doc coming

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From: James Elekes
Date: Mon, Sep 17 2007 8:35 AM

HI Larry,

"Pushing" through a consensus isn't necessary. Speaking on behalf of
the Board, "Minority Opinions" on the update/refresh are welcome. It
provides both Board staff and Public Board Members a greater depth of
knowledge and, allows us to consider all sides to a concern.
Ultimately, the Board's Committee believes this will result in a
overall more effective Standard.

Once the NPRM is published, those with dissenting/oposing opinions
can further provide thoughts/documentation during the Public Comment
period. Discussions can be expanded, data provided with the Final
Rule having been considered from all reasonable aspects.

Just some thoughts from this quarter.

-Jim

James J. Elekes, Chairman
Telecommunications, Electronic/Informaton Technologies Committee
United States Access Board

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At 09:44 AM 9/17/2007, you wrote:
>We have scheduled an AV Subcommittee meeting for this Weds from 3-4:30 this
>Wednesday and I will be sending you all a proposed compromise document later
>today or tomorrow which will hopefully break the logjam we are presently
>experiencing.
>
>If we can't resolve the opposing positions expressed in the AV subcommittee
>it's likely we will need to either push through a consensus vote or submit
>majority and minority positions on the two outstanding issues:
>
>- personal video device requirements for caption support
>
>- software-based media player requirements for closed captioning
>
>Stay tuned.
>
>- Larry
>
>Larry Goldberg, Director
>Media Access Group at WGBH
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>National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
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