[DCAD] Last Reminder Was, RE: Extra Ordinary Meeting of DCAD

Sat Feb 25 05:21:03 PST 2023

HI Lidia,

The time is 1600 UTC on March 2nd Not really sure why Doodle is doing that.  I 
will send you a calendar invite

Best

Judith

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On 2/25/23 11:13 PM, Lidia Best wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I am wondering if I was picking wrong time of the day in Doodle.
> Were timings given in Universal Time which is how I was selecting?
>
> The invite I just received, states 5.00 am in UK and 6 am rest of Europe which 
> is simply not going to work. If I  am understanding correctly, This rules me 
> out and Andrea too potentially from ability to participate.
>
> Lidia
>
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2023, 11:13 Andrea Saks, <andrea at andreasaks.onmicrosoft.com> wrote:
>
>     Dear Mohammad,
>
>     Being dyslexic I have never been able to use a doodle what’s it !  The
>     days are not a problem.  I did try.  However  because of the time
>     difference of five hours ahead in the UK I would appreciate that morning
>     choices are favored.
>     If it is too late in the day ( late evening) I may not be able to make
>     it.  I will do my best to attend.  I may
>
>     If I can make suggestion please use Caption First as then you can have a
>     transcript for all who can't make it. You can then send that out
>     retrospectively . Also the display is better with full page display on the
>     stream text  the web page.
>     ASR simply does not allow this and the display is not easy to read on a
>     one or two even three line disappearing display quickly It is difficult to
>     read for those with any kind of reading problem and second language
>     usage.  The money is now there for this so it can be done.
>     If I am repeating myself apologies!
>
>     Andrea
>
>     Thanks.
>
>
>
>     Sent from Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
>     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* DCAD <dcad-bounces at lists.igf-dcad.org> on behalf of Muhammad
>     Shabbir Awan <mshabbirawan at gmail.com>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, February 25, 2023 3:18:16 AM
>     *To:* judith at jhellerstein.com <judith at jhellerstein.com>; 'Dynamic
>     Coalition on Accessibility and Disability' <dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org>
>     *Subject:* [DCAD] Last Reminder Was, RE: Extra Ordinary Meeting of DCAD
>
>     This is the last reminder. If you have not filled the Doodle, less than 9
>     hours are left to do so.
>
>     https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/e36mx4Ad
>
>     This doodle will remain open till 12:00 UTC on 25th February.
>
>     Best,
>
>     Dr. Muhammad Shabbir.
>
>     *From:* DCAD <dcad-bounces at lists.igf-dcad.org> *On Behalf Of *Judith
>     Hellerstein
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2023 3:36 AM
>     *To:* dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org
>     *Subject:* [DCAD] Extra Ordinary Meeting of DCAD
>
>       Dear DCAD Members,
>
>     Lately, the DCAD has been quite silent and the result has been that in
>     2022 there was no representation of DCAD in IGF. In our understanding this
>     has been due to mainly because of lack of leadership, dearth of activeness
>     of DCAD members and its governance structure. We (Myself, Shabbir, Peter,
>     Judy, and Lidia) have been thinking and discussing this issue amongst and
>     others as well. in this context, myself and Shabbir talked to some other
>     DCs and found that we need to change our governance model as well as find
>     new coordinator(s).
>
>     To discuss this and decide a future plan of action, we feel that an
>     extraordinary meeting of DCAD is necessary. So, please use this Doodle to
>     mark your availability for date/time you can attend an online meeting
>     through Zoom. Kindly mark as many options as you can and we’ll pick the
>     most popular time.
>
>     https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/e36mx4Ad
>
>     This doodle will remain open till 12:00 UTC on 25th February.
>
>     We would have 2 point agenda:
>
>     1. Deciding on a Governance model.
>
>     2. Appointing a leader for DCAD;
>
>     I and Shabbir will also present a report on our findings and conclusions
>     based on our discussions with other DCs.
>
>     I would like to propose Dr. Muhammad Shabbir
>     <https://www.internetsociety.org/author/shabbir/> to chair this
>     extraordinary meeting of DCAD. If someone has objection to this proposal,
>     or to Dr. Shabbir chairing the call, please do let us know. We will be
>     arranging for human captioning for this call.
>
>     Best,
>
>      Judith Hellerstein
>
>     -- 
>
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>
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