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

[Lidia Best]

Thanks Judith, ufff.
For sure it is confusing message that I received.

Lidia

On Sat, 25 Feb 2023, 13:21 Judith Hellerstein, <judith at jhellerstein.com>
wrote:

> 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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>>
>> Hellerstein & Associates
>>
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>>
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>>
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