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<p>HI All,</p>
<p>Thanks for all these great comments. It is great to hear from
many of you. So glad we have many new members. w<br>
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<p>We will work to factor some of them into our Joint DCAD-OER
Session. As many of you know, The IGF Secretariat reached out to
all DC session proposers asking us to collaborate with other DCs
on joint session proposals, considering the limited number of
slots on the IGF programme this year. As the IGF Secretariat and
MAG are responding to the community's request to have less
overlapping sessions and not to end so late this year, the result
is fewer sessions overall, which means that DCs also need to have
fewer sessions. As there are a number of new Dynamic Coalitions,
it means that all DCs must partner with another DC to have a
session on the IGF Program. This year, we will be collaborating
with the DC on Open Educational Content. We are still working on
the revised version of our session, but when it is finished we
will share it with the community.</p>
<p>In addition to this session, we also plan on applying for one of
the hybrid bilateral rooms for our annual meeting and will share
this information with you. These rooms are allowed to be booked
by DCs to host an annual meeting, but will not be listed on the
IGF Program. <br>
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<p>We will also be sharing in the next few weeks a new revision of
the Accessibility Guidelines the small team at DCAD volunteers has
been working on. It will take in many of these suggestions. We
look forward to your engagement on these and other projects. Hope
all have a great weekend.<br>
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<p>Best Regards,</p>
<p>Judith Hellerstein</p>
<p>DCAD Co-Coordinator<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/9/24 12:14 PM, Lidia Best via DCAD
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<p dir="ltr">Hi Deidre.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks for your comment. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I am not surprised to see this particular workshop
popularity here.<br>
From hard of hearing side, we are very concerned about link
between disability,use of assistive technology and use of data.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Not everyone maybe aware but hearing aids and
cochlear implant processors do collect data using the devices
themselves and the apps that we have to use in order of getting
access to some functionality.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Users are not even told about it and nothing is
explained about collecting data.<br>
Is this ethical?<br>
This is just one aspect. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Lidia</p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 16:57
Deirdre Williams, <<a
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<div dir="ltr">Dear DCAD, June and Lidia,
<div>Good day to all.</div>
<div>In May 2023 DCAD published a revised Governance
document and Code of Conduct. </div>
<div>There is no stipulation that I can find about which
language should be used, although I agree with Lidia that
it may simplify things for all of us to arrange to use
English as a common language for communication on the
list. In the Code of Conduct there is emphasis on respect,
tolerance and fairness. Since I have spent the last 16
years (the first IGF I attended was Hyderabad in 2008) in
an "IGF" context, and the 16 before that in a regional
(Latin America and the Caribbean) context working on
issues of multilingualism and accessibility, this issue of
languages is very important to me. If you think about it
it's very important to all of us since if it's not managed
properly it may deprive us of our rights to speak, and to
be heard.</div>
<div>There is also another issue here. We're missing a great
opportunity.</div>
<div>Over the last 5 years or so the DCAD list has come
alive once a year to deal with Fellowships for the IGF.
Then it goes silent until next year.</div>
<div>This year plenty of DCAD members have expressed an
interest in a proposed workshop on Disability and Data
Protection. We won't all go to Riyadh, we won't all even
manage to participate virtually, but everyone who
responded is "here" on the DCAD list.</div>
<div>So why is this workshop so interesting? Do you have
fears or challenges about data protection? Do you have
good ideas for improving data protection? If we choose we
can share our knowledge and ideas now, on the DCAD list,
help each other and possibly provide a useful resource for
this interesting workshop.</div>
<div>Let's use this opportunity for something good</div>
<div>De</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 at
16:27, juneparris5--- via DCAD <<a
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<div>Dear Lidia</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thank you for your support. </div>
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<div>June Parris</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 7 Aug 2024 09:56, Lidia Best
via DCAD <<a href="mailto:dcad@lists.igf-dcad.org"
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<p dir="ltr">Hi Deirdre. English is a working
language at this level and for this reason we all
use it. <br>
You would struggle even more if I wrote in Polish
:-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Let's use common ground, which is
English. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Lidia</p>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, 14:51 Deirdre
Williams via DCAD, <<a
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<div dir="ltr">The United Nations has six
official languages - Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian, and Spanish.
<div>DCAD habitually uses English on the list,
but I am not aware that this has ever been
stipulated as a "rule".</div>
<div>Since we are interested in working
together to improve accessibility,
especially in a context of disability, isn't
it desirable that we should try to be as
flexible as possible in terms of language
used for communication?</div>
<div>Deirdre</div>
<div>PS I'm glad that Joseph has English as
well as French, but other people may not
have that facility</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 at 07:26,
June Parris via DCAD <<a
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All,<br>
<br>
Hope you are all well. I want to remind the
group that the official language of the
United Nations is English. <br>
<br>
Usually we address everyone using the same
format. Since it is a group email, when
someone is addressed as Doctor we don’t know
who they are referring to, we really need to
have a meeting ASAP to discuss the UN
protocols.<br>
<br>
June Parris<br>
<br>
Research Associate<br>
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> On 7 Aug 2024, at 05:26, Joseph Moussa
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wrote:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Bonjour à tous,<br>
> <br>
> Je suis très heureux de faire partie de
la famille BCAD en tant que nouveau membre.
En tant que personne handicapée visuelle
résidant au Bénin, directeur général du
groupe TIC pour tous SARL et membre affilié
au Forum des jeunes pour la gouvernance de
l'Internet au Bénin, je suis profondément
engagé dans la promotion de l'inclusion
numérique pour les personnes en situation de
handicap.<br>
> <br>
> Mon adhésion à BCAD me permettra
d'approfondir mes connaissances sur les
technologies numériques et de mieux servir
ma communauté. Je suis impatient de
collaborer avec les autres membres et
d'apprendre de leurs expériences afin de
développer des solutions innovantes pour
l'accessibilité numérique.<br>
> <br>
> Ensemble, nous pouvons construire un
monde plus inclusif où chacun a
l'opportunité de s'épanouir grâce au
numérique. Je remercie BCAD de m'avoir
accueilli au sein de cette merveilleuse
famille et je suis ravi de contribuer à ses
efforts pour l'autonomisation des personnes
en situation de handicap.<br>
> <br>
> Que Dieu bénisse BCAD et tous ses
membres !<br>
> <br>
> Cordialement,<br>
> Joseph Moussa<br>
> Directeur général, Groupe TIC pour tous
SARL<br>
> Membre affilié, Forum des jeunes pour
la gouvernance de l'Internet au Bénin<br>
> Bénin<br>
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