<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Judith Hellerstein <<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" class="">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">FY 17 At-Large Captioning Pilot Project to start in JAN 2017!</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">December 15, 2016 at 7:11:37 PM GMT+1<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">NA Discuss <<a href="mailto:na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" class="">na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>>, ALAC <<a href="mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org" class="">alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>>, Technology Taskforce WG <<a href="mailto:ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org" class="">ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:accessibility-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org" class="">accessibility-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>, Humberto Carrasco <<a href="mailto:hcarrascob@gmail.com" class="">hcarrascob@gmail.com</a>>, "Maritza Y. Aguero Minano" <<a href="mailto:myaguero@msn.com" class="">myaguero@msn.com</a>>, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" class="">raquino@gmail.com</a>>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com" class="">ocl@gih.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn" class="">tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn</a>, Beran Dondeh Yahoo <<a href="mailto:berandondeh@yahoo.com" class="">berandondeh@yahoo.com</a>>, Daniel Nanghaka <<a href="mailto:daniel.nanghaka@isoc.ug" class="">daniel.nanghaka@isoc.ug</a>>, Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>>, Satish Babu <<a href="mailto:director@icfoss.in" class="">director@icfoss.in</a>>, Maureen Hilyard <<a href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" class="">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>>, Sarah Kiden <<a href="mailto:skiden@gmail.com" class="">skiden@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN At-Large Staff <<a href="mailto:Staff@atlarge.icann.org" class="">Staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>>, Judith Hellerstein <<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" class="">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" class="">judith@jhellerstein.com</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">Dear All,</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">We are excited to announce that Phase 2 of the
Captioning pilot will start up again in January. Please pass
this email to others who I have missed.<br class="">
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">If you would like to have a teleconference
captioned during this second phase of the pilot please submit
your request to
<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" class="">At-Large Staff</a> by <b class="">January
1 or as soon as possible</b></span><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US" class="">
</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">As agreed to in part 1 of the pilot, the
implementation of this project will be structured as follows:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc" class="">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">Three calls to include captioning each month for
a total of <b class="">6 teleconferences, not exceeding 60 minutes per
call </b>(with the exception of the ALAC Monthly Meeting)</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">The calls shall be held between January –
February 2017</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">Most calls will be captioned in English, with the
exception of 1 in French and 1 in Spanish to be held in
February</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">Priority will be given to those groups who did
not make it into the first phase. These include cross
community groups such as the CCWG-Accountability and the
CCWG-IG and other CCWGs<br class="">
</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">To select the calls the captioning team has
developed a set of
<u class="">criteria</u> to evaluate and rate the requests. The request
for captioning must meet at least one of these criteria to be
put on the list.
</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">Criteria for Captioning</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">1) Are there persons with disabilities or with
limited bandwidth participating?</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">2) Are there webinars of general interest to the
ICANN community that would increase the engagement of non-native
English speakers?</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">3) Are the meetings or discussions about accessible
tools or software?</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc" class="">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">The At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group, in
collaboration with At-Large Staff, will select the calls that
will have captioning based on the criteria noted above. </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc" class="">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">A short poll will be made at the end of each call
where captioning is used to ask for feedback on the captioning
program during that call and also for those who watch/listen
to the call at a later date. . </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">See further details Wiki:
<span style="color:#1F497D" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Project" class="">https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Project+II</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class=""></span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">Thank you for your support in the planning and
implementation of this exciting project.
</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">Kind regards</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" class="">Judith Hellerstein</span></p>
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