<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large">+1.  A very worthwhile and timely uptick towards effective content delivery. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large">Looking forward.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large">-Carlton</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><br>==============================<br>Carlton A Samuels<br>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><i><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment &amp; Turnaround</font></i><br>=============================</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 2:17 AM, Siranush Vardanyan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com" target="_blank">siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


<div><div dir="ltr">Dear Judith, <div><br></div><div>First of all congratulations with the initiation of this project and the efforts put in this.</div><div><br></div><div>As you know APRALO always supported this idea and we are very much looking forward to be involved in this project. I think that APRALO would like to pilot captioning of one or two webinars organized within the framework of APRALO-APAC HUB. We are planning to have another webinar during January-February period, and Silvia from staff is very much involved in the process. So, we can work with Silvia and APAC HUB staff to pilot this for one or two of our webinars.</div><div><br></div><div>Once again congratulations</div><div><br></div><div>Seasonal greetings from my side of the world as well to all of you.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Siranush<br><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:afri-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">afri-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:alac-internal@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">alac-internal@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:accessibility-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">accessibility-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:als-study-tf@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">als-study-tf@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:social-media-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">social-media-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:alac-sc-outreach@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">alac-sc-outreach@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:cropp-rt@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">cropp-rt@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:capacity-building-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">capacity-building-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br>Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:10:21 +0000<br>CC: <a href="mailto:captioning-pilot@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">captioning-pilot@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br>Subject: [Capacity-Building-WG] ANNOUCEMENT - FY 16 At-Large Captioning Pilot Project to start in JAN 2016!<br><br>






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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Dear All,
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">On behalf of Judith Hellerstein, At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and NARALO’s Secretary, we are pleased to announce that the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+FY16+Special+Budget+Request+for+a+Pilot+program+for+real+time+captioning+of+Adobe+Connect+Workspace" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563c1">FY
 16 At-Large Captioning Pilot Project</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"> will start
<b>in January 2016.</b></span><span lang="EN-US">  </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">The captioning will be provided by “Caption First Incorporated”.
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">As agreed to by the At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group, the implementation of this project will be structured as follows:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Three calls to include captioning each month for a total of
<b>9 teleconferences, not exceeding 60 minutes per call </b>(with the exception of the ALAC Monthly Meeting)</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">The calls shall be held between January – April 2016.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">During the first pilot phase of this captioning project the language used will be English.
</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">In order to select the calls the captioning team has developed a set of
<u>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"></span></li></ul>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Criteria for Captioning</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">:</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">1) Are there persons with disabilities or with limited bandwidth participating?</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">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"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">3) Are the meetings or discussions about accessible tools or software?</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">If you would like to have a teleconference captioned during this pilot phase please submit your request to
<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">At-Large Staff</span></a> by
<b>January 15<sup>th</sup>.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span>
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">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"></span></li></ul>
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">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. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li></ul>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">See further details Wiki:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Project" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563c1">At-Large Captioning Pilot Project</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">.
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Thank you for your support in the planning and implementation of this exciting project.
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Kind regards</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Judith Hellerstein</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">NARALO Secretary</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Thank you!</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yesim Nazlar</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community</span></p>
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