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    <p><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">Dear All,</span></p>
    <p><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">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>
      </span></p>
    <p><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">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">At-Large Staff</a> by <b>January
          1 or as soon as possible</b></span><span style="color:#1F497D"
        lang="EN-US">
      </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span>
    </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">As agreed to in part 1 of the pilot, the
        implementation of this project will be structured as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
      <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
          lang="EN-US">Three calls to include captioning each month for
          a total of <b>6 teleconferences, not exceeding 60 minutes per
            call </b>(with the exception of the ALAC Monthly Meeting)</span><span
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
      <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
          lang="EN-US">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:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
          lang="EN-US">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:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
          lang="EN-US">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>
        </span></li>
      <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
          lang="EN-US">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"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
    </ul>
    <span
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      lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
          lang="EN-US">Criteria for Captioning</span></u><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">1) Are there persons with disabilities or with
        limited bandwidth participating?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">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"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">3) Are the meetings or discussions about accessible
        tools or software?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
      <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
          lang="EN-US">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"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
    </ul>
    <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
      <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
          lang="EN-US">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"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
    </ul>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">See further details Wiki:
        <span style="color:#1F497D"><a
href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Project">https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Project+II</a></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">Thank you for your support in the planning and
        implementation of this exciting project.
      </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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        lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">Kind regards</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif"
        lang="EN-US">Judith Hellerstein</span></p>
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Hellerstein &amp; Associates
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Phone: (202) 362-5139  Skype ID: judithhellerstein
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