TDI-L eNotes 6-6-03
eBlue Book Update - IMPORTANT
The GA-SK Volume 33-4 - Local Advocacy & 34-1 - Internet Relay
15th Biennial TDI International Conference INFORMATION UPDATE
NCRA Survey "Offer Your Thoughts on CART and Captioning"
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eBlue Book Update - IMPORTANT
TDI's website at www.tdi-online.org
may be down this weekend. As a result,
any e-mails to TDI may bounce back. TDI is making changes to its web
hosting arrangement in preparation for the upcoming website overhaul and
eBlue Book. We will do our best to minimize the disruption to our members
and subscribers and be back to full service as soon as possible.
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The GA-SK News Magazine
You should have received the GA-SK (Volume 33 Issue 4) on Local Advocates by
now. You will be receiving the next GA-SK (Volume 34 Issue 1) anytime now.
In this issue, we focus on Internet Relay or IP-Relay and provide updated
conference information.
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UPDATED CONFERENCE INFORMATION -
NOTE: www.tdi-online.org
may be temporarily down when you visit. If you
cannot access our website, try again in a few hours. We hope to be back
online Monday.
15th Biennial TDI International Conference to Be Held at the Green Valley
Ranch Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada July 14-16, 2003
"Beating the Odds with Communications Access"
TDI (Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.) announces the selection of Las
Vegas, Nevada, as the site for the 15th Biennial TDI International
Conference and Expo, which will be held at the Green Valley Ranch Resort &
Spa on July 14 - 16, 2003. For more information, go to www.tdi-online.org
and click on the Conference Logo.
On the conference introductory page, you will find links to the following
forms:
- Conference Registration*
- Hotel Registration for Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa**
- Call for Presentations
- Call for Exhibits
- Show Your Hand and Win Sponsorship Opportunities
*Note: Online credit card payment has not been implemented yet. You
will
need to print and then mail or fax the completed forms to TDI with payment.
Online payment will be a feature of the upcoming TDI website overhaul.
**Note: Hotel Room availability at the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa
will not be guaranteed after June 12, 2003. As long as rooms are
available,
the special TDI Conference rate of $89.00 per night will be honored.
NOTES:
- If you have not made your flight reservations, NOW is the time to do it.
- Conference Registration begins on Sunday afternoon and continues each day
until Wednesday.
- Exhibits ARE open to the public - Conference registration not required,
but non-Conference attendees will need to sign in.
NEW CONFERENCE PROGRAM INFORMATION - Confirmations as of today.
Conference program schedule subject to change.
Monday, July 14
Plenary Sessions:
- K. Dane Snowden, Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC -
Greetings from FCC Chairman Powell
- Wireless Technology Access - Dr. Judy Harkins & Cary Barbin, Technology
Access Program, Gallaudet Univ. & Industry representatives
- Current Efforts of the Disability Rights Office at FCC - Tom Chandler,
Chief, Disability Rights Office, FCC
- Catching Up To The Future: Charting Your Own Courses - Dr. Gregg
Vanderheiden, Univ. of WI Trace Center)
Workshops:
- Technology Access For All (Sections 508 & 255) - Tim Creagan, Director of
Consumer Training-ITTATC
- Evolution of IP-Relay - Jerry Nelson, Senior Manager, MCI Global Relay
- Homeland Security Issues & Information Dissemination - Cheryl Heppner, No.
Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Tuesday, July 15
Plenary Sessions:
- Telecommunications and Media Professionals Breakfast - Dr. Bobbie Beth
Scoggins, Exec. Dir., KY Comm. f/t Deaf & Hard of Hearing
- Accessibility on the Internet - Present and Future - Judy Brewer, Dir.,
Web Accessibility Initiative, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Takes Deaf People's
Accessibility Needs Into Account - Moderator: Andrea J. Saks
(Advisor to
U.S. Department of State on accessibility for ITU-T Telecommunications
Standards) - Panelists: Dick Brandt (retired), Paul E. Jones (Cisco
Systems), Michael J. Day (British Telecom), George Skorkowski (DSPG) & Dr.
Judy Harkins (Gallaudet University)
Workshops:
- Movie Captioning - Cheryl Heppner, Jim House and Nancy Bloch
- Town Hall on Advocacy - Interactive Session Addressing Telecommunications
Problems - Karen Peltz-Strauss, Gallaudet University
- AT&T Relay Service Presents "What's New" - Sue Decker, General
Manager,
AT&T Relay Service
- Captioning Access on the Internet - Linda Idoni, Dir. of West Coast
Operations for Media Access Group at WGBH
- 911 Access: Continuing with TTY & Expanding with Other Technologies
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Donna Platt (CSCDHH, Seattle), Toni Dunne (Positron), & Robert Mather (U.S.
Dept. of Justice)
Wednesday, July 16
Plenary Sessions:
- Video Relay Services - Jerry Nelson (MCI Global Relay), Jon Hodson
(Sorenson Media), Patti Bannier (Hamilton & Birnbaum Interpreting Services),
and Diana McKittrick (Communication Access Center)
- Internet Protocol Relay - Dixie Ziegler (Hamilton), Mark Tauscher
(Sprint), Alana Beal (MCI WorldCom), and Sue Decker (AT&T)
- Captioned Telephone (CapTel) - Robert Engelke and Pam Holmes, Ultratec
- Keynote Address (Cross-Disability Collaboration) Andrew Imparato,
President, American Association of People with Disabilities
Workshops:
- TV Captioning - Jay Wyant (consumer), Mark Turits (CBS), Jeff Hutchins
(retired from VITAC) & Debbie Schuster (CCS)
- Hamilton Relay Service, Your Winning Hand - Billy Mauldin & Michael
Zeledon
- Pagers and Their Impact on Deaf Community and the Hard of Hearing
Population - Robert Rademacher, and Anne Girard, GoAmerica
- Two Up from Down Under - The Latest in Australian Relay, - Amanda Grace
and Tracey Annear (Australian Communication Exchange)
- Experiencing a "Full House" of Internet Relay - Mark Tauscher,
Account Man
ager, Sprint Relay
ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES
Except for the Golf Outing on Sunday afternoon, TDI is not sponsoring any
evening entertainment activities for this conference. However, we are
providing some suggestions for your own activities at nearby Las Vegas
attractions. All arrangements are your responsibility.
- Golf Outing at the Revere Golf Club, Henderson, NV Sunday afternoon.
- Siegfried & Roy: Sunday July 13 - Tuesday July 15, 7:30 PM
$105.50/person. Order tickets on your own 702-791-7111 or www.mirage.com
- BlueMan Group: Sunday July 13 - Tuesday July 15, 7:00 PM and Monday July
14, 10:00 PM Luxor Theater $87.45 per person. Order tickets on your own
800-557-7428, 702-262-4400 or www.blueman.com
- For more entertainment activities in and around Las Vegas, go to
www.onlylasvegas.com
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jimhouse@tdi-online.org
Jim House, Director
Member Services & Public Relations
TDI
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