The date given-- 29th December-- is for US time zones. For us in Oz, the meeting will be on the 30th-- morning or early afternoon, depending on your time zone. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV WORLDWIDE TOWN MEETING: UTILIZING COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET TO ENABLE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: LIVE WEBCAST ON THE ABLE CHANNEL http://www.tvontheweb.com December 16, 1998 – Reston, VA: The ABLE Channel on the TV onthe WEBsm Network will debut with a LIVE Town Hall Meeting on issues concerning Disabilities, entitled: "Utilizing Computers and the Internet to Enable Persons with Disabilities". The webcast and interactive chat will take place on Tuesday, December 29th at 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM ET. Go to http://www.tvontheweb.com and click the link for the ABLE webcast to view the program and interact with the panelists via live chat. We will also be accepting phone calls at: 800-966-6689. Topics of discussion will include: the latest Microsoft technology for visual and hearing impaired, as well as the physically challenged. Our guest panelists (to date) include: - Lawrence A. Scadden, Ph.D., Sr. Program Dir., Program for Persons w/ Disabilities, National Science Foundation - Jeffrey D. Pledger, President, Able Channel Mr. Pledger currently works as a Sr. System Specialist for Bell Atlantic Federal Integrated Solutions, INC. Mr. Pledger is blind. - Berry A. Cuffee, Vice-President of Operations, Able Channel Mr. Cuffee is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, as well as on film and television. He is the founder and Executive Director of the C4 Foundation, Inc. a 501-C3 organization, Berry is a C4 quadriplegic. - Marcie Roth, Director of Govt. Affairs & Public Policy, TASH . Viewers on the web will be able to speak and comment to the Panelists via the telephone, email or live chat lines. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Ria Strong * It is better * * Melbourne, Australia * to light a candle, * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than curse the darkness. * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* end ============== Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html The Year 2000 Bug - An Urgent Sustainability Issue http://www.peg.apc.org/~psutton/grin-y2k.htm
