regardless of whether it does no harm, it does no good. Please, Nickus, hold your horses, OK? We all want this to happen.
Slau On Nov 14, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Nickus de Vos wrote: > Slau, as I said I don't think it can do any harm to extend a hand of > friendship to them now. Then they at least know of us and know that we > struggle with some accessibility things. They might just mention us or > something about accessibility to someone at Avid over a lunch meeting > or in passing. This might make Avid realise that the main streem > comunity is aware of us and that they are actually supporting us. In > the future if we need their help, we can still outright ask if they > will be able to help us with perswasive power at Avid, I'm sure they > won't just do it out of their own but they will be willing to help > where they can if asked. > > Slau Halatyn wrote: >> Guys, >> >> Your enthusiasm is great and everybody wants this to happen. Public support >> is a good thing but there's a time and a place to call upon it. It's a card >> you get to play a very limited number of times and now is not the time. It >> might be in the future. I hope not, of course, but we're hopeful that it >> won't be required. I'm not going to belabor the point. Please be patient. >> >> best, >> >> Slau >> >> On Nov 14, 2012, at 6:45 AM, Chris Norman wrote: >> >>> Be it a Pro Tools expert group or the women's institute, in my >>> experience, the more people who know about a thing, even if it >>> directly affects them or not, they still take an interest, and even if >>> 2 people who aren't blind PT users mention the word accessibility in >>> earshot of Avid, that's two more than before. >>> >>> On 14/11/2012, Nickus de Vos <bigboy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi guys >>>> I personally think getting some mainstreem publicity for our cause and >>>> getting the message out there of a blind PT using community can only >>>> be a good thing and if anything can be an advantage. >>>> Slau in the past I mentioned to you that on behalf of us you should >>>> connect and build a relationship with the guys of the pro tools expert >>>> blog but back then you said to me that it's not a good idea because we >>>> already have direct contact with Avid. I still think it's a good idea >>>> to connect with them and let them know of our existance. I'm not >>>> saying ask them to start putting pressure on Avid or anything, but >>>> those guys are really tight with some of the guys working at Avid so >>>> if we need anything in the future, they might be able to help with a >>>> little perswasive power. No one is quite sure of the PT landscape in >>>> the future, the entire mainstreem comunity is unsure of certain things >>>> and we are even more so with aaax accessibility etc. I think if only >>>> for the sake of them knowing about us, it's still a good idea to >>>> extend a friendly hand. >>>> >>>> Brian Casey wrote: >>>>> Haha, it was rather public and very much on the record which caught me off >>>>> gard for one! Good show though!! >>>>> >>>>> Brian >>>>> >>>>> On 11/11/2012, at 3:06 PM, "Slau Halatyn" <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Brian, >>>>>> >>>>>> I did happen to catch those mentions on Pensado's Place but I didn't >>>>>> expect that to go down exactly in that manner. At any rate, it's all >>>>>> good in the end and perhaps even better. More to come :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Slau >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 11, 2012, at 6:39 AM, Brian Casey wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Slau, great stuff, i also noticed two very strong supportive mentions >>>>>>> of the meeting on dave pensados youtube show, i'm sure your more than >>>>>>> aware of that very public and intentional shout out! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Everything you've been telling us about the merrits of your approach >>>>>>> seems to be justified completely, well done, hopefully these meetings >>>>>>> can consolidate a more official and future proof state of affairs. >>>>>>> Brian >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 10/11/2012, at 11:07 PM, "Slau Halatyn" <slauhala...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Forgive the delay but I wanted to update the list on my meeting with >>>>>>>> Avid. I'll offer a more detailed explanation in a few days. For now, >>>>>>>> let me say that the meeting went well and was well attended. Among the >>>>>>>> many changes at Avid, there have been a few changes to key people in >>>>>>>> charge of Pro Tools. I believe, in this case, it happens to work in >>>>>>>> our favor. Again, I'll explain in more detail in a few days. For now, >>>>>>>> I'm waiting for a couple of things to be coordinated before I go into >>>>>>>> detail about the meeting and what we might expect in the near future. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On a side note, I was scheduled to come back from san Francisco on >>>>>>>> Sunday, October 28. Unfortunately, because of Hurricane Sandy, my >>>>>>>> flight was cancelled and thus I was forced to stay in San Francisco an >>>>>>>> extra 4 days. While there are worse places to be stuck, there are also >>>>>>>> cheaper places to be stuck, for sure. I'd like to think it was money >>>>>>>> well spent. Anyway, I've been playing catch-up since then. Things are >>>>>>>> getting back to normal so give me a few more days and I'll share >>>>>>>> more. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Slau >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Take care, >>> >>> Chris Norman. >>> >>> <!-- chris.norm...@googlemail.com -->
