New email lists for blind computer professionals

[John G. Heim]

Well, the scope isn't really that narrow. The 4 main functions are about the 
same as they were after the first month of discussion.

1. Provide a community for blind technology professionals to help each other 
with technical problems. This is done via email lists and a wiki See 
http://wiki.iavit.org.
2. Work with technology providers  to make them aware of accessibility 
problems and help with solutions where ever ppossible.
3. Help educate employers on the capabilities of blind computer 
professionals.
4. Promote Information Technology as a career for blind people. This is to 
be done by providing information on jobs and job searches. We hope someday 
to be  able to offer scholarships and technology grants to blind computer 
professionals.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita at gmail.com>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: New email lists for blind computer professionals


> What's the scope of the association finally?
>
> Still that narrow scope to only convince the hardware manufacturers to 
> create accessible BIOSs and other hardware things?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John G. Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 9:35 PM
> Subject: New email lists for blind computer professionals
>
>
>>I would like to let everyone know that the International Association of
>> Visually Impaired Technologists has two email lists for blind and 
>> visually
>> impaired computer professionals. There is a talk list for discussing 
>> general
>> and  technical issues. To subscribe, send a message to
>> talk-subscribe at iavit.org or point a browser to
>> http://lists.iavit.org/listinfo.cgi/talk-iavit.org
>>
>> There is also an announce list for news about the International 
>> Association
>> of Visually Impaired Technologis.  To subscribe, send a message to
>> announce-subscribe at iavit.org or point a browser to
>> http://lists.iavit.org/listinfo.cgi/announce-iavit.org
>>
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