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href="https://www.etsi.org/standards#page=1&search=web%20accessibility&title=1&etsiNumber=1&content=1&version=0&onApproval=1&published=1&historical=1&startDate=1988-01-15&endDate=2019-10-09&harmonized=0&keyword=&TB=&stdType=&frequency=&mandate=&collection=&sort=1">https://www.etsi.org/standards#page=1&search=web%20accessibility&title=1&etsiNumber=1&content=1&version=0&onApproval=1&published=1&historical=1&startDate=1988-01-15&endDate=2019-10-09&harmonized=0&keyword=&TB=&stdType=&frequency=&mandate=&collection=&sort=1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Howard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ttf [mailto:ttf-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jahangir Hossain<br><b>Sent:</b> 09 October 2019 05:36<br><b>To:</b> Glenn McKnight; Technology Taskforce WG; Judith Hellerstein<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [technology taskforce] Web Accessibility Victory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks for sharing this information .<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regards, Jahangir</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 9:44 PM Glenn McKnight <<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the Ebook version of the Egovernment survey<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/lmvk/" target="_blank">http://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/lmvk/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Glenn McKnight<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>NARALO Secretariat until Nov 2, 2019<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ICANN NOMCOM 2019-2021<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Curator for Internet Governance Hub Blog<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=0837cf0d-55abce6d-08364442-0cc47a31307c-38c567341e3fb479&u=http://www.internetgovernancehub.blog/" target="_blank">www.internetgovernancehub.blog </a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=fbd45e90-a6485ff0-fbd5d5df-0cc47a31307c-dd6361fa7f96ac72&u=http://toronto.ieee.ca/" target="_blank">http://toronto.ieee.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>IEEE Toronto SIGHT Chair <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:glenn.mcknight@ieee.org" target="_blank">glenn.mcknight@ieee.org</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>289-830 6259<br>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div id="gmail-m_904727359956658825DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#41424E'>Virus-free. <a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avg.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 1:12 AM Raymond Mamattah <<a href="mailto:mamattah.raymond@gmail.com" target="_blank">mamattah.raymond@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That’s a good Judith,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have been a volunteer for the UN e-governance survey and accessibility of websites by the disabled was one of the things looked out for. Past results of the survey can be found in this url:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2018" target="_blank">https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2018</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>From this I’m sure disabled accessibility is a requirement, hence this is a good ruling.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Raymond Mamattah <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Accra-Ghana<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 at 1:51 AM, Judith Hellerstein <<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" target="_blank">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Hi All,<br><br>Just saw this on Facebook. The US Supreme Court refused to opine on a ruling <br>letting the past ruling by the lower courts stand. That ruling found against <br>Dominoes because its website was not accessible. 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