[Missouri-l] {Disarmed} Fw: [coataccess] COAT news and website updates, as of Fri 11-20-09

[Chip Hailey]

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From: Jenifer Simpson 
To: coataccess at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:40 PM
Subject: [coataccess] COAT news and website updates, as of Fri 11-20-09


  

Welcome new affiliates! Autistic Self Advocacy Network; Houston Deaf Network; Old Dominion Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired; and Washington State Association of the Deaf. We're glad you got your COAT on!



Here are some COAT website updates & related news, as of November 20. Feel free to Add a Comment on the website to any story! 


COAT Meets with Industry on H.R. 3101, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5409

Marlee Matlin Lobbies Congress for HR 3101, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5330
Photo of Marlin Matlin at FCC hearing on broadband at Gallaudet November 6, at http://tiny.cc/mDcmO

COAT Affiliate NAD Urges FCC & Industry to Protect Video Relay Service, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5421

COAT Affiliates Applaud Launch of Google's YouTube Captioning System, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5414

COAT Affiliate APT Launches National Broadband Resource Center, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5417

COAT Affiliate AAPD Learns about Android and Accessibility, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5413

COAT Leader Tells International Telecom Union about HR 3101 & Modernizing Relay Service, includes photo, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5311

LinkedIn Poll Indicates Awareness about Captioning, Less about Video Description, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5405

Verizon Fios and DirecTV Provide Point of Contact Person for TV Captioning Concerns, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5400

City of Fargo North Dakota Must Have Accessible Web Sites under DOJ ADA Settlement, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5389

Deaf Free Lance Journalist Blogs on Rear Window Captioning at Movies, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5403

COAT Now on Facebook, see and add your photos, create and join discussions. Story & instructions on joining the other 21 group members at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5392

SOCIAL MEDIA   Twitter: Follow COAT on Twitter.com using our name "coataccess".  We now have over 415 followers! Let's make it 420 followers soon!



Thank you for your continuing efforts this past week to make accessible communications and video accessibility happen! COAT is a force and we are only just beginning to flex our muscles!  Keep up the good work!

 Jenifer Simpson
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Washington, DC USA
AAPD is a founding and steering committee member of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) More at http:/www.coataccess.org  Follow coataccess on twitter.com

P.S. if you find dead URLs or broken links, bad spelling, or something wrong, please let us know at info at coataccess.org  Thanks!

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