All profits go to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
4X4 Norwest Deaf Outdoors Club
4X4 Norwest Deaf Outdoors Club News of Novermber 2008:
norwest-deaf-outdoors-club-news-november-2008
Our Local Actor In Major Deaf Film
Guess who?
Check website: www.mosdeux.com
CRTC presentation from VRS Consultative Committee of BC
PowerPoint Presentation: VRS Consultative Committee of BC
Today (Wednesday, November 19) the VRS Consultative Committee presentation team provided a presentation to the Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) on issues of accessibility specifically VRS, consultation (or lack by Telus). The presentation team included: Wayne Sinclair, Susan Masters and Monte Hardy. Attached is the Powerpoint presentation we followed (hopefully you all have powerpoint…if not then we will be scheduling a townhall soon).
The presentation went quite well and we understand that there are four themes that seem to be similar across several presentation including ours.
1. consultative process (telephone companies say they do a good job. Consumers say they do a bad job)
2. national (most say yes)
3. funding model (consumers want national competitive model where deaf have choice of different VRS and IPRS-internet protocol relay service–similar with MRC but with computers)
4. how much (consumers want 24/7/365) and when (now).
These themes were exactly the points we wanted to make with the CRTC. I believe that they heard loud and clear these points. We (the presentation team) felt a little disappointed that the CRTC panel did not ask many questions but it became clear that we were echoing the same message as other presentations.
Thanks to the hard working members of the VRS Consultative Committee of BC including:
Lisa Anderson, Sarah Hrycenko, Cecelia Klassen, Danny Lecours, Margo Pelkey, Robie Schoelfield, Ava Hawkins, Nigel Howard, Susan Masters, Wayne Sinclair and Monte Hardy.
We are hoping to schedule a Community Caucus (townhall meeting) soon so that we can provide you with a summary of the presentation and if there are any further actions resulting from the CRTC hearings.
Thank you Deaf Community of British Columbia.
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crtc-transcript
The attached document is a transcript of the VRS Consultative Committee’s presentation at today’s CRTC panel hearing. This is an alternative format (in WORD document) for those of you who don’t have powerpoint on your computers. If you have any questions please bring them to the townhall meeting that we hope to schedule in the next few weeks.
vrsbc@telus.net
BC Government Website: Videos in ASL
The Personal Support Website is produced by the Government of British Columbia as part of their Disability Strategy in meeting their goal of the ‘best support system for people with disabilities and special needs in British Columbia’. There is many ASL version summaries of various nonprofit services. A significant step forward.
VRS, 911, CC at CRTC Hearing: Live Feed
Hello BC Deaf Community
Update on Video Relay Services in Canada
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is an independent agency responsible for regulating Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications systems.
This week, the CRTC is holding meetings where various organizations and individuals are presenting about accessibility issues for deaf and hard of hearing people for telecommunication (ie. VRS, tty’s, 911 emergency, MRC etc.).
Various presenters today and over the next few days include: Canadian Hearing Society, Jim Roots, Henry Vlug Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, Bell, Telus etc. and the VRS BC Committee
Tomorrow (Wednesday, November 19th), The VRS BC Committee will be presenting (on issues that were brought forward during townhall meetings in the Spring and in the Fall, 2008).
You can click on the CRTC link, and listen to the live feed or access the captioning for these hearings.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/welcome.htm – voice and captioning. You may need to download javascript. You should be able to access the transcripts as well.
(Please note: the times they announce are in Eastern Standard time – you will need subtract 3 hours for B.C. time).
The CRTC hearings will resume on Wed November 19th at: 6:00 am (B.C. Time).
Thank you.
Christmas Dinner in Kelowna
Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf
Christmas Dinner
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
From 6:00pm till 11:00pm
Mamma Shpengi’s Restaurant
4-10058 Hwy 97Winfield, BC
50/50 Draw
adult: $30.00
No Refund
Deadline on Nov 29th, 2008
Bring a gift (10.00 worth)for exchange if you want
For Tickets – Contact:
Deb Perry debperry@shaw.ca
Rosemary Rattray rosemary27@shaw.ca
Carla Yager jctravel@shaw.ca
D-PAN: CNN Interview
Friends,
Great things are happening with D-PAN and we are excited to share some awesome news with you!
On Sunday, November 16th at 4pm Eastern Standard Time, D-PAN will be featured on CNN. The interview took place last week while D-PAN was visiting Atlanta Area School for the Deaf. I gave a presentation to the students about my experience as a deaf person venturing into the music business and how D-PAN was created. CNN interviewed me as well as the students at the school; it was a very rewarding experience. It was exciting to see students show off their dancing skills and be inspired to think about their futures.
Please spread the word to everyone you know about D-PAN being featured on CNN, and we will also be featured on different networks throughout CNN (Headline News and CNN.com)
This is an exciting adventure and we thank you for being part of it!
Thanks,
Sean
—
Sean Forbes
Co-Founder/Artist
www.d-pan.com
Video: AJ Brown and Her Arts (5 minutes)
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TRANSCRIPT:
This is a Solo show
Come see my show! The art work is great!
Thank you
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Ahh, this one, I started…
a friend of mine has a book with animal pictures in this book
this picture I had to paint because because it inspired meÂ
 I noticed a picture of a cute cat
Neat to transfer into a painting
I painted this part with name sludge that means it’s a heavy paint Â
[mystery fingerspelled word!] Â
then after that I covered it with more paint, coloured paint.Â
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 Elizabeth is my art mentorÂ
Something a lot
my cat drinks from the toilet sometimesÂ
My cat is real That’s my cat my cat is funny Â
I got out of the bathtub and my cat drinking from the toilet Â
I took a picture and then transferred that into this paintingÂ
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This one, my friend leanor vlug and I were chatting online one night Â
her cat came down, lay down in front of the fireplace to warm up Â
then later during the conversation leany said her cat looked like it became a lazy melting cat Â
I thought hat was funny a cat I decided to transfer that into a painting
Friendly Remainder: Local Government Election this Saturday
More information for Deaf Vancouver voters:
http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2008/info-voters.htm#deaf