[Irl-dean] NSAI/AASCC activity

[Joshue O Connor]

Hi Barry,

Yes, this is useful work. I would also be interested.

Cheers

Josh

Dónal Rice wrote:
> Barry,
> I would of course be interested in being involved -  I belive my
> participation has already been volunteered :)
> I think this group would benefit from the involvement of people in academia,
> advocacy and industry.  Standards development work may at times seem like a
> tedious back art. I have found it to be informative work and a good way to
> network and to make a concrete contribution to the ICT domain.  At a recent
> NSAI event, their CEO Maurice Buckley made the point that, although a small
> country, Ireland can have a disproportionate influence to standards
> development work in the EU/international arena.
> So, well worth getting involved...
> 
> Regards,
> Dónal.
> 
> 2008/7/2 Barry McMullin <barry.mcmullin at dcu.ie>:
> 
>> Hi Folks -
>>
>> I think I have mentioned this before, but just a brief reminder
>> that the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has
>> an "Access for All Standards Consultative Committee" (AASCC).
>> The function is to advise NSAI in relation to any standardisation
>> activities (local or international) that involve "access for all"
>> considerations or issues etc.
>>
>> I am currently chairing the ICT "working group" of the
>> committee. I would be delighted to hear from anybody who would
>> like to participate in this working group.  (Unfortunately there
>> is no tangible reward for this - apart from the usual warm glow
>> of volunteering <wink>.) To give you a flavour of what it is
>> about, I'm attaching a copy of a status report submitted to the
>> last AASCC meeting (MS-Word format).
>>
>> Best wishes - Barry.
>>
>> --
>> Barry McMullin, Dublin City University
>>  phone: +353-1-700-5432
>>  web: http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~mcmullin/
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