Re: [office-accessibility] Fw: please help me get posting rights Fwd:failure notice

[Peter Korn <Peter.Korn@Sun.COM>]

Hi Nathaniel, David,

Speaking for Mike, I'm guessing that Myra is Myra Berloff, Director of 
the Massachusetts Office on Disability.  She joined our 2 hour ODF 
Accessibility presentation at CSUN last March.


Peter
>
> David Clark is still having trouble posting to this list.  I'll be 
> working on it, but meanwhile....  who is Myra, he asks?  -- Nathaniel
>
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> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:02:54 -0400
> From: "David Clark" < _david.clark@umb.edu_ <mailto:david.clark@umb.edu>>
> Sender: _dmclarkici@gmail.com_ <mailto:dmclarkici@gmail.com>
> To: _mpaciello@paciellogroup.com_ <mailto:mpaciello@paciellogroup.com>
> Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Altruism or...
> Cc: _Peter.Korn@sun.com_ <mailto:Peter.Korn@sun.com>, 
> _office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org _ 
> <mailto:office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org>
> In-Reply-To: <02bd01c690c6$17ee10c0$6602a8c0@Sherlock>
>
> who is myra?
>
> On 6/15/06, mike paciello <_mpaciello@paciellogroup.com_ 
> <mailto:mpaciello@paciellogroup.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Touche without the accent ;-)
> >
> > I just found it a little ironic that MS came up with all the money
> > specifically for the State of Mass in light of this years ODF
> > decision....Might be worth contacting Myra to see if she can influence
> > some
> > of the curriculm to include accessibility for young developers...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: _Peter.Korn@Sun.COM_ <mailto:Peter.Korn@Sun.COM> [mailto:_ 
> Peter.Korn@Sun.COM_ <mailto:Peter.Korn@Sun.COM>]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:44 PM
> > To: _mpaciello@paciellogroup.com_ <mailto:mpaciello@paciellogroup.com>
> > Cc: _office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org_ 
> <mailto:office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org>
> > Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Altruism or...
> >
> > Hi Mike,
> > > Now...if ODF could come up with $50 million..
> > >
> >
> > Oh, you mean like:
> >
> > 
> _http://www.betanews.com/article/Sun_Donates_StarOffice_to_NonProfits/1118687_
> > 222
> > and _http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS8090756097.html_ and
> > 
> _http://www.giftsinkind.org/news/releases/news_2005_p2pnet_june13.asp_ and
> > _http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-05/sunflash.20040506.1.xml_
> > and
> > _http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-08/sunflash.20020828.1.xml_
> > and 
> _http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-09/sunflash.20020917.1.xml 
> _ 
> <http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-09/sunflash.20020917.1.xml>??
> >
> > I think with the last one we value the donation at $6 billion...
> >
> >
> > Peter
> > >
> > > MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE GRANT FROM MICROSOFT Microsoft has
> > > announced a donation of as much as $30 million in software to high
> > > school and college students in Massachusetts. The software package
> > > will include software-writing and Web-development tools and is valued
> > > at about $800 per high school student and $2,400 per college student.
> > > The software will be offered to all public high schools and colleges
> > > in the state; the total amount of the donation will depend on how many
> > > of the state's students participate in the program. Massachusetts has
> > > about 300,000 high school and 125,000 college students. Nate
> > > Mackinnon, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Education,
> > > said the donation could help minimize a growing gap in science 
> between
> > > U.S. and international students by seeding an interest in 
> technology in
> > high school and being able to foster those skills in college.
> > > Associated Press, 13 June 2006
> > > _http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=_
> > > 
> <_http://www.educause.edu/email/edupage/ep061406/track.asp?id=story_1_>
> > > 5026245
> > > 
> <_http://www.educause.edu/email/edupage/ep061406/track.asp?id=story_1_>
> > >
>
> --
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