[Athen] Statewide accessibility training center

[Ron]

Its been a long time, so I stand corrected. :-)
On Jul 11, 2014 8:28 PM, "Gaeir Dietrich" <gdietrich at htctu.net> wrote:


> Happy to talk to you about it, Wink.

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> (And, just FYI, Sean only “predated” me at the HTCTU by a couple of

> months. ;-)

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> Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich

> 408-996-6047 or 408-996-4636

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Ron

> *Sent:* Friday, July 04, 2014 4:03 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Statewide accessibility training center

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> James Bailey would be a good person to talk to he was working in the area

> at the time and also knew Carl Brown. Also perhaps Sean Keegan. His time at

> the HTCTU predates Gaeir's.

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> The Tech Act projects were designed to just this thing, but where never

> adequately funded. There are also some good models in the K-12 system but

> they are K-12 only.

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> The funding challenge is going to be what target population will you

> serve, if it is all then you are going to have to figure out the political

> conflicts and the conflicts inherent in the various laws that govern public

> funding streams. Private public partnership would be the way to go in my

> mind.

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> Interesting concept, one many have tried, including me within the

> educational space. Let's keep the conversation going.

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> Ron Stewart

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> On Thursday, July 3, 2014, Wink Harner <foreigntype at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Wouldn't that be wonderful! I'm sure Gaier can share how the High Tech

> center came into being. It's highly probable "we" (in the field) could

> write/apply for a grant to get it started.

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> Wink

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> Wink Harner

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> Wink

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> Wink Harner

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