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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Accessible
Instructional Materials - Commission Participation Invite</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>Good Afternoon,</span></font><font
size=2 color="#003366" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#003366'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
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font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'> </span></font><font size=2
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>Next week, on Thursday and Friday
(February 24 and 25), the U.S. Department of Education's <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Commission on Accessible Instructional
Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities </span></i>will
be meeting and holding a public hearing in conjunction with the LDA
Conference in Jacksonville, FL. This is the first of three such
meetings/hearings; the next two will be in Columbus, OH in early May,
and in July in Seattle in conjunction with the AHEAD
Conference. We'll be sure to provide you with detailed
information about these future meetings when the final arrangements
are available.</span></font><font size=2 color="#003366" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#003366'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'> </span></font><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#003366'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>In the meanwhile if you're not in
the Jacksonville area, you may want to virtually "sit in"
on next week's meeting at your convenience. The meeting will be
available for virtual attendance via <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>ilinc</span></i></b> and text stream.
The following are details that you can use if interested.</span></font><font
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font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>The url for the text stream will
be: </span></font><font size=2 color="#003366" face=Arial><span
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color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>This stream will be in addition to
the <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>ilinc</span></i></b>
PowerPoint and audio presentations referenced below:</span></font><font
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366;font-weight:bold'>Thursday,
February 24 (8:30 AM - 3:30 PM)</span></font></b><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>: </span></font><font size=2
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366;font-style:italic'>Day 1 of the
third meeting of the Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional
Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities</span></font></i><font
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February 24 (4:30 PM - 9:00 PM)</span></font></b><font size=2
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#003366;font-style:italic'>Public Hearing
of the third meeting of the Advisory Commission on Accessible
Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with
Disabilities</span></font></i><font size=2 color="#003366"
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third meeting of the Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
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AHEAD Member, Gaeir Dietrich, and AHEAD is represented on the
Commission by Stephan Hamlin-Smith. AHEAD will be sure to keep
you abreast of important developments regarding the Commission's work
in coming weeks. For more about the work of the Commission
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