Hi Peter, The vote is currently open and thus the proposal has been fixed until the end of the vote. Once the vote has completed and the podling PMC has been formed I will ensure your request is processed.
Thanks for your interest. Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 11 Jun 2011, at 18:49, Peter Korn <peter.k...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Peter Korn, and I've been working on accessibility for the last 20 > years. > > I started that career developing assistive technologies for folks with vision > impairments, and then moved to Sun where I worked on platform accessibility > frameworks. Around 10 years ago I helped start the StarOffice/OpenOffice.org > accessibility effort (and had the pleasure of meeting Malte, with whom I've > worked for a good many years). That's also the time I kicked off the GNOME > accessibility effort. > > I've moved away from writing code on a regular basis, spending more time on > accessibility policy, design, management, and related matters. I am co-chair > of the now-mostly-quiet OASIS ODF accessibility subcommittee, and helped with > the analysis and fixes to the ODF spec. I am Technical Manager of the AEGIS > project [http://www.aegis-project.eu], where we are developing a number of > extensions to OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice for accessibility, including the > successful odt2daisy and odt2braille extensions (for creating digital talking > books for folks with print impairments and embossing braille documents > respectively), and a hopefully-soon-to-be-published extension to support > language learning and writing via the concept-coding framework for folks with > cognitive impairments - among other things. > > I doubt I'll contribute much direct code to the effort, but I look forward to > helping with design decisions that affect accessibility. > > > Regards, > > Peter > > -- > <oracle_sig_logo.gif> > Peter Korn | Accessibility Principal > Phone: +1 650 5069522 > 500 Oracle Parkway | Redwood City, CA 94065 > <green-for-email-sig_0.gif> Oracle is committed to developing practices and > products that help protect the environment
