Thank you Judy.

We talked earlier about an EASI Webinar on WAI version 2.  You said OK.
Now we need a date and a couple sentence description.

How about a Thursday at 2 PM Eastern in the last half of August or the 
middle of September????

Norm
At 12:59 PM 7/9/2008, you wrote:
>Dear Norm,
>
>I am so sorry to hear of your loss.
>
>I wanted to thank you, as well, for having such a wonderful working 
>partnership with Dick that you have been able to share it with the whole 
>community and together help move the field of information accessibility 
>ahead by leaps and bounds.
>
>I know a lot of us will be holding you, and Dick's family, in our hearts.
>
>Take care,
>
>- Judy
>
>At 07:48 AM 7/9/2008 -0700, Prof Norm Coombs wrote:
>>Hello EASI friends and colleagues:
>>
>>Please forgive the duplicate postings, but I know you all will want to 
>>know that Dick died yesterday.  This leaves a giant hole in the life of 
>>EASI and in my life as well.  Dick is my best friend.
>>
>>Dick was diagnosed with cancer in early April, if I recall.  Even since 
>>then he had many good days when he was back on the Internet.  These were 
>>among his happiest days the last 3 months as working and helping others 
>>were the things that filled his life with joy.
>>
>>Dick could learn new software like no one I know.  He loved to take its 
>>technical confusions and often opaque manuals and make those technology 
>>items easy for people to understand.  He also had a contagious optimism 
>>and sense of humor.  He was a man of integrity and never was satisfied to 
>>do a mediocre job.
>>
>>God has blessed me to have Dick as a best friend and working buddy.
>>
>>I ask you all to remember his family at this time.
>>
>>You can read about Dick's bout with Cancer at the Care Page from the Mayo 
>>Clinic at:
>>http://www.carepages.com/mayoclinic
>>You will need to register.  After which search for his page.  The name of 
>>the page is DicksJourney and note that is one word with no punctuation 
>>and does have a capital D and a capital J
>>
>>If you want to contact Dick's wife, Carol, the address is:
>>310 Micheels Ln APT 1
>>Menomonie, WI 54751
>>
>>You can also leave a message on the Care Page message Board.
>>
>>Norm Coombs
>>[log in to unmask]
>>I want to thank you all for your support of Dick's and my work.
>
>--
>Judy Brewer    +1.617.258.9741    http://www.w3.org/WAI
>Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G526
>32 Vassar Street
>Cambridge, MA,  02139,  USA

EASI Webinars http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
"What You See Is What You Get" Web Design a 4-part Webinar Series April 8

EASI April Online Month-long, Courses starting April 7:
Accessible Internet Multimedia: Podcasts, Vodcasts and Streaming
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http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASI http://easi.cc
Laguna Hills CA 92653