CRTC VRS Hearing

Information in ASL about the CRTC VRS Hearing - Transcript as follows: NIGEL: • Amazingly, thanks to the 3376 people who submitted to the CRTC in few different ways -- online letters, faxes, or videos in ASL or LSQ between March 27 and May 27, 2013, the CRTC now KNOWS on record that you WANT VRS in CANADA! INote/FYI - this does not include many people who submitted documents of multiple signatures like petitions! • Now, the CRTC still needs to figure out how the industry will be set up to make decisions. • As you know, it was announced by the CRTC that they will have a VRS Hearing October 21 -- October 25, 2013, at their headquarters in Gatineau, Quebec, The VRS Hearing begins on October 21, 2013 at 9:00am. and if all goes well, it will finish at 5:00pm. on Friday October 25, 2013. • The VRS Hearing is in connection to: CRTC 2013 -- 155 which is Issues related to the feasibility of establishing a video relay service. You can search the CRTC website using the numbers 2013-155 for more information. • The Agenda for this VRS Hearing can be seen at this link: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/Telecom/eng/HEARINGS/2013/ag21_10.htm • Around September 19, CRTC formally invited 30 different individuals, organizations or telecommunication service providers (TSPs). • Examples of organizations that can appear before the Commissioners include: BCVRS, AAD, CAD, CHS, OVRSC, SIVET. • This is a very exciting time for the Deaf Community in Canada for all these organizations and individuals to make live or video presentations, make their voice heard.... [Title slide: "How can the public participate in the proceedings?] LISA: In person - If you have money and the resources and want to go in person, the room will fit up to 200 people in person, at the CRTC Conference Centre, Hearing Room: Outaouais, Portage IV 140, Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec. If you can't be there in person, don't worry, you can still follow what's happening in different ways! • On Twitter, follow @CRTCHearings(English) or @CRTCaudiences(French) -- they will have the proceedings via live tweets with links you can open and view attachments or links. @BCVRS will RT - Retweet their messages when possible. There will be Live streaming from the CRTC website in two ways: • Audio recordings • Video recordings The information about the Live Audio & Video streaming will be available on the CRTC website. Transcripts will also be available. It will all be public record for everyone to see and read. At this time the CRTC hasn't determined what the web link will be, but when the information is available, we will announce it on our website bcvrs.ca DAILY REPORTS • PLUS more good news! BCVRS Communications plans to team up with VOLUNTEERS from the grassroots community such as members from the OVRSC, to report on daily updates and interview the participants attending in person, at the Hearing, both Deaf and hearing. [Title slide: "Hearing finished on October 25th, that's all finished?"] NIGEL: No, after the 1 week of hearings, the public and all the people who participated by submitting comments have a chance to give feedback, and comments at the CRTC 30 days after the hearing. Deadline is November 15th for your final comments. If you have any questions about the hearing itself, please e-mail to: [email protected] If you want to view all the records from the public & the hearing re: 2013-155 Issues related to the feasibility of establishing a video relay service, please go to crtc.gc.ca and type in the search box, 2013-155 and it will lead you to the right page with the resources.