Re: FW: EPUBcheck at IBM and how is it going?

Karen has contacted IBM's AC Rep.

On 2020-02-01 11:59 AM, kerscher@montana.com wrote:
> Dear Steering Committee,
> 
> I have not yet heard back from Mary  Jo’s manager, Si McAleer. I was 
> wondering if perhaps we should contact IBM’s AC rep to see if she/he 
> would help our cause? Does anybody know the IBM AC rep? I do not have an 
> email for Si McAleer either.
> 
> It is very difficult getting to the right person in a company.
> 
> Best
> 
> George
> 
> *From:* Mary Jo Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 24, 2020 12:57 PM
> *To:* kerscher@montana.com
> *Cc:* Rich Schwerdtfeger <richschwer@gmail.com>
> *Subject:* RE: EPUBcheck at IBM and how is it going?
> 
> Hi George,
> 
> I'm passing this along to my manager, Si McAleer who handles such requests.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mary Jo
> _____________________________________________
> *Mary Jo Mueller*
> Accessibility Standards Program Manager
> IBM Accessibility Research, Austin, TX
> Phone: 512-286-9698 | Tie-line: 363-9698
> 
> 	
> 
> "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and 
> become more, you are a leader." /~John Quincy Adams/
> 
> Inactive hide details for Rich Schwerdtfeger ---01/24/2020 03:56:57 
> AM---Hi George, Great to hear from you. All is well. We havRich 
> Schwerdtfeger ---01/24/2020 03:56:57 AM---Hi George, Great to hear from 
> you. All is well. We have dove in Maui and it will be a bit cool this
> 
> From: Rich Schwerdtfeger <richschwer@gmail.com 
> <mailto:richschwer@gmail.com>>
> To: kerscher@montana.com <mailto:kerscher@montana.com>
> Cc: Mary Jo Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com <mailto:maryjom@us.ibm.com>>
> Date: 01/24/2020 03:56 AM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: EPUBcheck at IBM and how is it going?
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi George,
> 
> Great to hear from you. All is well. We have dove in Maui and it will be 
> a bit cool this time of year. :-)
> 
> I led the adoption of ePub as a document format used by IBM so I am glad 
> to see W3C running an open source checker project.
> 
> I have been retired from IBM now for 3 years and am not familiar with 
> their management infrastructure but the person who may have the best 
> shot at helping you is Mary Jo Mueller. I put her on cc.
> 
> All the best,
> Rich
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 23, 2020, at 11:12 PM, kerscher@montana.com 
> <mailto:kerscher@montana.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Rich,
> 
> Hope all is going well; I just spent 12 days in Maui!!! No diving, but 
> still interested in that; I suspect my wife might have something to say 
> about that.
> 
> 
> Sorry to bother you about IBM stuff, but we at the W3C are fund raising 
> for support for the continued development of EPUBCheck. We have raised over
> $100k , and we have not heard from IBM. I sent the request to Phil 
> Jenkins, and he responded once , but nothing since. I did ping him 
> several more times.
> 
> The bottom line is that if IBM would donate something/anything to the 
> effort. I have been promoting the use of EPUB by business and having IBM 
> do something would be great. Apple, Google VitalSource, and many others 
> have contributed a lot.
> 
> If you could point me to anybody, or make an introduction, that would be 
> great. Here is the essence of what I sent to Phil:
> 
> Publishing at the W3C is running an open source project to develop and 
> maintain EPUBCheck. I believe IBM requires their EPUB files to pass 
> EPUBCheck before they are broadly distributed.
> 
> IBM was one of the companies who adopted EPUB 3 as their format for 
> distribution of publications, and we have applauded that decision!
> 
> Because IBM depends on this software, it would be wonderful if IBM 
> donated to this open source activity that the whole publishing ecosystem 
> is using. I understand that it might be difficult to make donations, so 
> we could provide an invoice, if that would help. We would need the name, 
> email, and the amount IBM wanted to be invoiced for.
> 
> See the details at:
> 
> https://www.w3.org/publishing/epubcheck_fundraising
> 
> Please let me know if I can answer any questions.
> 
> Best
> George
> George Kerscher Ph.D.
> -In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
> Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium
> http://www.daisy.org
> Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech
> http://www.benetech.org
> President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
> http://www.idpf.org
> Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS)
> http://www.imls.gov
> Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of 
> the W3C
> http://www.w3c.org/wai
> Phone: +1 406/549-4687
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> Email: kerscher@montana.com <mailto:kerscher@montana.com>
>

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