application to join group

Hi all,

This is my application to join gl.  Here's the req'd info:

Given Name:Leonard R.
Family Name: kasday
Email Address:kasday@acm.org
Office Telephone Number:215 204 2247
Employer / Organization: Institute on Disabilities/UAP at Temple Univ.
Indicate whether your organization is a W3C Member: no
Area of interest: (Non W3C members please state area of expertise)
[ x] develop Web content on a regular basis,
[ x] work with people with disabilities who use the Web,
[ ] have a disability and regularly use the Web,
[ x] instruct people on developing Web content,
[x ]or have general usability, development, or accessibility knowledge
[ x] I have read the WC Guidelines Working Group Charter and agree to the 
participation criteria therein (please indicate the revision date of the 
charter, e.g., 2000/01/21).

Intellectual Property Rights (check one):
[ x] To the best of my knowledge, I believe my organization does not have 
any IPR claims regarding guidelines for the accessibility of Web content.
[ ] To the best of my knowledge, I believe my organization has the 
following IPR claims regarding guidelines for the accessibility of Web 
content. (Please specify)

Note. The 11 November 1999 Process Document also asks that any IPR claims 
known to the future participant to be pertinent to the Working Group's work 
be sent to patent-issues@w3.org in addition to the request to join.

There is patent known to me (I'm the inventor but the the rights are held 
by AT&T,  my previous employer).   I've previously posted this on the voice 
browser list 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-voice/2000JulSep/0015.html and 
patent-issues list 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/patent-issues/2000JulSep/0011.html. 
The patent description highlights a method to audibly scan HTML documents, 
and the patent claims address broader applications.  I don't know if this 
fits the "pertinent" criterion but I'm disclosing to be on the safe side.

--
Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D.
Institute on Disabilities/UAP and Dept. of Electrical Engineering at Temple 
University
(215) 204-2247 (voice)                 (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday         mailto:kasday@acm.org

Chair, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Evaluation and Repair Tools Group
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/

The WAVE web page accessibility evaluation assistant: 
http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/