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Bernhard Heinser: Chief Financial Officer
Arne Kyrkjebø: Treasurer
The DAISY Consortium is a global partnership of organizations committed to the development and promotion of international standards for reading and publishing. It aims to develop an inclusive publishing ecosystem for everybody, including persons with disabilities.
The consortium sets standards for inclusive publishing, develops guidelines and
checklists, and promotes reading systems. Members of the consortium promote inclusive publishing standards such as DAISY and accessible EPUB 3.
The DAISY Consortium is managed by a board made up of representatives from all full member organizations. The consortium is constituted as a not-for-profit association under Swiss law and is governed by the Articles of Association. It has 19 full members, more than 40 associate members, and more than 30 friends. Full and associate members are nonprofit organizations, typically national talking book libraries or national consortia of such libraries. Friends are for-profit organizations, including developers of production and playback hardware or software.
The DAISY Consortium was formed in May 1996 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.
