Begin forwarded message: From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Fwd: [UACCESS-L] May 9 Global Accessibility Awareness Day Date: May 5, 2012 10:55:22 AM EDT To: davidp ipod <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> Begin forwarded message: From: "Jennison Mark Asuncion" <asuncion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [UACCESS-L] Re: May 9 Global Accessibility Awareness Day Date: May 5, 2012 9:36:52 AM EDT To: athen-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, easi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, uaccess-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hello, If you would like to help promote Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 9, you can send an e-mail to gaadpromo at gmail.com. You will be sent text you can share. Thanks, Jennison > Over the last couple of weeks, some of you on Twitter and LinkedIn may > have seen reference to the first Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May > 9. This grassroots effort has been driven by a blog post by a Los > Angeles-based dev, Joe Devon > http://mysqltalk.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/challenge-accessibility-know-how-needs-to-go-mainstream-with-developers-now/ > which I happened upon by pure luck. I was excited by the idea and > potential because it fully supports the notion of reaching beyond the > converted (i.e., to the balance of the design, development, and related > IT communities). Think of it as a large accessibility “un”event in keeping > with the camp/unconference movement that many of you know me as the poster > guy for. > > Fast-forward and at this point, there are two free public events > confirmed, one in Los Angeles featuring Yahoo!’s Todd Kloots and Victor > Tsaran http://www.meetup.com/LA-UPA/events/62248512 and a more modest one > in Toronto hosted by myself http://www.mysqltalk.com/gaadtoronto.htm, with > a few other events still in the works. The ultimate goal is to > raise awareness and begin digital accessibility conversations of all > kinds. > > An official website will go up next week, which will include ideas on how > everyone can participate (e.g., unplug your mouse for an hour and use your > computer and blog about your experience). For now, there is info at > http://www.facebook.com/globalaccessibilityawarenessday. > > While I know all too well that May 9 is just around the corner, if anyone > here has the time, and is willing and able to organize some sort of intro > to accessibility talk, demo of adaptive technology/mobile/other > accessibility, or other digital accessibility awareness building event in > your community/at work/school, get in touch with me via > globala11yawarenessday at gmail.com so it can be included and promoted. It > doesn’t have to be formal or large. Your target are designers, developers, > IT decision-makers, and others who are most likely not members of this > e-mail list. > > Jennison > > -- > Jennison Mark Asuncion > Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org > LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison > Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jennison > Accessibility Camp Toronto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeP5Kl4GDgA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > UACCESS-L mailing list > UACCESS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://trace.wisc.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/uaccess-l > -- Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jennison Accessibility Camp Toronto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeP5Kl4GDgA _______________________________________________ UACCESS-L mailing list UACCESS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://trace.wisc.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/uaccess-l -- Jonnie Appleseed with his Hands-On Technolog(eye)s reducing technology's disabilities one byte at a time -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At A Time ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx