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Re: Questions about the International Association ofAccessibility Professionals (IAAP)

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From: Léonie Watson
Date: May 10, 2014 8:28AM

John Foliot wrote:
"At the risk of sounding negative, I read three action items there:
networking, education, certification (where education and certification seem
to be intrinsically linked), so, outside of a committee working on
networking, and one on education and certification, what other committees
and task forces could you envision for this association? (It seems that
currently the scope of this organization is relatively small and focused -
certification and education.)"

My understanding is that IAAP members will be able to create communities
that focus on specific topics, should they wish. I'm not sure of the finer
points of how you'd go about doing that right now, but the connections area
of the IAAP site will facilitate this (when it goes live) with resources
like homepage, wiki, email list etc.

I don't think we should be looking at the IAAP board to suggest which
communities are set up under the IAAP umbrella. I'd be much happier if those
ideas came from the grassroots of the industry.

Léonie.

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