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From: Thompson, Rachel
Date: Apr 6, 2016 8:47AM

Mike,

I think this is an excellent idea. In 2016, if accessibility is not on the
radar of a partner of higher ed institutions, federal govt clients, or
anything technology-focused, it should be. I have experienced fewer and
fewer vendors saying, ³Accessibility? WCAG? What? Never heard of it!² in
the past couple of years, but some still act as if it doesn¹t matter. One
way that can change is if we all ask every partner and vendor to make
accessibility a priority. I have also had luck telling vendors/partners
that institutions are working together and comparing experiences. Our
institution is trying to meet WCAG 2.0 AA, so our vendors and partners
will need to do the same.

I hope you share how this goes with the rest of us.

Rachel

Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
Center for Instructional Technology
The University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
<EMAIL REMOVED> | http://accessibility.ua.edu




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From: Mike Warner < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 9:21 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] should you or should you not tell partners about the
accessibility issues on their sites?

Hi all,

I;d like to float an idea past you all. I was wondering whether I should
email any partners whose websites have tons of accessibility red flags to
tell them about it and why it's important to fix those issues. While our
partners don't represent us, they do mention our company by name when they
list and sell our courses on their sites. Frankly, I'd like to make it a
requirement that any partner sites need to be at least WCAG 2.0 A
complaint. That's not that hard to accomplish by a tech team worth their
salt. What do you guys think? Would it be appropriate for us to require
or even to suggest this?

Thanks,
Mike Warner
Director of IT Services
MindEdge, Inc.