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Re: should you or should you not tell partners about the accessibility issues on their sites?

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From: Thad C
Date: Apr 6, 2016 9:16AM

Hi Mike,
I would suggest that you also work with your internal department in charge
of managing contracts with third-party vendors to get accessibility as a
requirement in future contractual agreements.
Best
On Apr 6, 2016 7:21 AM, "Mike Warner" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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.
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