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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: Charles Krugman
Date: Apr 13, 2016 8:37AM

as a user I think it is definitely appropriate to let them know. Many times
they may not be aware of accessibility issues unless they are brought to
their attention. I regularly contact sites of organizations and companies to
let them know about issues that I encounter as a screen reader user. As a
consumer if they don't take it seriously and resolve the issue I then take
my business elsewhere.
Chuck Krugman, MSW paralegal/consultant
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Warner
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 7:21 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
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.