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Re: [EXTERNAL] Regular Web Conferencing Session for Accessibility Professionals?

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From: Marissa Goldsmith
Date: Jun 29, 2018 8:45AM

There is a Accessibility Channel in the WordPress Slack that does bug
scrubbing, I think every Monday morning. While it's not a "bounce ideas"
kind of meeting, I always find it interesting to read through.

Marissa

Marissa Goldsmith
www.marissagoldsmith.com
571-354-7746
@mjgoldsmith


On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Robert Fentress < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks for the info on the University of Illinois meeting, Greg! If you
> have expressed an interest in a meeting using our Zoom instance, I'll be
> reaching out to you privately to try to arrange an initial meeting to
> figure out how to go about it exactly.
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 1:08 AM, Mohith BP < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Hi Rob,
> >
> > It will be interesting to start one with Zoom.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Mohith B. P.
> >
> > On 6/28/18, Greg Jellin < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > > Hi Rob,
> > >
> > > There is a great monthly meeting (2nd Tuesday) of accessibility peeps
> > > taking place at the University of Illinois. They have it on site, but
> > they
> > > have a call in number for those of us calling in remotely. I think they
> > > also have a Skype for Business option, but I don't have access to that.
> > We
> > > cover different topics each month and there are a lot of really smart
> and
> > > informed folks in there.
> > >
> > > You can find more information on their site at:
> > > https://itaccessibility.illinois.edu/collaborate/explore
> > >
> > > It would be great to have more of this type of thing so I'd be
> interested
> > > in participating if you set up group.
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
> > > Greg Jellin
> > > Web Accessibility Specialist
> > > Web & Digital Communications
> > >
> > > University of San Francisco
> > > <EMAIL REMOVED> | usfca.edu
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Tim Harshbarger <
> > > <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Personally, I think that would be fun and interesting. Looking at
> > >> designs
> > >> and trying to figure out how many different ways there might be to
> make
> > >> it
> > >> accessible and figuring out what approach might be optimal is
> something
> > I
> > >> enjoy doing quite a lot.
> > >>