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From: Don Mauck
Date: Jul 13, 2018 10:08AM

This sounds like a fantastic idea. I'm just catching up with all my emails so I apologize for joining this thread so late.

-----Original Message-----
From: Isabel Holdsworth < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 9:49 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] [EXTERNAL] Regular Web Conferencing Session for Accessibility Professionals?

Hi Rob,

Please let me know if you get a Zoom conference going - I'd definitely like to join.

Cheers, Lynn

On 29/06/2018, Marissa Goldsmith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
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> 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__itaccessibil
>> > > ity.illinois.edu_collaborate_explore&d=DwICAg&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZ
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>> > >
>> > > 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.
>> > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>> > >> On Behalf Of Robert Fentress
>> > >> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 12:03 PM
>> > >> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> > >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [WebAIM] Regular Web Conferencing Session
>> > >> for Accessibility Professionals?
>> > >>
>> > >> Anybody know of a group of accessibility professionals that gets
>> > together
>> > >> regularly using something like Zoom, where they can share
>> > >> designs and bounce ideas off one another? If there isn't
>> > >> something going already, then, if folks think that would be
>> > >> worthwhile, maybe I could set something up with our instance of
>> > >> Zoom. What do you think?
>> > >>
>> > >> Best,
>> > >> Rob
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> *Rob Fentress*
>> > >> *Web Accessibility Solutions Designer* Accessible Technologies
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>> --
>> *Rob Fentress*
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