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From: Amanda J. Rush
Date: Oct 10, 2018 8:27PM

As someone who has worked with Rian pretty much since the beginning of
the team, I can tell you that her staying would have helped no one. Rian
was one of the most diplomatic, and hard-working, members of the team.
And while the whole team isn't resigning, we are definitely going to
meet to figure out what to do because the mixed signals at best we've
gotten from leadership of the project is not good and we cannot continue
to fix and remediate accessibility issues with Gutenberg and continue to
fix and remediate the rest of WordPress. It pains me greatly to say all
of this. I have spent the last eight years of my life contributing as
much as my free time would permit to WordPress, and I have spent my
entire lifetime as a WordPress user evangelizing it to other people with
disabilities. This entire Gutenberg project has been nothing but a
source of heartache, sadness, anger and betrayal for me. I realize that
none of this is probably rational but it's just the way it is.


Amanda



On 10/10/2018 4:22 AM, Srinivasu Chakravarthula wrote:
> Yes, current editor may be available as a plug-in at least for some time.
> Meanwhile, community could get involved and make the new editor accessible.
>
> I sincerely doubt resigning Rian would help solve the problem. While it
> gives him an opportunity to work more on accessibility.
>
> Regards,
>
> Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
> Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com
>
> Let's create an inclusive web!
>
> Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:30 PM Zsolt Edelényi < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> This is the resignation of one member, not the whole team. I think that
>> current editor will remain available as a plugin.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Zsolt Edelényi
>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>
>> 2018. 10. 10. 1:20 keltezéssel, Colleen Gratzer, Gratzer Graphics LLC írta:
>>> Yes. I saw that today. I was shocked.
>>>
>>>
>>> Colleen Gratzer
>>> Creative Director :: Visual Brand Expert :: Accessibility Specialist
>>> Gratzer Graphics LLC
>>> https://gratzergraphics.com
>>>
>>> GET IN TOUCH: Please use this email instead: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/9/18 4:52 PM, Marissa Goldsmith wrote:
>>>> Has anyone else been following the discussion around WordPress,
>>>> Gutenberg,
>>>> and Accessibility. Yesterday, the accessibility team lead announced her
>>>> resignation:
>>>>
>>>>
>> https://rianrietveld.com/2018/10/09/i-have-resigned-the-wordpress-accessibility-team/
>>>>
>>>> There are quite a few outraged folks, but not as many as I thought there
>>>> would be. Curious what other people thought.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Marissa Goldsmith
>>>> www.marissagoldsmith.com
>>>> 571-354-7746
>>>> @mjgoldsmith
>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>
> > > >