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From: Jim Allan
Date: Sat, Dec 07 2019 11:15AM
Subject: A sad day - Jim Thatcher has passed away
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Hi All,
A dear friend and fierce advocate for accessibility, Jim Thatcher, has
passed away. There is much to say about his career ...
see
https://knowbility.org/blog/2011/jim-thatcher-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-at-the-26th-annual-csun-conference/
for more information about Jim.
Additional information to follow.
I am looking for pictures of Jim. If you have any please send to
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Thanks to all of you who make the world a more accessible place.
Jim
--
Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
From: Noble,Stephen L.
Date: Sat, Dec 07 2019 1:03PM
Subject: Re: A sad day - Jim Thatcher has passed away
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Hey Jim,
So very sorry to hear the news about Jim Thatcher. We'll all miss his knowledge...and wry humor.
In sympathy,
--Steve Noble
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Hi All,
A dear friend and fierce advocate for accessibility, Jim Thatcher, has
passed away. There is much to say about his career ...
see
https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fknowbility.org%2Fblog%2F2011%2Fjim-thatcher-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-at-the-26th-annual-csun-conference%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csteve.noble%40louisville.edu%7C84bbb4063e6a4829993608d77b418733%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C637113393684996503&sdata=s9rw0ZIlhRXZ43Aqhj8edohTT1aY6TiZqxAanX6sCk8%3D&reserved=0
for more information about Jim.
Additional information to follow.
I am looking for pictures of Jim. If you have any please send to
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = .
Thanks to all of you who make the world a more accessible place.
Jim
--
Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsbvi.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csteve.noble%40louisville.edu%7C84bbb4063e6a4829993608d77b418733%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C637113393684996503&sdata=a141oxV3Kt8Kq3qKFkpNqGhzN71S%2BmiA%2F39MYWumtVk%3D&reserved=0
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
From: Katie Haritos-Shea
Date: Sat, Dec 07 2019 1:30PM
Subject: Re: A sad day - Jim Thatcher has passed away
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What a man, what a legacy...:-(
On Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 3:03 PM Noble,Stephen L. < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
wrote:
> Hey Jim,
>
> So very sorry to hear the news about Jim Thatcher. We'll all miss his
> knowledge...and wry humor.
> In sympathy,
>
> --Steve Noble
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> 502-969-3088
>
> > From: WebAIM-Forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > on behalf of
> Jim Allan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Sent: Saturday, December 7, 2019 1:15 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: [WebAIM] A sad day - Jim Thatcher has passed away
>
> Hi All,
> A dear friend and fierce advocate for accessibility, Jim Thatcher, has
> passed away. There is much to say about his career ...
> see
>
> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fknowbility.org%2Fblog%2F2011%2Fjim-thatcher-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-at-the-26th-annual-csun-conference%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csteve.noble%40louisville.edu%7C84bbb4063e6a4829993608d77b418733%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C637113393684996503&sdata=s9rw0ZIlhRXZ43Aqhj8edohTT1aY6TiZqxAanX6sCk8%3D&reserved=0
> for more information about Jim.
>
> Additional information to follow.
>
> I am looking for pictures of Jim. If you have any please send to
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = .
>
> Thanks to all of you who make the world a more accessible place.
>
> Jim
>
> --
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452
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From: Peter Shikli
Date: Sat, Dec 07 2019 1:42PM
Subject: Re: A sad day - Jim Thatcher has passed away
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Indeed a sad day. What some may not know is that Jim Thatcher's
accessibility tools formed the backbone of the Trusted Tester Program
run by the Office of Accessible Systems & Technology from its early
days. Without Jim's tools, I don't know how that would have ever gotten
off the ground.
Cheers,
Peter Shikli
Access2online
Wilsonville, OR 97070
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www.access2online.com
Prison inmates helping the internet become accessible
From: Peter Shikli
Date: Sat, Dec 07 2019 5:20PM
Subject: Re: A sad day - Jim Thatcher has passed away
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What if there was an annual Thatcher Award for Accessibility given to
the person and/or organization who did the most for accessibility that
year? Are any of you aware of such an award under another name?
If not, wouldn't that be a nice balance against all the litigious and
adversarial accusations of inaccessibility that we are sadly part of? I
hereby volunteer to help some accessibility nonprofit make that real.
Cheers,
Peter Shikli
Access2online
Wilsonville, OR 97070
503-570-6831 - = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
www.access2online.com
Prison inmates helping the internet become accessible