Re: A11y @ Ohio Linux Fest

I am planning to attend Ohio Linux Fest this year one way or another - I
have family in Columbus to stay with, so it shouldn't be a big deal at all.
I'm game to help however I can, manning a GNOME booth or an A11y booth or
doing anything else thats needed. Just let me know :)

Emily

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Bryen M Yunashko <[email protected]>wrote:

> This year, Ohio Linux Fest will be held in Columbus, Ohio September
> 28-30.  I initially thought about proposing my "A11y: Its about you!"
> talk, but after reading the OLF website, knowing their interests in
> promoting open A11y, and seeing how people commented about a11y at
> Indiana Linux Fest last weekend, I thought...  Why not go for something
> bigger this time?  Go for the bang!
>
> My proposal:
>
> 1.  We set up a very large booth that isn't focused on any one
> organization, but rather on open a11y in general.  Booth staff would
> include reps from GNOME, Mozilla, FSF, Oracle, etc.  Hands on
> demonstrations of what our software can do.
>
> 2.  Propose more advanced talks, such as "How you can test to ensure
> your software is accessible," or "how to deploy a11y software in your
> environment."  (I get asked this a lot!)   My "It's about you!" talk
> really is more an introduction/marketing talk.  It's good, but doesn't
> do enough to get more people to pay attention to a11y in their own
> development.
>
> 3.  Organize a hacksession, perhaps either one of our traditional "fix
> what's broken in a11y" events, or "fix what's accessibly-broken in non
> a11y-software."  OLF has a community day on Friday which is more focused
> on workshops and whatnot.  An ideal day to set up hacksessions before
> the main event on Saturday.
>
> I think given the combined resources of the various organizations and
> that a number of a11y contributors live somewhat close to Ohio, we could
> make a good go of this.  And potentially make this a blueprint for
> organizing similar events around the world.  Getting more people aware,
> interested, and involved, is a good thing, IMO.
>
> It would also create an opportunity to invite local agencies, school
> districts, etc. that work with people of various abilities.  A plus for
> us to demonstrate our awesomeness to target audiences, and a plus for
> the event host to increase attendance to their show.
>
> I'm not proposing we do this instead of traditional dotOrg booths.  For
> example, if GNOME community plans to have a booth, they should still do
> so.  But we would be creating a traveling "A11y Center" of which GNOME
> would be a "consortium" member.
>
> Frankly, I think this would be a more likely success-story outcome than
> at places like CSUN conference.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Bryen M Yunashko
>
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