RE: W3C Process and WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft 17/05/07

Hi all,

While I consider this topic important, I am not actively involved
in this discussion today and prefer that I be removed from future
posts. 

Best of luck,

 _ Ian

P.S. Hi Bill!!

On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 07:50 -0700, William Loughborough wrote:
> The facts as I've experienced them over 80 years is
> that the "excluded" 20% (a gross underestimate in my
> opinion) are in some "lower caste" in virtually all
> parts of the globe - much like certain cultures'
> "untouchables".
> 
> "Untouchable" but hopefully not "unreachable."
> 
> "They" (which will include most of "us" at some time
> if we live long enough!) are warehoused, experimented
> on, tortured, and abused in just about every way so
> allthough providing some measure of accessibility to
> Webstuff (while it seems like a minor gain compared
> to "gene pool purification") is of major importance.
> 
> Inclusion requires connection. 
> 
> The first step is towards "nothing about us without
> us." We must connect with the target audience else we
> will continue their exclusion.
> 
> And, no, I don't know where to start, but I bet Bro.
> Chetwynd and Ms. Seeman have some ideas? 
> 
> Love.
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