Re: Jakob Nielsen's PDF format report

Hi, Charles

I was just thinking it might be helpful to see how WAI funds are spent.
Do you know if the budget is on the web?

Thanks,
Scott

> Hi,
> 
> if you have questions or suggestions about how WAI funds are spent they are
> not very useful on this list. I suggest that you write a proposal to the
> Director of WAI, who makes the decisions, although if you happen to be
> represented as a W3C member (e.g. through the HTML writers' Guild) you could
> also ask your advisory committee representative to follow up the question.
> 
> Just to put things in perspective, WAI has a full-time staff of 3, with
> additional part-time contribution at staff level from another 3 people. There
> are two positions open (one is a replacement position, one is a new
> position), and I don't think the budget is full of spare cash to spend.
> 
> In Australia, you could ask for an accommodation to be made for a
> disability-related problem with using the Report, and if no satisfactory
> solution was forthcoming, follow it up with a complaint to the Human Rights
> and Equal Opportunities Commission. I believe the same sort of approach is
> available in the US.
> 
> cheers
> 
> Charles