Re: Sad news about Carolyn

I support Sina’s suggestion.

ARIA Authoring Practice Guide(APG) working group briefly discussed this topic<https://www.w3.org/2022/02/22-aria-apg-minutes.html#t01> to honor her dedication to ARIA APG. As you may be aware of, Carolyn contributed greatly to APG 1.2 as the accessibility reviewer and tester of APG examples.

It would be great if we can propose ways to remember her as our beloved colleague and friend.

Best,

JaEun Jemma Ku, PhD
Assistant Director of Digital Accessibility
Co-editor of W3C ARIA APG<https://w3c.github.io/aria-practices/>

Office for Access and Equity
University of Illinois Chicago
Email: jku@uic.edu<mailto:jku@uic.edu>

Pronouns: she/her/hers

From: Sina Bahram <sina@sinabahram.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 3:53 PM
To: 'James Craig' <jcraig@apple.com>, 'James Nurthen' <nurthen@adobe.com>
Cc: 'ARIA Working Group' <public-aria@w3.org>
Subject: RE: Sad news about Carolyn
Echoing the sadness and sense of loss.

I’m feeling gratitude for having to gotten to work with her via this group but also communicate offline with her this past year.

Question, if I may, is there anything we can do via the WG to honor her incredible commitments? Is there a dedication section in the standard (can/should there be?), a W3C scholarship dedicated to accessibility/disability, anything else?

Unsung hero doesn’t come close, but it’s all I got right now.

Hugs,
Sina

President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 919-345-3832
https://www.PAC.bz

Twitter: @SinaBahram
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From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 7:53 PM
To: James Nurthen <nurthen@adobe.com>
Cc: ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Sad news about Carolyn

I’m really sorry to read this.

What a loss for the ARIA community! Carolyn will be greatly missed, but I hope her friends and family take comfort the fact that her efforts toward universal access will benefit generations to come.




On Feb 21, 2022, at 11:12 AM, James Nurthen <nurthen@adobe.com> wrote:

It is with the greatest sadness that I need to let you know that Carolyn MacLeod passed away last Thursday of metastatic breast cancer.  I think I speak for the whole group in saying that this is a huge loss for the accessibility community as Carolyn did so much and always with so much positivity. I know I'm going to miss her so much.

A Celebration of Life will be held Wed Feb23 11-2 ET. Out of town attendees are welcomed to join virtually. Details are here: https://colefuneralservices.com/tribute/details/7945/Carolyn-MacLeod/obituary.html<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcolefuneralservices.com%2Ftribute%2Fdetails%2F7945%2FCarolyn-MacLeod%2Fobituary.html&data=04%7C01%7Cjku%40uic.edu%7Cccacb39986874018ac8c08d9f716a8be%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637812500143598306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=7YWXcgqoceU4YPVMkop1C8fy5LJCb2fq3nJXBYGx1TU%3D&reserved=0>