RE: [draft - sending Monday] Looking for a few good editors

Dear Shawn,

We are more broad than just the web.
Where you have:
Background: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.

George suggests:
Background: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the Web, publishing, and other technologies accessible to people with disabilities.

Best
George

-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:14 PM
To: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>; WAI Coordination Call <public-wai-cc@w3.org>
Cc: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@levelaccess.com>
Subject: [draft - sending Monday] Looking for a few good editors

Hi WAI folks,

Are you interested in potentially recruiting technical editors *without* expertise in your groups' work? If so, let me know.

If not, I will customize the message below for the Low Vision TF/CG, which could really use a dedicated technical editor and scribe, since I have been unable to clone myself and I'm a useless scribe.

I welcome any comments on the draft below.

Thanks,
~Shawn

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Hello,

We are looking for volunteer technical writers and editors for short and long projects. The part-time work is flexible and requires at least 4 hours/week.

We especially welcome volunteers from diverse backgrounds, including those who would benefit from having examples of their work publicly-visible on the W3C website.

Background: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities. For example:
* Personalization Overview https://www.w3.org/WAI/personalization/
* Making Audio and Video Media Accessible https://www.w3.org/WAI/media/av/
* many more listed at https://www.w3.org/WAI/resources/

W3C WAI provides a structure and process for developing the resources. Individuals and organizations participate to develop the resources.

We have several groups that have technical and/or user experience participation, and could use technical writing skills to help edit their drafts. Many of those projects are listed in:
 What We're Working On - Accessibility Activities and Publications
 https://www.w3.org/WAI/update/

If you might be interested in contributing your technical editing skills, please send e-mail to: shawn@w3.org and cc: team-wai-projects@w3.org (W3C-staff-only). Start the e-mail subject line with “[Volunteer] Technical Editing”. Include:
* Brief info on your experience and/or education
* Your availability, including when you can start and how many hours/week you can contribute
* Link to information about you online, such as LinkedIn profile and/or personal bio page

If  you know of others who might be interested, please do forward this information to them.

Thanks much!
~Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C Accessibility Education and Outreach <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>

Received on Thursday, 24 March 2022 20:28:43 UTC