Re: FINAL: Invitation will be sent tomorrow morning

In the spirit of our iterative sprint, here is the newest version, please
comment on this one:
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FROM: Sharron Rush EOWG Co-chair
SUBJECT: INVITATION: W3C WAI Style Tiles Request for Submission
To:

The Education and Outreach Working Group of the W3C's Web Accessibility
Initiative is delighted to announce that we have begun work on a
long-awaited redesign of our website, w3.org/WAI.

One of the crucial early steps we will take is to identify design resources
and we are reaching out to you as a noted designer and artist.  We ask you
to submit one or more possible style tiles for the team to review with the
possibility of overseeing general design direction.  Please submit your
ideas to Sharron Rush (srush@knowbility.org) who is leading the search
committee under the guidance of web site redesign project co-leads, James
Green and AnnaBelle Leiserson.

We are asking that style tiles be submitted by Monday September 5 and by 5
pm US Eastern time.  We plan to anonymize submissions, so if possible
please don't share your work with members of our team.


*Background Information on the Redesign*
First and foremost, our primary goal, is to:

*Create the WAI site as the #1 Go-To place for Web accessibility *
This goal serves as our beacon. What it means to us is about the public
perception of the site — that it is seen not just as authoritative, but
also as the most reliable place for Web accessibility information and that
it's a role model. It's not about having the most traffic.

Our short-term goal is to launch the initial iteration in the first quarter
of 2017, with a modern, attractive (to our primary audiences) look-and-feel
that reflects leadership in the Web community and builds credibility.

We've identified three primary audiences:
1. Doers (includes developers, designers,content creators, web
administrators, etc.)
2. Planners
3. Advocates
If you would like more information on these audiences, see our "Personas":
https://w3c.github.io/wai-website-personas/

The following three pairs of adjectives capture our hopes for the visual
design:
1. Engaging/empowering
2. Reliable/credible
3. Practical/clear

Style tiles are to be based on the classic format from http://styletil.es/.
The only two requirements for the style tiles are that they include a
version of the W3C logo and adhere to WCAG 2.0 AA for things like contrast
and resizable text.

There is a lot of other information about the redesign, but our guess is
the above is more than enough for style tiles.  That said, if you have
questions, we welcome them. Please send them to Sharron.

*General consideration and usage of your work*
This redesign is developed by the WAI Site Task Force, a task force of the
Education and Outreach Working Group in the Web Accessibility Initiative in
W3C. Most of the members of the Task Force including the co-leads, are
volunteers and while we wish we could pay for your very valuable work, alas
we do not have the budget. You are certainly welcome, however, to note in
your resume and on places like LinkedIn, that you were selected by us, the
W3C WAI Redesign Task Force, as a top accessibility designer.  And if your
work is selected, of course you can say that too. We will recognize your
work in all PR about the new site and something like the footer credits you
can see here: http://www.w3.org/WAI/training/Overview.html and elsewhere on
the current WAI site.

That said, once you send it to us, it will be ours to use as most
development work at the W3C defined by their Patent Policy
<http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/>.  We ask that you
not use any style tiles you send to us for other projects unless you are
told that we won't be using them.  If we chose one of your style tiles, we
ask you to not use the same elements presented there in future work. Of
course we’re happy if you are using the style tile as an portfolio piece.

Also, if it's alright with you, we will probably approach you again once we
we have the information architecture and are ready to move on to
full-fledged comps and prototypes.  Be aware that our sprint cycle looks as
thought there will be ongoing work during traditional year-end holidays.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions or concerns
and of course, feel free to send along to awesome designers who may be
interested.

Thank you for considering our request,
Sharron Rush

on behalf of
James Green and  Anna Belle Leiserson
Task Force co-leads

and the following Task Force members:
Brent Bakken
Eric Eggert
Shawn Henry
Susan Hewitt
Laura Keen
Caleb Watson




On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Sharron Rush <srush@knowbility.org> wrote:

> As the newly appointed queen of the style tile search - I am in a hurry. I
> will send this out tomorrow morning if I hear no objections.
> ----
> FROM: Sharron Rush EOWG Co-chair
> SUBJECT: INVITATION: W3C WAI Style Tiles Request for Submission
> To:
>
> The Education and Outreach Working Group of the W3C's Web Accessibility
> Initiative is delighted to announce that we have begun work on a
> long-awaited redesign of our website, w3.org/WAI.
>
> One of the crucial early steps we have identified is to identify design
> resources and we are reaching out to you as a noted designer and artist.
> We ask you to submit one or more possible style tiles for the team to
> review with the possibility of overseeing general design direction.  Please
> submit your ideas to Sharron Rush (srush@knowbility.org) who is leading
> the search committee under the guidance of web site redesign project
> co-leads, James Green and AnnaBelle Leiserson.
>
> We are asking that style tiles be submitted by Monday September 5 and by 5
> pm US Eastern time.  We plan to anonymize submissions, so if possible
> please don't share your work with members of our team.
>
>
> *Background Information on the Redesign*
> First and foremost, our primary goal, is to:
>
> *Create the WAI site as the #1 Go-To place for Web accessibility *
> This goal serves as our beacon. What it means to us is about the public
> perception of the site — that it is seen not just as authoritative, but
> also as the most reliable place for Web accessibility information and that
> it's a role model. It's not about having the most traffic.
>
> Our short-term goal is to launch the initial iteration in the first
> quarter of 2017, with a modern, attractive (to our primary audiences)
> look-and-feel that reflects leadership in the Web community and builds
> credibility.
>
> We've identified three primary audiences:
> 1. Doers (includes developers, designers,content creators, web
> administrators, etc.)
> 2. Planners
> 3. Advocates
> If you would like more information on these audiences, see our "Personas":
> https://w3c.github.io/wai-website-personas/
>
> The following three pairs of adjectives capture our hopes for the visual
> design:
> 1. Engaging/empowering
> 2. Reliable/credible
> 3. Practical/clear
>
> Style tiles are to be based on the classic format from http://styletil.es/.
> The only two requirements for the style tiles are that they include a
> version of the W3C logo and adhere to WCAG 2.0 AA for things like contrast
> and resizable text.
>
> There is a lot of other information about the redesign, but our guess is
> the above is more than enough for style tiles.  That said, if you have
> questions, we welcome them.
>
>
> *Other Notes*
> While we wish we could pay for your very valuable work, alas we do not
> have the budget.  In case it's helpful to know, most of us, including the
> co-leads, are volunteers.  You are certainly welcome, however, to note in
> your resume and on places like LinkedIn, that you were selected by us, the
> W3C WAI Redesign Task Force, as a top accessibility designer.  And if your
> work is selected, of course you can say that too. We will recognize your
> work in all PR about the new site and something like the footer credits you
> can see here: http://www.w3.org/WAI/training/Overview.html and elsewhere
> on the current WAI site.
>
> That said, once you send it to us, it will be ours to use.  We ask that
> you not use any style tiles you send to us for other projects unless you
> are told that we won't be using them.  If you're told that we are using one
> of yours, we ask that you "retire" that design and only use it for things
> like your portfolio.
>
> Also, if it's alright with you, we will probably approach you again once
> we we have the information architecture and are ready to move on to
> full-fledged comps and prototypes.
>
> Please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions or concerns
> and of course, feel free to send along to awesome designers who may be
> interested.
>
> Thank you for considering our request,
> Sharron Rush
>
> on behalf of
> James Green and  Anna Belle Leiserson
> Task Force co-leads
>
> and the following Task Force members:
> Brent Bakken
> Eric Eggert
> Shawn Henry
> Susan Hewitt
> Laura Keen
> Caleb Watson
>
>


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Sharron Rush | Executive Director | Knowbility.org | @knowbility
*Equal access to technology for people with disabilities*