- From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:56:19 -0400
- To: WCAG WG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Dear all... >Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:39:32 -0400 >To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> >From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org> >Subject: Sad news regarding John Slatin, highly-regarded Web >accessibility expert and advocate > >WAI mourns the passing of John Slatin, who was Co-Chair of the Web >Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group in 2005 and >2006. Through his persistence, patience, and keen insight, John >contributed greatly to the field of accessibility, especially to the >development of the WCAG 2.0. He will be fondly remembered and >greatly missed by his colleagues at W3C/WAI and in the broader >accessibility community. > >For those who want more information, John and his wife Anna have >chronicled his experiences on his blog "Leukemia Letters" at >http://leukemialetters.blogspot.com/ , and information about >services will be posted there. > >Sadly, > >- Judy > >Judy Brewer, Director, Web Accessibility Initiative >Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach Coordinator > >-- >Judy Brewer +1.617.258.9741 http://www.w3.org/WAI >Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) >MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G526 >32 Vassar Street >Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA -- Judy Brewer +1.617.258.9741 http://www.w3.org/WAI Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G526 32 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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