- From: Ann Navarro <ann@webgeek.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 14:29:05 -0700
- To: Patrick Burke <burke@ucla.edu>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 02:16 PM 4/10/98 -0700, Patrick Burke wrote: >It's hard to tell if NAW is 10 people or 10,000, but if they become a >significant force it will be crucial to get accessibility into their >curriculum. It is hard to tell how large they are. What little I've been able to find out about them indicates that they're privately funded, and would be one of the smaller "name" groups, probably no more than 1000 members (and that may be an overly generous estimate). AIP claims 10,000 members, IWA I believe about 4,000, and HWG is knocking on 60,000 right now. However, the certification they are "developing" is really a program put on by Net Guru, who markets the courses (2-5 day "you too can be a webmaster" type courses for $500-$2000) in several other arenas as well. While certification is an idea that many seem to want, IMO, no one who has put forth a program really has the authority to do so (basic things, like the http://www.ngt.com site doesn't validate ), and the programs offered are superficial enough to be meaningless. I think the industry has to define our terms better before we can begin to think about certifying them (e.g., what is a webmaster? ) Ann --- Author of Effective Web Design: Master the Essentials Buy it online! http://www.webgeek.com/about.html Owner, WebGeek Communications http://www.webgeek.com Treasurer, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org Pointgrrl, Central Coast Webgrrls
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