RE: Guild of Accessible Web Designers starts membership drive

On 2 Dec Tina wrote

On  1 Dec, Pat Byrne wrote:

> The Guild of Accessible Web Designers 'went public' today. Although the
> Guild is not ready for an official launch, they are looking for new
> members who are interesting in helping to develop the organization. The
> intention is to launch officially some time in early 2004.

 > Wonderful news.

 > I have only two questions, if I may.

 > 1 - Why are there 14 validation errors on the GAWDs front page ?

   > 2 - When they say, quote, "completed an approved Accessible Web
        Design course."; which courses are approved, and by whom ?

I also have two questions.

Has anyone proofread the pages to pick up errors such as :

Validate you site <http://valet.gawds.org/> | and  5. GAWDS.org believes that 'accessible web design is good for business"; both for designers/developers, and for clients looking to build new websites, or improve existing websites. 

And why does it fail the Cynthia test with
 
11.2 Avoid deprecated features of W3C technologies. 
Rule: 11.2.1 - Identify the use of one or more deprecated elements or attributes within the document. 
Failure - Document uses one or more deprecated elements or attributes. The document contains the element: body with the deprecated attribute: bgcolor
 
This, unfortunately, does not inspire me with confidence.
 
John
 
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