Re: Guild of Accessible Web Designers starts membership drive

Ben,

The use of the phrase 'approved' - is a little misleading - as we are not
thinking of any particular course, and are not aware of any approved
courses. It is there as an 'aspiration'; the Guild may want to develop a
course of its own in the future, or may be a good organization to 'accredit'
existing courses. All of this is up for debate.

Whether the Guild is in a position to accredit other courses, will of depend
on whether it is seen as being a credible organization itself - and that
will depend on the how it develops, and who the members are - among other
things

All the best,
Jim

on 12/1/03 4:59 PM, Ben Gilmore at beng@getfrank.com wrote:





Pat, 
I don't suppose you can tell me any info on approved Accessible Web Design 
courses. 
They are mentioned on the GAWDS.org web. 

I was naively unaware that they existed and would be very interested in any 
info your have on them... 

Cheers 
Ben 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <pat@glasgowwestend.co.uk> 
To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> 
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 12:01 PM 
Subject: {SPAM?} Guild of Accessible Web Designers starts membership drive 

> 
> 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. 
> 
> The Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS.org) is  a membership 
> organisation set up to promote the practice of acccessible web design, 
> and the interests of accessible web designers. 
> 
> The website is at http://www.gawds.org.  New members can sign up at 
> http://www.gawds.org/admin/members/agreement.php 
> 
> There is a lot of information about what the Guild is about, and what 
> it intends to do, on their website and on the Accessify Discussion 
> Forum at http://www.accessifyforum.com/forum15/ 
> 
> Regards, 
> Pat 
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