Re: Accessibility sessions at SXSW

Done, with pleasure Katie!

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On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 2:41 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea <ryladog@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear WAI-IG Participants,
>
> I am writing to ask for support in bringing attention to digital
> accessibility in one specific mainstream technology conference.
>
> South by Southwest or SXSW is one of the most widely attended technology
> conferences in the world. In past years, there was pretty good coverage of
> Accessibility topics, but that has changed with the Panel Picker.
> Accessibility may not be considered as "sexy" as block chain these days but
> it is still as important as ever. Would you help to vote these
> Accessibility focused sessions up?
>
> Please look at these two proposals from Knowbility - one for the
> Interactive festival and one for the education segment of the program.
> https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/87845
> https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/85332
>
> If they seem like good overview sessions for Accessibility, please vote
> them up. Just as importantly, please post on social media and make comments
> on the SXSW web site panel picker itself. Community interest and support
> helps them decide what to bring in from thousands of proposals.
>
> Thanks for considering to vote and for your help!
>