[Athen] CSUN & Coronavirus

[Howard Kramer]

I assume they are not offering refunds or credits if you cancel.

-Howard

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 4:25 PM Terrill Thompson <tft at uw.edu> wrote:


> I think it's safe to say a majority of sessions have been cancelled at

> this point. Sadly, Sheryl, Hadi, Tami, and I from the University of

> Washington have joined those who won't be attending, so between us that's 6

> more sessions cancelled.

>

> There's talk of organizing a virtual conference for a later date with many

> of the same presentations, independently of CSUN, and presumably free for

> all. And Deque for one is offering all of their sessions virtually:

>

> https://www.deque.com/blog/deque-to-shift-its-csun-2020-presence-to-virtual/

>

> I think there are other major vendors doing the same thing.

>

> Terrill

>

> ---

> Terrill Thompson

> Manager, IT Accessibility Team

> UW-IT Accessible Technology Services

> University of Washington

> tft at uw.edu

>

>

> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:13 PM Doug Hayman <dhayman at uw.edu> wrote:

>

>> A rough audio-description would read aloud, "A chart appears on a page.

>> On the right-hand side of each row on page one is a red X indicating that

>> the session has been cancelled."

>>

>> Each of those red X marks are images with no alt tag.  Access fail.

>>

>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:04 PM Lucy GRECO <lgreco at berkeley.edu> wrote:

>>

>>> i have to say reading that list of what has been cansaled fails my

>>> accessibility review there is  no quick way to  review  with a screen

>>> reader they forgot blind people need that information to. i reely did not

>>> need to here all the dam numbers before every  event and they could have

>>> made it a more navakable format just another reason i am starting to wonder

>>> if this conference is   still viable

>>> Lucia Greco

>>> Web Accessibility Evangelist

>>> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration

>>> University of California, Berkeley

>>> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco

>>> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu

>>> Follow me on twitter @accessaces

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:20 PM Karen Latimer <klatimer at udel.edu> wrote:

>>>

>>>> actually did find a list of the cancelled sessions on the

>>>> website--here's the link:

>>>> https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums

>>>>

>>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie <CMillion at dvc.edu>

>>>> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Howard,

>>>>>

>>>>> I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of

>>>>> exhibitors.  Are sessions being cancelled too?

>>>>>

>>>>> Carrie Million

>>>>> Assistive Tech Specialist

>>>>> Diablo Valley College

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>>>>>    1. Accessability of Blackboard Ultra (Norwich, Lorraine S)

>>>>>    2. CSUN & Coronavirus (Howard Kramer)

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>>>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:36:36 +0000

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>>>>> Dear All,

>>>>>

>>>>> Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested

>>>>> the  accessibility.  Any feedback or information you can share would be

>>>>> great.

>>>>>

>>>>> Thanks

>>>>>

>>>>> Lorraine

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS

>>>>>

>>>>> Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services

>>>>>

>>>>> 25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215

>>>>>

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>>>>>

>>>>> 617-353-3658 (vox)

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>>>>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 12:46:02 -0700

>>>>> From: Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org>

>>>>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

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>>>>> Hello All:

>>>>>

>>>>> I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon,

>>>>> Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN

>>>>> because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access.

>>>>>

>>>>> A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been

>>>>> cancelled.

>>>>>

>>>>> Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to

>>>>> change my plans.

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>> Regards,

>>>>> Howard

>>>>>

>>>>> Howard Kramer

>>>>> Conference Coordinator

>>>>> Accessing Higher Ground

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Regards,
Howard

Howard Kramer
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