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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We would like to issue an open call to participate in an Accessibility Sprint. The Sprint is an opportunity to bring together practitioners, leaders, and visionaries in the field of accessibility with the goal of promoting collaboration among individuals, institutions, and non-profit organizations to more effectively solve the common challenges that we face in making materials and technology accessible to all individuals.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Post-secondary institutions have common accessibility goals, as well as a common desire to collaborate to meet those goals. This Sprint will help to develop an infrastructure for collaboration and effective problem solving. By the end of the Sprint, we hope to create small agile project groups that will work together to develop creative solutions to the accessibility challenges that we all face.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListBulletCxSpFirst style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b>What:</b> Day-long Accessibility Collaborative Sprint on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, during the AHEAD pre-conference in Sacramento, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListBulletCxSpLast style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b>When:</b> Tuesday, July 15, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you would like to attend this event, please join the Post-secondary Accessibility Collaborative (PAC) list. The list will be a forum for collaborative activities designed to move forward mainstream accessibility. Please feel free to join the list even if you cannot be with us in person at the Sprint.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The invitation for the Sprint will be posted to the PAC listserv later this week. To join the listserv and become part of the discussion, please use the link below. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListBulletCxSpFirst style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu/read/all_forums/">http://htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu/read/all_forums/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Scroll down to the PAC list. Click the subscribe button to the right of the list name.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListBulletCxSpLast style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The list will send you an e-mail. Please respond to the e-mail to confirm your membership on the list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This project is a collaboration between the California State University Accessible Technology Initiative (CSU ATI) and the High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU). If you know of a colleague who might be interested in this collaborative, please feel free to forward this invitation. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheryl Pruitt, Director Accessible Technology Initiative<br><a href="mailto:cpruitt@calstate.edu">cpruitt@calstate.edu</a><br>562-951-4384<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gaeir Dietrich, Director High Tech Center Training Unit<br><a href="mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net">gdietrich@htctu.net</a><br>408-996-4636<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br>High Tech Center Training Unit of the<br>California Community Colleges<br>De Anza College, Cupertino, CA<br><a href="http://www.htctu.net/"><span style='color:blue'>www.htctu.net</span></a> <br>408-996-6047</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you would like to schedule a site visit, training, or phone consultation, please contact HTCTU Secretary, Jasper Haze at <a href="mailto:jhaze@htctu.net"><span style='color:blue'>jhaze@htctu.net</span></a> or 408-996-4636; to ensure that priority e-mails are seen, please copy Jasper on important and time-sensitive matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>