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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please forgive cross-posts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Accessibility Sprint Co-sponsored by<br>Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD), California State University Accessible Technology Initiative (CSU ATI), and the High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges (HTCTU of the CCCs)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Colleagues!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'>Margaret Mead is reported to have said, “<span lang=EN style='color:black'><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/margaretme100502.html" title="view quote"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.</span></a>” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'>We are looking for that small group of thoughtful, committed individuals who would like to change the current state of accessibility and help us develop strategies to move toward full inclusion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'>If you are such a one, please come participate in a free day-long Accessibility Collaborative Sprint on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, during the AHEAD pre-conference in Sacramento, CA. If you know someone who might wish to join us, please pass this invitation along.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2014<br>Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<br>Location: Sacramento Convention Center; Third Floor <br>Lunch will be provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.<br>RSVP to HTCTU Admin Assistant Jasper Haze at <a href="mailto:jhaze@htctu.net">jhaze@htctu.net</a> or 408-996-4636<br>(This meeting is free, and you do not have to be registered for the AHEAD conference to attend.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Sprint is an opportunity to bring together others in the field of accessibility with the goal of taking a real step forward in 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. The AHEAD conference theme is <i>Access Always in All Ways</i>, and we would like to use this Sprint to build on that theme to capture ideas, develop strategies, and generate a roadmap for advancing accessibility.<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. You are invited to share your expertise and creative vision of how to promote mainstream accessibility. 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=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bottom line, we want to share our skills and expertise to make accessibility happen more easily.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We hope that you would like to join us at the Sprint and to collaborate with us as we begin gathering the issues that we will focus on during the day of the Sprint. To facilitate communication, we have created the Post-secondary Accessibility Collaborative (PAC) listserv, hosted by the HTCTU.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To join the listserv and become part of the discussion, please use the link below. Please feel free to join the list even if you cannot be with us in person at the Sprint. The agenda for the Sprint will be posted to the listserv.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Scroll down to the PAC list. Click the subscribe button to the right of the list name.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please RSVP ASAP if you will attend the Sprint in Sacramento so that we can get an accurate count for lunch. To RSVP, please call or e-mail HTCTU Admin Assistant, Jasper Haze:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jhaze@htctu.net">jhaze@htctu.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>408-996-4636<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheryl Pruitt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:cpruitt@calstate.edu">cpruitt@calstate.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>562-951-4384<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gaeir Dietrich<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net">gdietrich@htctu.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>408-996-4636<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>