<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hey Howard,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I scanned the schedule looking for my slot but cannot find it. When did you put me in?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Wink</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Wink Harner<br></div>Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production<br></div>The Foreign Type<br><br></div></div>Portland OR<br><a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com" target="_blank">foreigntype@gmail.com</a><br>480-984-0034<br><br></div><div>This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata .<br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 1:54 PM Howard Kramer <<a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org">hkramer@ahead.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Dear ATHEN Members & listserv participants:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Early-bird Registration for the 2019 Accessing Higher Ground
(AHG) Conference ends tomorrow, September 25. </b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>ATHEN members also receive a <span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/pricing/#Member_Discounts" style="color:blue" target="_blank">10% discount
off registration fees</a></span></b><span style="font-size:13pt"> and you can renew or purchase your membership during the registration process.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:13pt"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Keynote
Speaker</b>: Wanda Diaz Merced, PhD, Astronomer and Computer Scientist </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:13pt">Not familiar
with Dr. Merced, </span><span style="font-size:13pt;color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/wanda_diaz_merced_how_a_blind_astronomer_found_a_way_to_hear_the_stars/discussion" style="color:blue" target="_blank">watch
her Ted Talk</a></span><span style="font-size:13pt">
or read her </span><span style="font-size:13pt;color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_D%C3%ADaz-Merced" style="color:blue" target="_blank">biography on
Wikipedia</a></span><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Highlights from this year’s event:</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(titles link to session description) </p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/pdf-accessibility-train-the-trainer/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">PDF
Accessibility – Train-the-Trainer</a></span>, Rob Haverty, Senior Program
Manager, Accessibility, Adobe</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/managing-accessibility-testing/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">Managing
Accessibility Testing</a></span>, Gian Wild, AccessibilityOz</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/wagging-the-dog-secret-macro-replace-tricks-and-tips-in-alternate-format-production/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">Wagging
the Dog: Secret Macro/Replace Tricks and Tips In Alternate Format Production</a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">, Susan Kelmer, CU- Boulder & Robert Beach, Assistive
Technology Specialist, Kansas City Kansas Community College </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/create-accessible-documents-in-word-powerpoint/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">Create
Accessible Documents in Word & PowerPoint (WebAIM Certificate)</a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">, George Joeckel, Web Accessibility Specialist, Utah
State University / WebAIM</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/understanding-the-aria-authoring-practices-and-screen-readers/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">Understanding
the ARIA Authoring Practices and Screen Readers</a></span>, Jon Gunderson,
Coordinator of IT Accessibility, University of Illinois</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline">Creating an <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/creating-an-inclusive-library-environment/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">Inclusive</a>
Library Environment</span>, Stephanie Robbins, Assistive Technology
Coordinator, University of Colorado Denver, et al.</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline">Institutional
Roadblocks to Accessibility: A collaborative session on how to overcome <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/institutional-roadblocks-to-accessibility-a-collaborative-session-on-how-to-overcome-organizational-resistance/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">organizational</a>
resistance</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">, Howard Fooksman & Dean
Brusnighan, Purdue University</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/website-liability-under-us-accessibility-laws-3/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">Website
Liability Under US Accessibility Laws</a></span></span>, Ken Nakata &
Jeffrey Singleton, Cxytera</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">And over 80 more</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">View </span><u><span style="color:rgb(0,112,147);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2019/#cs_2019-11-20" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,147)">complete agenda</span></a></span></u><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> or
</span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="http://www.cvent.com/d/9yq1hh" style="color:blue" target="_blank">register now<span style="border:none;font-weight:normal"><span style="border:none">.</span></span></a></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:3pt 0in 6pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(36,64,97);font-weight:normal">More Information</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, contact<span> </span>Howard<span> </span>Kramer<span> </span>at<span> </span>303-492-8672<span> </span>or at the email below.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">e-mail: <a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org" target="_blank">hkramer@ahead.org</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Conference URL:<span> </span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">http://accessinghigherground.org/</a></span></p></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Regards,</div><div>Howard</div><div><br></div><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>303-492-8672</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Join us for the <b><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Accessing Higher Ground</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Conference</span></a></b> in Westminster, Colorado, <span><span>Nov 18-22, 2019</span></span>. Request for proposals will be announced mid-March.<u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, <b><i><a href="http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">AHEADtoYOU!</span></a></i></b><i> </i>And the <b><a href="http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Technology Access Series</span></a></b>. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Not yet a member of AHEAD? <b><a href="http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">We welcome you to join AHEAD now.</span></a></b></span></p></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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