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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I copy what Jess said. Once we have trusted testers, then this is probably something to look into. But we aren’t there yet. I looked
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jess Thompson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 20, 2017 9:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rovner, Amy <arovner@shoreline.edu>; cato@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cato] ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium 2018 - Save the date!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I wrote them a while back. I gave them a summary of what we're working on and asked if their conference would benefit folks that we hope to become testers. They aren't interested in training people,
they're more of a group of experts discussing/defining testing standards. It might be a group worth engaging with after we've gotten things off the ground and have a crew of system experts that can contribute. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Cato <<a href="mailto:cato-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">cato-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 20, 2017 9:45:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cato@lists.ctc.edu">cato@lists.ctc.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Cato] Fw: ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium 2018 - Save the date!</span>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Excuse the cross-posting but just in case you folks (Ward and Jess in particular) haven't heard about this. Not sure if it's too "in the weeds" for us but maybe helpful as we train testers in the
future????<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Amy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Chris Law <<a href="mailto:chrismlaw@accessibilitytrack.com">chrismlaw@accessibilitytrack.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 20, 2017 9:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:chrismlaw@yahoo.com">chrismlaw@yahoo.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium 2018 - Save the date!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Following the success of our 2nd annual Symposium in October of 2017 in Washington DC (where we almost doubled in attendance from 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland), we are very pleased
to announce the location and date of 2018’s <a href="https://ictaccessibilitytesting.org/index.html">
3rd annual ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium</a> in northern Virginia:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Save the date: November 6-8, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Pre-event workshops will take place on Tuesday November 6. The symposium will take place on Wednesday November 7 and Thursday November 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Venue: George Mason University Arlington Campus, Virginia <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://arlington.gmu.edu/">GMU’s Arlington campus</a> is at 3351 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The event is within the Washington DC beltway, just across the river from downtown DC. The venue is conveniently located on the DC metro and easily accessed
from National Airport (DCA), or Dulles International Airport (IAD).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hotel:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The conference hotel will be the
<a href="http://www.westinarlingtongateway.com/">Westin Arlington Gateway</a> at 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA, 22203. The room rate will be $209. A booking link will be provided with the call for proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Proposals:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The
<a href="https://ictaccessibilitytesting.org/Committee.html">ICT 2018 committee</a> will be developing the Call For Proposals in the coming weeks. Expect the call for proposals announcement and an updated website by the end of January 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Mailing list:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please do share this email with your colleagues. Sign up for the event mailing list on the
<a href="https://ictaccessibilitytesting.org/index.html">symposium website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-top:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of the 2018 committee, have a great holiday break!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Chris Law, Symposium Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Chris M. Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://accessibilitytrack.com/">Accessibility Track Consulting, LLC</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">7426 Hallcrest Drive, McLean, Virginia, 22102, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:chrismlaw@accessibilitytrack.com">chrismlaw@accessibilitytrack.com</a> | 443·955·0955<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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