[WG: Accessibility] FW: FW: Sakai is being recognized as "taking accessibility seriously" on the WebAIM e-mail list

[Noah Botimer]

Even though self-certification is a good faith measure, I think we stack up pretty well. That is, I like Nate's suggestion here.

The thing that concerned me immediately upon reading the list was that it is quite short and highly heterogenous. It is a good observation that others in our software space are on the list and we may be asked about it. But I am concerned about jumping the hoops a 1.5B market cap can afford to lay out. I just don't think it hurts our credibility or competitive advantage much provided that we have a good, thorough response.

By the way, none of this is to discredit the work or recognition of NFB or any on the list. I just think we have a good story of our own, by way of significant hard work on behalf of many obligated institutions and skilled, motivated individuals.

Thanks,
-Noah

On Jan 6, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Nate Angell wrote:

> For what it's worth, I have been asked by potential Sakai adopters about NFB certification, so while it may not be fully valuable, it can count for something in some people's eyes.
> 
> Perhaps one of the best things we could do would be to come up with a good statement about how our accessibility processes match up to the NFB's and why we are not pursuing certification at this time.
> 
> - Nate
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> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Michael S Elledge <elledge at msu.edu> wrote:
> Sorry about that folks, my bad. I thought I'd read in their materials that an evaluation was free. Clearly not. Thanks for setting me straight about the fees.
> 
> I still worry that it could become a disadvantage for Sakai, though, especially given NFB's high profile and activism.
> 
> Mike
> 

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