[Access Lunch] Fwd: Open call - SIGCHI Accessibility Committee members

[Jeffrey Bigham]

Many/most of you likely already got this, but passing it along in case
it's of interest -- help to shape the accessibility of SIGCHI!

-Jeff

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From: Stacy Marie Branham <sbranham at uci.edu>
Date: Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 7:16 PM
Subject: Open call - SIGCHI Accessibility Committee members
To: <SIGCHI-MEMBERS at listserv.acm.org>


Dear SIGCHI members,

Soraia Prietch and I would like to invite volunteers to join
leadership efforts to increase accessibility of our community through
the establishment of a SIGCHI Accessibility Committee.

Nominations/applications are due April 26, 5pm submitter's local time.
Please see below for more details, and access the application form
here: https://forms.gle/NE3VJWBdSGLzYTjJ9

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We are looking to convene a group of 10-15 globally dispersed
accessibility experts and experts-in-training (e.g., students, people
who are new to the field of accessibility) who are members of the
SIGCHI community. Qualified candidates for this volunteer position are
those who have experience with participating in and/or organizing ACM
SIGCHI events and those who care deeply about pioneering an
accessible, inclusive, equitable SIGCHI community. We seek a diverse
applicant pool, including students; academic and industrial
researchers; and practitioners.

We expect the work will entail planning and carrying out accessibility
initiatives; providing consultation for SIGCHI leadership on matters
of accessibility best practices and policy development; and
contributing inputs to longer-term strategy and budgeting for
accessibility. Activities may include, but will not be limited to:

- Proposing new policies and practices
- Editing accessibility-related policies and help documents
- Testing the accessibility of tools (e.g., conference platforms,
PrecisionConference)
- Developing internal and external accessibility educational materials
- Producing accessible media (e.g., writing image descriptions)
- Supporting selection of vendors for accessibility services (e.g.,
CART, SLI, etc.)
- Developing assessment tools to evaluate accessibility in SIGCHI
- Coordinating with other SIGCHI EC committees, the ACM, and external
volunteer orgs

This will be achieved through weekly teleconferences, asynchronous
coordination through group chat and email, and collaborative document
editing. We ask, therefore, that you be willing to make a time
commitment of approximately 10-12 hours on a monthly basis.

If you are keen to be a part of this group, please fill out our
application form by April 26, 2021, 5pm in your local time zone:
https://forms.gle/NE3VJWBdSGLzYTjJ9

For further details about the motivation for creating this committee,
please see our open call on the SIGCHI blog:
https://sigchi.org/2021/04/open-call-for-sigchi-accessibility-committee/

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Soraia and Stacy
at sigchi-access at acm.org.

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Best,

Stacy Branham
Soraia Prietch
SIGCHI EC Adjunct Chairs of Accessibility
sigchi-access at acm.org

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