[games_access] e for all -- GREAT news!

[d. michelle hinn]

Yeah, I couldn't believe it when they called me just as the meeting 
was starting this morning. I'd been on the case for a few months now 
but was losing hope until yesterday when I got a message saying that 
they wanted to talk to me. The woman that used to run E3 is now 
working for IDG/E for All so there have been a lot of shifts in ... 
let's say philosophy ... and how without groups like ours, "all" 
isn't "all."

So we need to think about signage for the booth. We have the poster 
that we use but it would be great to have some other equally eye 
catching things. Also it would be good if we could have some 
mini-signage for the accessible hardware so that people can know what 
they are seeing if the booth gets crowded. I mean WHEN the booth gets 
crowded.

IDG, of course, owns several mainstream gaming magazines (ie, 
GamePro), computer magazines, and websites. I mean I'm almost in 
tears thinking about how great an opportunity this is for game 
accessibility -- even after the show! With all that's going on with 
the SIG -- from Eelke's dev work with the Torque Engine and the 
SecondLife Grant to Richard and Sander's audio game maker work just 
to name a couple things off the top of my head -- how can we all not 
be pretty damn proud? :)

What a great week!

Michelle

>Wow, free booth? That's incredible. Thanks Michelle for hooking us up.
>
>On 8/8/07, d. michelle hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  First...it's my pleasure to announce...we got a FREE booth in a prime
>>  location at E for All (http://www.eforallexpo.com/insider),
>>  which is the new E3. They said when they called this morning that they
>>  really mean business when they say "All."
>>
>>
>>  Second...West coasters (and anyone else who can go) -- email me offlist at
>>  hinn at uiuc.edu and let me know if you can attend and help out! All are
>>  welcome!
>>
>>
>>  GREAT meeting today -- I'll be posting the summary later in the day!
>>
>>
>>  Michelle
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