[games_access] Happy Seasons Greetings/New Years/Etc!

[Eitan Glinert]

Merry Festivus, everyone!
Eitan

On Dec 21, 2007 4:56 AM, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:

> Thanks Michelle,
>
> and Happy <insert  your favorite holiday> to you all from me too!
>
> Got some flu myself but not too bad, still up and running
>
> I'll be offline for a week or two now, will rest by doing some
> physical work, renovating our bathroom so I'll be busy but it'll be fun
>
> /thomas
>
> On 21 dec 2007, at 01.22, d. michelle hinn wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm about to head out (tomorrow morning) for about 10 days of travel
> > from Champaign, IL to Detroit, MI then to Tampa, Florida (the colder
> > norther part, not the 365 days/year warm parts), back to Detroit,
> > and then back to exciting Champaign-Urbana before the new year hits.
> > I won't google up a "how this translates to European travel given
> > differences in vehicle speeds, etc" because, well, even I'm not that
> > nutty. :) Unfortunately I got hit by some death flu (and I even got
> > the flu shot!) for the past 48 hours or so and am just now getting
> > it shaken off a little bit!) -- so I have a lot to catch up on as
> > the brain fog clears.
> >
> > First, I wanted to wish everyone on the list a happy new year (at
> > least according to most Western calendars)! It's been a rough road
> > at times for us this year but we made it through, important lessons
> > were learned, and we've experienced lots of growth. I know for a few
> > of us it's been a tough year in our personal lives as well and I can
> > appreciate that we are a volunteer group and that life gets tough to
> > balance. We do what we can with the time we have to try and make
> > change. And I think if you add up everything that's happened in the
> > last year, we've gotten a lot done. We've learned important lessons
> > on approaches not to take, approaches we haven't yet taken, and so
> > forth. We have an exciting 2008 ahead of us, no doubt.
> >
> > Second, I want to thank everyone for their participation this year!
> > There's always more to do but we have to recognize that we are a
> > small group (for now!) and feel good about what we've been able to
> > do in the world of game accessibility. We're starting to tackle some
> > of the harder issues now -- social justice, legalities, advantages/
> > disadvantages of a symbol system for rating accessibility (long
> > talked about in the SIG but has it's trickiness in how the check/
> > balance system will work like the ESRP with their full time
> > employees), the complexities of guidelines, the academic puzzle of
> > how to frame what we do and say in a larger design paradigm, and
> > much, much more.
> >
> > Third, I want to take the time to encourage everyone to get
> > refreshed and ready for a new and exciting year with the SIG -- "the
> > book" will happen this year (a general announcement will follow as
> > soon as legal stuff is worked out), we have conferences to look
> > forward to, work with the Electronic Consumers Association (the ECA
> > that has been formed to help fight the legal shutting down of games
> > -- one that we can use to help show a potential positive side that
> > the industry could/should be contributing to as much as they can
> > because it HELPS put the industry in a positive light), a grant to
> > work through, fund raising, a new website...so much more! This is
> > exciting!
> >
> > So I will be reachable while I'm gone but obviously things will slow
> > down from my end for the next week or so, as I imagine will be the
> > case for others as well. Relax and enjoy time with family. And, as I
> > have said before, hope for peace in the new year. The world, more
> > than ever, needs some healing.
> >
> > Michelle
> > Chairperson, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
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