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

[Eelke Folmer]

Happy Holidays!

eitan> I hope you didn't do the "Feats of Strength" with  your dad for
festivus! ;-)

Too bad our IGF submissions (gordon's trigger finger & your game)
didn't make it to the final round. ;-(  hopefully more luck next year.

Cheers Eelke





On 21/12/2007, Eitan Glinert <glinert at mit.edu> wrote:
> 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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University of Nevada              Reno, Nevada 89557
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