[games_access] GDC + IGDA Tech Migration

[D. Michelle Hinn]

Oddly, as I wrote this, I did receive an acceptance for accessibility  
arcade...only it's as a poster session, which I can do but seems  
REALLY odd given that the point of that session is to allow people to  
try out controllers and such. I can make it work but I'm still trying  
to argue for a different format!

Michelle

On Oct 9, 2009, at 8:04 PM, D. Michelle Hinn wrote:

> The only real thing I'm concerned about, of course, is if I got low  
> ratings (thus axing anything I submitted) despite explaining the  
> situation. It's always a little ironic that those that show up to  
> our sessions can be the most harsh critics when it's a disability  
> (temp or perm) that may be interfering with what you are trying to  
> convey. But after some investigation, it seems that ALL of  
> diversity in gaming was also dealt the same hand.
>
> Michelle
>
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Thomas Westin wrote:
>
>> don't worry too much about that Michelle, I think the message was  
>> clear enough and I think people understand that the audio tech  
>> problem was not your fault + you told the audience about your surgery
>>
>> /Thomas
>>
>> On Oct 9, 2009, at 1:46 AM, D. Michelle Hinn wrote:
>>
>>> no online meetings yet -- i'm looking at the calendar and the  
>>> emails and i think i have a good time that will work for most.  
>>> i'll send out an email when i set a first date (hopefully for  
>>> next week) and the login information. we're going to try skype  
>>> with an msn backup plan in case things go wrong. so that meeting  
>>> may be mostly testing and catching up!
>>>
>>> so far across all diversity topics, we only know of the one  
>>> poster session that was accepted on hearing. this is a very bad  
>>> sign of things from GDC, especially since last year (although the  
>>> time slot was not ideal) we did have a pretty large crowd.  
>>> unfortunately the sound engineers in the room would not pay  
>>> attention to my complaints about the audio feedback (it was only  
>>> at the speaker's podium) and i ended up doing the talk with my  
>>> voice repeating itself about a second's delay. again, only i  
>>> heard that but the engineers knew it was an issue (other  
>>> speaker's complained) but for me, since it was still close to the  
>>> time i'd had the brain tumor treatment on broca's area  
>>> (communication...) it was like a super whammy! it was all i could  
>>> do to focus on one single strand of sound. it felt like what i  
>>> have read about those with hearing impairments that get an  
>>> implant or otherwise get some hearing for the first time in their  
>>> lives go through. total audio chaos! yes, that was a MAJOR ADA  
>>> issue but not one i'd predicted ahead of time.
>>>
>>> anyway...we have other conferences to get the word out on the  
>>> accessibility movement but the GDC route seems roadblocked at  
>>> this time.
>>>
>>> michelle
>>>
>>> On Oct 8, 2009, at 2:02 PM, <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> yes I got a funeral notice
>>>>
>>>> it's odd; in a time when the industry really would neednew  
>>>> markets it ignores diversity; I see the same trend in Sweden too
>>>>
>>>> anyways how are you doing?
>>>>
>>>> also are there live meetings online; did we decide upon a day of  
>>>> week?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> (Sent from my mobile)
>>>>
>>>> On 8 okt 2009, at 01.47, "D. Michelle Hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately all of the proposals for game accessibility for  
>>>>> GDC SF 2010 were turned down. I was wondering if anyone on this  
>>>>> list got anything in? There's a diversity "hearing" in the  
>>>>> works within the GDC itself, as it seems that every proposal we  
>>>>> know about having to do with diversity issues were eliminated  
>>>>> in the first round. I'm just double checking to see if  
>>>>> everything was axed on our topic. If you have not yet heard  
>>>>> about the status of a proposal you may have turned in, count it  
>>>>> as rejected. They've already sent out the acceptance and are  
>>>>> now just sending out the funeral notices. :(
>>>>>
>>>>> In other news, this weekend is the big "tech migration" to the  
>>>>> new IGDA site so if you have been having trouble posting to the  
>>>>> list, that is why I've just learned. Please email me at  
>>>>> hinn at uiuc.edu with any questions of concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>> Michelle
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