[games_access] Updating the SIG White Paper

Mon May 9 14:03:56 EDT 2011

Ohhhhhhhhhh but I love google docs. :)

But really, I am up for whatever works for everyone. Just let me know your
preferences.

I love that update it once a year idea. That is pretty brilliant.

And it doesn't matter what way we end up edited the paper we should have a
list of those editing it, or the "editing team" as it were.

And emailing Michelle off list with the doc

-- 
Tara (Tefertiller) Voelker - Chairperson
IGDA Game Accessibility SIG

igda-gasig.org
http://gameaccesssig.forumotion.com/

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Michelle Hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Another thought is that it can be revisited every, say, year to add new
> research citations (I know Thomas, Dimitris, Kevin and I will want to add
> research papers that have been published since the original was written).
> Or, perhaps, we could have a "take a good look at it once a year but any
> major additions can be made as soon as possible). That way it's a project
> that it's alway on-going rather than getting as old as it is now.
>
> And, yeah, if you go to the US Census website, all the latest info is
> there. We'll definitely want to have the most recent data from any census we
> can get in any major market (US, UK, Japan...etc etc...not leaving countries
> out just giving examples).
>
> I really hate (sorry...) Google Docs. I've worked on three papers recently
> (including one with Thomas, Dimitris, and Kevin) that became such a pain to
> edit that we just cc:ed each other on who had the word doc and attached the
> latest versions to email). So -- and this is just me, maybe -- we should
> find out who actively wants to work on it (be the "white paper working
> group" officially and therefore directly contributes and has their name on
> it as a personal contributor) and start a cc: list instead?
>
> And...I didn't get the google doc invite -- can you (sorry...) send it to
> me as a word doc directly?
>
> Hope you guys had a great time on your honeymoon!!! :)
>
> Michelle
>
> On May 9, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Tara Voelker (Tefertiller) wrote:
>
> No, not at all. It's done when we think it's ready. I don't want to rush
> anyone, I know we're all busy.
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Is there a dead line for editing?
>>
>>
>> On 9 May 2011 16:47, Tara Voelker (Tefertiller) <
>> ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All!
>>>
>>> I am back from my honeymoon! It was great!
>>>
>>> Now, in one of the 65406546514657146 emails I got from the SIG while I
>>> was gone, Sandra in Michelle had talked in one of them about
>>> updating/re-doing the white paper.
>>>
>>> I am totally for this. I had actually been going through on my own and
>>> taking our white paper and adding in newer US census data (that's what the
>>> original white paper quotes, although by now I got probably get in even
>>> newer census data, since the 2010 numbers have been released now), adding in
>>> new information to deal with new consoles and peripherals like the Wii and
>>> Kinect, and adding in new games that have been developed that incorporated
>>> accessibility features. (If you remember a month or 2 ago, I sent out a
>>> request for games to include in the update- I may have been posted them in
>>> forums. I got a few responses.)
>>>
>>> Most of these changes can be seen in a google doc version of the white
>>> paper that Thomas Westin set up like... 6 months ago. That is with the
>>> exception of the updated games list, which I have in a separate document
>>> that I haven't copied pasted over yet. I would like to remind everyone that
>>> this google doc is in the "rough draft" stage, as there are all sort of
>>> different texts and text sizes and fonts... not to mention I haven't
>>> proofread it yet. Also, I never made it all the way through to finish the
>>> update as I became busy with the wedding and all, but now I have time to
>>> resume getting this done.
>>>
>>> Additionally, most of the information on our website was pulled from the
>>> updated version of the white paper, if you are interested in seeing about
>>> where it is at.
>>>
>>> I know Sandra has already had this document shared with her, and I just
>>> shared it with Michelle as well. There are a handful of other people as
>>> well, although I don't know who off the top of my head. If you would like to
>>> see where the draft is at, just let me know and I can share the document
>>> with you. I do ask that you do not go crazy and start deleting anything in
>>> the document until discussion with other SIG members. I have not deleted
>>> anything myself from the original white paper. Feel free to add in anything
>>> you feel like. Just be sure to do it in a new text color (like blue or
>>> green) so everyone can easily see what is newly added to the rough draft.
>>> Also, please be sure to site any references you use.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> --
>>> Tara (Tefertiller) Voelker - Chairperson
>>> IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
>>>
>>> igda-gasig.org
>>> http://gameaccesssig.forumotion.com/
>>>
>>>
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>
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