Re: Award for GOPA

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

Congratulations to everyone, especially the crowd on #a11y IRC!  This is
a great way to get people thinking more about FOSS accessibility.

I wonder... can the people behind the program get some recognition for
their affiliate corporations (profit or non-profit)?  I mean in addition
to the official sponsors of the program?  (My Director is asking)

E.g. Will is paid by Sun Microsystems and is the glue behind this program.

cheers,
David

Vincent Untz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Last week, during the Paris Capitale du Libre event, some awards were
> given away to various projects/companies/people in the free software
> world. Those are the Lutèce d'Or [1].
>
> We filled an application for the best action lead by the community, and
> applied for GOPA (GNOME Outreach Program: Accessibility). The goal was
> to explain our efforts in promoting accessibility.
>
> And it turns out we won :-) [2] Christophe Fergeau went to the ceremony
> to receive the prize and wrote a small report [3].
>
> We're trying to write press release around that. So if anybody wants to
> help, that'd be great! I'd guess we might want a quote from someone
> working on a11y...
>
> [1] http://en.paris-libre.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=44
> [2] http://www.paris-libre.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=212
> [3] http://cfergeau.blogspot.com/2008/09/yesterday-i-attended-crmonie-de-remise.html
>
> Vincent
>
>