<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 October 2013 09:28, Chris Neugebauer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrisjrn@gmail.com" target="_blank">chrisjrn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Ian,<br>
<br>
Perhaps this is ripe picking for creating an LA subcommittee -- making<br>
it a subcommittee would make the services/expertise available to every<br>
LA conference (PyCon AU would benefit here, I'm sure). It would also<br>
provide continuity from year to year.<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
<br>
--Chris<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br><div><div><div>Chris GMTA! I was just thinking of that as I read Mary's insightful post on the resources already available on the topic.<br><br></div>That
is why I added the extension to the title so this topic can cover any
of the projects that LA assists in the future, such as PyCon.<br><br></div>Some
of the people that I met at Canberra had significant but not
immediately noticeable disabilities and access problems. The picture just popped in my mind of the very early breakfast meeting in the art or museum place and the mounds of food were difficult for the wheelchair participants to access and make their own choices instead of relying on others to pass things to them.<br>
<br>For an Organising Committee assisting the range of needs
might be difficult without background knowledge and experience. <br><br>An LA
sub-committee of people with disability support/awareness experience could be an invaluable
assist to an Organising Committee, LCA, PyCon or otherwise.<br><br></div>A
member of the sub-Committee might also be in a position to volunteer
their direct attendance and support to the event to be able to provide advice on the
spot when things don't go as planned.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Ian<br></div></div>