RE: access contest?

It's an annual event.  Here is what was posted to the Austin STC mailing
list:

Posted on behalf of Beth Schrader at bwschrader(at)austin.rr.com:
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AIR AUSTIN COMPETITION

Want to help design a website for a charity? The AIR-Austin Web Design event
matches teams of Web designers with non-profit organizations to build
websites that are accessible to people with disabilities. Last year, the STC
team joined over 100 others and built 20+ accessible websites during the
8-hour competition, and our site won third place in the "stock car"
(standard) division! It was hard work, but a lot of fun.

The total time commitment is:
1) Training for your team on how to design an accessible site (1/2 day -
date TBA)
2) Party - meet your nonprofit partner and plan your site - Sept. 11, 6
p.m., Scholtz Garden
3) Tech set up time - load software, check equipment, get revved - Sept.
14th between 4 and 7 p.m., ITEC (formerly Infotec), 360/MoPac
4) Rally - Saturday, Sept 15, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., ITEC -  May the best team
win!
5) Awards Ceremony - Bask in your glory, relive the fun!


-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela Shorey [mailto:palema(at)galaxyinternet.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 7:37 PM
To: aware-techniques(at)hwg.org
Subject: access contest?

I've been poking around on the web looking for state accessibility policies
and came across this accessibility-design for nonprofits contest.
http://www.knowbility.org/AIR-Austin/
Is this a first? anyone hear about this before?

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