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Good afternoon everyone,
It was a pleasant surprise to see the invitation to join this member-created knowledge community in my inbox this morning here in Boston.
To get some kind of ball rolling [what kind, I'm not sure], I thought I would post a plug for this year's YAF/COD Ideas Competition, which - as some of you know - focuses on Universal Design. The competition closed this week and winners will be announced at the Convention in May in New Orleans. In the meantime, if you'd like to read a quick piece about what those of us who worked on the writing of the competition were hoping to accomplish, follow this link to a blog posting in Metropolis Magazine on-line from February of this year:
http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20110204/accessibility-watch-qa-with-josh-safdie
Best Regards,
Josh Safdie
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