Yes, that is a good point, the detail here is that Mr. Chung was arguing
that there is no issue here and that most people surfing there are going
to be sighted any way....  He clearly needs  some help in understanding
advocacy and our right to access information.

Fernando


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On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Gary Wunder wrote:

> I'm not here to suggest that an inaccessible website is good, only that
> there are ways to change it, and the issue isn't as simple as money and a
> clear choice of right and wrong as to how one exerts influence.
>
>  How, in the past, have we convinced businesses to put their information in
> braille and on cassette?  It wasn't by demanding that the Amway Corporation
> do it before we would get involved, it was by getting involved, proving we
> could make sales, winning friends who, after a time, were shocked that info
> was so hard for us to get at and made it their mission to help us.
>
>
>  This morning I posted this note to another list.  I submit it for your
> thoughts here.
>
>   I suggest the real test of the agreement is whether, say in six months, the
>   shopping center is still inaccessible.  I think this gives many of us the
>   opportu;nity to write a letter saying something like:
>
>   I was persuaded to shop at your site since you have an agreement with a
>   charity I very much support.  Unfortunately your site is not one I can use
>   as someone who is blind.  Here's is what you need to do to get my business.
>
>   There is a certain irony to being able to use funds generated from in
>   inaccessible site in the fight for accessibility.  If, after a reasonable
> period of time, we do not see that access, then we
>   can go to President Maurer and others, saying we've tried without success
>   to get this working, and in the absence of progress, we should look for
>   another site and make our work and our leaving very public.
>
>
>
>
>
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