Hi all, My name is Stanley Lam, and I lead the nonprofit organization, Project:Possibility. As you may have heard, Project:Possibility is hosting a coding competition this weekend for students at the USC and UCLA campuses, and we'd like to invite you to participate.
Two of the project ideas we've recommended to the students come straight from GNOME: adding a scanning mode to the Caribou on-screen keyboard (by allowing it to interface with a binary input device) and adding a highlighting capability to Orca. However, the key issue is that one weekend is a short amount of time for a team of students to learn the source code, so talking with Willie and Brian it sounds like it'd be helpful for some GNOME programmers to be available over the weekend to guide the students along and answer any questions they may have. So if you've spent some time on Caribou or Orca (or are simply curious) and are available anytime Saturday and Sunday, 9am-9pm PST, please let us know. Please note that the final list of projects the students will be working on has not yet been confirmed -- it is up to the students themselves to self-select into teams based on their interests and prior experiences. Once the final teams are formed Friday, I'll keep everyone posted, but we wanted to check in now and see what everyone's availability is like. Also, if you happen to be in the Los Angeles area, I encourage you to check out the SS12 event in person (location info online at http;//ss12.info ) and see first-hand the students coding away at the cause of accessibility. Thanks for your time, and let me know if you have any questions about the upcoming event! Best, Stanley Lam Board of Directors Project:Possibility
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