Notes from 53rd International STC Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada, May 7-10, 2006

The AccessAbility SIG: Anatomy of a Successful Community

Mike Murray
Lockheed Martin Information Systems

Murray is A-SIG co-manager, a former Orlando chapter president, and a newly elected director on the STC Board.

Session Description: The presenter gave a brief background upon one of STC's newest, smallest, yet most dynamic SIGs, followed by several keys to the organization's success. Numerous turnkey leadership tools, ranging from strategic planning to administrative organization, were made available.

• Mike's full presentation, "The AccessAbility SIG: Anatomy of a Successful Community", is available online.
• Most of the turnkey tools are available online (http://www.stcsig.org/sn/aboutsig.shtml, scroll down to "Leadership and Process Information").
• This article from the Proceedings to the 52nd international STC conference, "From Starfish to Butterfly: the Amazing Story of the AccessAbility SIG" gives you a quick look at the AccessAbility SIG—its history, goals and objectives, and accomplishments.
• Follow these links to other online A-SIG resources:
   
• Our award-winning comprehensive, dynamic, and ever-growing Web site.
• Our informative, data-rich, and engaging online newsletter, Achieve!.
• The February 2006 edition of STC's Technical Communication, which is thematically dedicated to accessibility with several in-depth research articles and a comprehensive annotated bibliography leading to further resources.
• The most recent of the wide-ranging and much-acclaimed (accessibility guides we have researched and published for the last five international STC conferences.
• The special edition of Achieve! published at the 53rd international STC conference (Vol. 4 No 2a). The "roadmap" to accessibility-related sessions (page 4) shows the growing focus this subject at the conference, co-SIG manager Lisa Pappas wrote a provocative article, and the interior pages give you a look at the A-SIG.
• The briefings, articles, and handouts associated with our progressions, presentations, and panel discussions at the last seven STC international conferences.