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AIR-Austin logoAccessibility Internet Rally
for Austin

Join the Race
to make Austin the most accessible city on the Internet


BiplaneEvent Info

AIR-Austin is an award-winning event whose mission is to make the Internet accessible for people with disabilities. Web designers are matched with a nonprofit organization to build a web site to serve the organization's mission. Last year, more than 100 people teamed up and built 20 accessible web sites during an 8-hour competition. The result: countless people with disabilities experienced greater access to the Internet as a tool for gaining knowledge, economic power and exploring job opportunities. AIR-Austin is organized by Knowbility, Goodwill Industries of Central Texas, & MAIN, with assistance from the Virtual Volunteering Project.

Biplane Event Schedule

Attendance is required on the following dates:

Qualifying Laps Hands on training in accessible web tools and techniques. Choose Thursday, October 5 OR Saturday, October 7

Start Your Engines BIG Party! Web design teams find out which nonprofit group they will design for amidst food, drink and great music! Thursday, October 12th at 6 p.m.

Gather Speed Teams meet to talk about the site and gather necessary background information: Friday, October 13

The Race is ON! Rally: Saturday. October 14, 2000 at Infotec from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Winner's Circle Winners will be announced at the annual Mayor's Employment Awards

Biplane Event Info

Registration Fee: $100
Please makes checks out to Knowbility
P.O. Box 684671
Austin, TX 78701

By signing up, you are making the following commitments:
1.) Field a team of web developers (up to 4 people/team)
2.) Attend an accessibility training session, the Start Your Engines Mixer, Gather Speed Info Day & the Rally
 

Racecar Team Info

Please complete the following:

Contact Name:

Organization's Name:

Address:

Phone:

Fax:

E-mail:

URL Address:

 

Racecar Race Divisions

Stock Car: Hosted on the MAIN Web Site (http://www.main.org/) MAIN will provide hosting for free, but with technological restrictions: no "whizbang" technology, no advanced interndet/Web features/functionality/CGI scripting, no IPng/HTML9x, no Java/JavaScript, ASP, VBxx, VC++, etc. just straightforward html presentation and URL/email links. MAIN provides public access to community inofrmation and aims to make all content accessible to the broades number of people of all different abilities, and to those with the barest minimum of computing technology available to them.

Formula 1: Anything (technology wise) goes. Full-blown Sun/Solaris hemi-engine, custom CGI carburetor, SGI, IBM/AIX, OS/2, Macintosh, UNIX, You Name It! The catch is: You design it, you host it, you support it! MAIN can't, and MAIN won't! The WEb Design Team must provide an end-to-end, total life-cycle funding and technology plan for hosting, connectivity, access, maintenance, User support, etc. Obviously, big companies have an advantage in this category, but obviously also, participation in this category requires a major commitment.
 

Race division your team would like to enter:

Tools or equipment your team would prefer:
(Equipment availability will be discussed in detail at an event training session on October 5 or October 7 at Infotec.):

Please include recent web site development experience. Include recent URLS of clients. etc.:

Does your team have experience building accessible web sites? (See AIR-Austin accessibility information)


Need more information? AIR-Austin is actively seeking corporate partners, volunteers, and others to get involved in its educational and employment activities.
For more information, call Genie Sorensen at 512/478-4596, send email to genie.sorensen@knowbility.org
or visit the
AIR-Austin Web site
http://www.main.org/AIR-Austin