Hello,

I appreciate the reply. It is disappointing that you will not share a way to contact your board. I believe this goes beyond just an operational matter. This points to a systematic flaw in the organization and as someone who sits on advisory boards for other organizations, I would certainly want to know about this type of situation.

What accessibility testing was done before this update was rolled out? What review of the underlying technology platform and accessibility conformance claims from Microsoft was done as a part of choosing to adopt this technology. Microsoft publishes accessibility conformance reports for all products at http://aka.ms/msacr and when I left in late 2022, the products you are using all had known accessibility limitations. Maybe those have been corrected, maybe not. I have not personally checked yet.

I don’t know you but I believe the board should be made aware of this situation. I’d ask again for a way to reach the board. If you will not share such, for those members I can find contact info for or who I can find on the board, I do intend to make them aware through alternative methods then.

Far too often, as it would appear has happened here, people with disabilities are left to experience the consequences and delays of accessibility inaction. I believe that as executive director you should be creating an environment where such is not the case. Maybe you are, maybe you are not. All I have is words that say accessibility is important and actions that speak differently. In literally less than a minute, with Microsoft’s own Accessibility Insights tool (www.accessibilityinsights.io) any individual from the organization could have identified many of the issues I am now experiencing. At minimum, those could have been noted in announcing the site update with a timeline for remediation.

As I said, this is more than an operational issue in my opinion.

I’d request again that you provide me with a way to reach the board to communicate my organizational concerns.

Kelly