tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705714898680615192.post7558495388801787305..comments2024-03-28T09:13:52.707+00:00Comments on Blind Spot: My SDS Conference ExperienceHannah Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537301344697081335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705714898680615192.post-40968157625161692942015-11-18T03:41:58.930+00:002015-11-18T03:41:58.930+00:00Wow, we had group shirt and that name was also sds...Wow, we had group shirt and that name was also sds.<br /><a href="https://kidklass.com/" rel="nofollow">summer camp</a><br />Audrey Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440543321953325114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705714898680615192.post-59578538160790761342015-06-24T09:45:06.994+01:002015-06-24T09:45:06.994+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705714898680615192.post-60457254192665354762014-06-26T21:18:13.995+01:002014-06-26T21:18:13.995+01:00Thanks so much for alerting me to the CAPTCHA issu...Thanks so much for alerting me to the CAPTCHA issue: I've de-enabled it now. <br />Perhaps SDS might have reached the stage where it needs to splinter into 2: an academic conference and an activists' meet with much cheaper rates - but that would take away some of the diversity and energy I loved when I was there. Hannah Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537301344697081335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705714898680615192.post-457550649029297132014-06-26T17:59:54.331+01:002014-06-26T17:59:54.331+01:00CAPTCHA is a visual image presented to the person ...CAPTCHA is a visual image presented to the person posting a comment - it is usually a picture of some distorted numbers and letters, and the commenter has to figure them out and type them in correctly to prove that s/he is not a spammer. Blogger's CAPTCHA implementation does provide an audio alternative, but it can be a roadblock for the visually impaired to navigate CAPTCHAs. <br /><br />I don't use CAPTCHA on my blogs. Sometimes I'll experience a small flurry of spam which I then have to stamp out, but my goal is try not to put any obstacles in the way of community. You might try disabling it and see if anything bad happens.<br /><br />Thanks for your response - your point is well taken that SDS is neither significantly more or less costly than other academic conferences, and I'm not sure that finding a way to lower the cost for the disabled per se (rather than some sort of means test) is the way to go about encouraging participation by disabled scholars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705714898680615192.post-49285611418295390502014-06-26T10:46:50.391+01:002014-06-26T10:46:50.391+01:00Hi cstokley and thanks for your comments. I didn&#...Hi cstokley and thanks for your comments. I didn't mention cost precisely because it is a very divisive issue. I came to SDS via academia and it is no more expensive that other academic conferences I have attended in the States. Having organised conferences myself, I know that it is the service providers, ie hotels, caterers etc who are also to blame: they charge premium rates for conferences because for most conferences, delegates' conference fees are paid by their companies. As this is not always the case for SDS delegates, maybe the SDS should organise a more budget event in a university halls of residence or on a campus rather than in a luxury hotel. But levels of comfort might also diminish and some people wouldn't like that. Or they could be more proactive about room sharing, taxi-sharing and giving info on cheaper nearby hotel accommodation. At the Minneapolis conference there was information about cheap places to eat and so I never ate in the expensive hotel restaurant.<br /><br />I have no idea what CAPTCHA is... is this a good or bad thing? Should I un-enable? I've just gone with blogger default settings because I'm not a technical genius... any suggestions welcomeHannah Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537301344697081335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705714898680615192.post-35175414423144332612014-06-26T02:56:17.484+01:002014-06-26T02:56:17.484+01:00I was fascinated to read your positive account of ...I was fascinated to read your positive account of your experience at SDS after reading several of Bill Peace's articles about the same conference:<br />http://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-sds-has-problem-will-they-respond.html<br />http://badcripple.blogspot.com/2010/05/academic-conferences-who-can-afford-to.html<br />http://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-work-disney-here-i-come.html<br /><br />(And parenthetically, I'm surprised to see that you have CAPTCHAs enabled for comments!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com