News from the Web Industry Professionals Association (Australia) http://wipa.org.au/news/ Web Industry Professionals Association Incorporated Sat, 17 May 2008 02:18 +1100 en The WIPA Annual General Meeting is to be held on Tuesday 23 October in Sydney. http://wipa.org.au/story/23 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:00 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=23 Russ Weakley There was a full-house for WIPA's first Sydney event - a forum on the recently released NSW Government Website Style Directive. http://wipa.org.au/story/22 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:48 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=22 Belinda Lego WIPA is presenting a forum on the NSW Government Website Style Directive that was released at the end of last year. http://wipa.org.au/story/21 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:28 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=21 Russ Weakley Details for the FullCodePress event - when, where, times, how you can help, and ways you can watch, participate. http://wipa.org.au/story/20 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:36 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=20 Russ Weakley There have been a few comments recently about the lack of an accessibility expert position on the FullCodePress teams. Have we been ignoring accessibility? http://wipa.org.au/story/18 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:58 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=18 Russ Weakley A subcommittee from Webstock and WIPA have been busily assessing the non-profit organisation registrations. The winning organisations cannot be revealed until Saturday 18 August, when our two teams meet. http://wipa.org.au/story/17 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:04 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=17 Russ Weakley The Australian team has picked it's captains choice and would like to welcome on board JEFF LOWDER http://wipa.org.au/story/16 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:18 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=16 Russ Weakley Adobe has agreed to sponsor the Australian FullCodePress team. We also welcome new sponsors RedSquare and SitePoint. http://wipa.org.au/story/15 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:05 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=15 Russ Weakley The Australian and New Zealand FullCodePress teams have been announced. http://wipa.org.au/story/14 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:03 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=14 Russ Weakley The Australian selection panel have selected the following finalists for the Australian FullCodePress team - also from a number of impressive candidates. Again, in no particular order: http://wipa.org.au/story/13 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:13 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=13 Russ Weakley After much deliberation, the New zealand selection panel have selected the following finalists for the NZ FullCodePress team from a number of impressive candidates (in no particular order) http://wipa.org.au/story/12 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:01 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=12 Russ Weakley We're are pleased to announce the selection panel for the non-profit organisations. It'll be their job to select the non-profit organisations that will win a free werbsite on 18 August 2007. http://wipa.org.au/story/11 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:42 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=11 Russ Weakley WIPA are pleased to announce the selection panel for the Australian FullCodePress team. It'll be their job to shortlist three candidates for each position, one of whom will be chosen at random for the Australian team. http://wipa.org.au/story/10 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:35 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=10 Russ Weakley Registration for the Australian and New Zealand teams has now closed. We've had over 100 registrations for both teams, and the quality of those applying has been great. http://wipa.org.au/story/9 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:38 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=9 Russ Weakley The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) invites you to comment on an updated draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0), published on 17 May 2007. WCAG 2.0 addresses accessibility of Web content for people with disabilities. http://wipa.org.au/story/8 Thu, 31 May 2007 09:19 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=8 Judy Brewer auDA's 2007 Names Policy Panel is currently reviewing the policy framework for .au domain names. The Panel has released an Issues Paper, May 2007 which sets out the current situation and invites comment on suggestions and options for change. http://wipa.org.au/story/7 Fri, 18 May 2007 15:55 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=7 Peter Firminger Webstock and WIPA are extremely pleased to announce the launch of FullCodePress, a new and exciting series of web events. National teams compete against each other to build a website in 24 hrs, putting national pride and web prowess to the tes http://wipa.org.au/story/6 Fri, 18 May 2007 06:16 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=6 Russ Weakley The AWIA has just announced that the Western Australian Web Awards for 2007 are now open! The committee have said that they are already planning an even bigger and brighter event than last year. http://wipa.org.au/story/5 Thu, 17 May 2007 21:22 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=5 Russ Weakley The recently established Web Industry Professionals Association (WIPA) aims to foster the development of the Web Industry in Australia and provide forums where people who work in all the different facets of the industry can come together and exchange ideas. http://wipa.org.au/story/4 Mon, 07 May 2007 14:55 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=4 Roger Hudson Webstock and WIPA are more than pleased - in fact hugely excited - to announce "World Wide Web-a-thon", the start of an international series of web competitions. http://wipa.org.au/story/1 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:09 +1000 http://wipa.org.au/news/display.cfm?news_id=1 Russ Weakley