[Sigia-l] NYC UPA 9/14 meeting: Ballot Design: What Really Matters

[Ilise Benun (201) 653-0783]

Save the date for the next NYC UPA event:
Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2005 6-8:30 PM.

NYC Usability Professionals Association presents:
Ballot Design: What Really Matters

Presenter: Whitney Quesenbery, UPA President and Director of the UPA Voting
and Usability Project
When: Tuesday, Sept 14th, 6:30PM
Where: (note new location)  Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Laura
Parsons Pratt Conference Center, 281 Park Avenue South (at 22nd Street).

Join Whitney Quesenbery, UPA President and Director of the UPA Voting and
Usability Project to take a look at how ballots are designed, and learn
about the technical and legal constraints that make good design a challenge.
Come see why user-centered design is the key to building trust and
confidence (not to mention ease of use and efficiency) in democratic
elections worldwide. Also, attendees are asked to bring ballots to
contribute to the Sample Ballot Collection.


For more information, visit our Web site: at
http://www.nycupa.org/events.html.

      Cost: $10 for NYC-UPA members if pre-registered, $15 if not
pre-registered
      $20 for non-members if pre-registered, $25 if not pre-registered
      $5 for full-time students if pre-registered, $10 if not pre-registered
(please provide valid ID) (payable, by cash or check only, at the door only)


To attend, please send an e-mail to rsvp at nycupa.org. Please include your
name as well as your company name if you wish your company name to appear on
your receipt and badge.

Please note: there is a $5 additional charge if you do NOT pre-register by
5:00pm the day BEFORE the event; this applies to NYC-UPA members,
non-members members and students equally.

Any questions, call Ilise Benun (201) 653-0783.