With the inexcusably cheesy heading taken care of, I can move along to tell you that the Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS for short) is now open for business. The guild is seeking as many enthusiastic, members as possible during the ‘soft launch’ (with the official launch date early in 2004). Not sure what the guild is? Founder Jim Byrne describes it thus: "A world wide organisation of web designers and developers committed to helping each other, and promoting the message that accessible web design is ‘good for business’." Check out the launch statement for more information about the guild (or discuss the future direction of the guild over at Accessifyforum)