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Education & Outreach Working Group (EOWG)

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Announcements and Meetings

Teleconferences

Agendas and upcoming EOWG teleconferences:

Potential topics for August and September:

Previous agendas are in the meeting minutes.

For Task Force teleconferences, see the Task Force mailing lists.

Teleconference logistics

EOWG meets by teleconference most Fridays from 8:30am - 10:30am US Eastern Time via teleconference bridge. To find what time this is in your region, you can check the world clock meeting planner.

We use the Zakim Teleconference Bridge, IRC, and Zakim IRC "bot".

Face-to-Face Meetings

EOWG also meets face-to-face. Previous meetings are listed on the WAI Events page. Upcoming face-to-face meetings:

Meeting Minutes

Minutes from previous meetings are available.

Related pages: scribing instructions (old scribes list)

Current Work

EOWG is currently working on the deliverables listed below, as of August 2010.

  1. WAI-AGE Task Force work
  2. Presentation material and videos:
    1. Benefits of WCAG 2.0 instructions overview, ppt 800KB, HTML, video
    2. Components of Web Accessibility instructions cover page, step-by-step guide version, HTML presentation version, presentation version (.ppt @@KB)
    3. Using WCAG 2.0 - slide set version of /WAI/intro/wcag20
    4. Slidey help
    5. About WCAG 2.0 presentation material update - probably break up into smaller presentations
  3. New QuickTips, WAI Flyer, and other physical/hardcopy material
  4. New doors to WAI resources, information architecture, site design & navigation
  5. Update user interface for How to Meet WCAG 2.0 (Quick Reference) - consider adding basic/101 notes, option to highlight things particularly useful for older users
  6. Contributing to and reviewing:
  7. Updating as needed:

EOWG Deliverables Plan lists planned and potential deliverables for late 2010 and beyond.

Publications

About EOWG

The Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) develops strategies and materials to increase awareness among the Web community of the need for Web accessibility and to educate the Web community regarding solutions to Web accessibility.

Chair and Contacts

Charter

EOWG Task Forces

  1. Web Accessibility and Ageing Task Force (WAI-AGE TF) Work Statement
  2. Before/After Demo Task Force (BADTF) Work Statement and BAD Requirements
  3. [inactive] User Materials Task Force Work Statement
  4. [inactive] WCAG 2.0 Materials Support Task Force Work Statement
  5. [inactive] Lexicon Task Force Work Statement (LTF) Work Statement and Lexicon/Glossary Requirements
  6. [drafted] Evaluation Resource Suite Task Force (ERS TF) Work Statement and ERSTF Requirements
  7. [closed] WAI Site Task Force (WSTF) Work Statement and WAI Web Site Redesign Project page

Mailing Lists

Membership