WAI Education & Outreach Meeting, December 4, 1998

Last updated: December 10, 1998
Scribe: Chuck Letourneau

Posted by: Judy Brewer, WAI EOWG Chair

Attendees

All - send Judy your paper-mailing address so she can distribute quicktip cards.
JB - Judy to ask Joe Welinsky to show us something soon to determine if EO needs to do something additional?
DD - to check with Kitch Barnicle about status of Events Calendar
JB - to look at adding mention of "old people" and multiple disabilities to Call for Review.
JB - would like to collect all comments on the quicktips card and revisit at the end of the month.
JB - re EO meetings: not sure what is happening with the Europeans with this time slot. Will check back with them.

JB - Thanks to everyone for feedback. We have a pilot printed version. Took some to Kyoto. Tim Berners-Lee liked them very much and was handing them out with glee. Other members seemed to like them. JB hasn't looked over all the feedback that has been coming in. The quicktips page doesn't have an order form or Daniel's good HTML version of the page. JB would like to send some out to EO members.
WL - comments that seeing guidelines on a small card says that "this is easy".
HB - distributed about 2-dozen and most comments were positive. But first thing we should see is the URL for where to get more information was one important comment. Second point was the only guideline that evinced any contention. And four people had to put on glasses to see it.
JB - remember to inform people who see it that it is a pilot project.

JB - was to talk with Kevin Carey and others about restructuring the film ideas, and they had come to the same conclusion. JB hasn't had a chance to catch up on the e-mail about this topic yet.
KC - read Christine's reply and didn't think she had gotten the message. Changes will change shooting schedules and costs. Steve Tyler said to tell him how much more money and he would try to get it.
KC - will put out a note to ask people to get up to date and continue as planned.
JB - we will have one film that is more general in terms of disability and more closely coordinated with WAI.

JB - checked with DOJ people who are referencing our guidelines and made sure including clear disclaimers on working draft status, consensus process, etc.

JB - Wendy and Judy collaborated on a paper submission that was submitted late Monday but was accepted. Discussion generally on Web standards to draw a wide range of participants but will Trojan horse the accessibility guidelines into the discussions. JB - received a waiver on submission for a panel discussion - on technical issues relating to access to mobile telephones and computing.
WL - mentioned PalmPilot and suggested we should try and partner with them.
JB - will check on whether PalmPilot group is W3C member
JB - Jutta has agreed to host WAI meetings.

JB - met with Joe Welinsky, President of WinWriters, had agreed to develop 8 demo web sites, but has now said that 2 or 3 might be more realistic. They want to do something more simple. Has nothing to show us yet. May see them in January and we will have to provide a lot of feedback in rapid fashion. We may have to find some other people to do some sites for us as well.
WL - concerned that this is a serious problem.
JB - shall Judy ask Joe Welinsky to show us something soon to determine if EO needs to do something?
YES.

HB - mentioned the XML conference in Spain and thinks we should be there.
JB - if it is important, WAI might be able to cover expenses to make sure we have coverage. Harvey should contact Judy after the conference call to discuss further.

WL - Wow! Very impressed. A huge amount of work. Suggests a tighter set of links. Suggests dropping archival links for non current work (otherwise too confusing). Thinks it is a great working tool.
JB - it is supposed to be a planning tool as well as a reference tool. We will review a chunk of the deliverables document each time.

Review of Planning Information priorities:

Strategies: We should check back every three months or so to verify timelines and progress.
Translation and localization: is a high priority and we need to leverage our resources to forward this. Stability is needed as more translations are added.
Events Calendar/Coverage High priority - In progress
Baseline Data on Web Accessibility Regular - In progress - staring to happen through liaison with the Web Characterization Activity. Judy is the lead on this. Has to update this section. WL - is there a formal federal agency role in this? JB - more likely a non-governmental group. Will make this a high priority.
Impact Assessment Regular priority - In progress - how do we want to analyze, what questions must be asked? WL - has any consideration been given to getting a clipping service. JB - with Sally Khudari's departure, this has fallen apart and Judy must get it working again.

Already discussed previously, but Judy would like to collect all comments and revisit at the end of the month. Expect printed laminated cards to be ready by late January.

Next meeting December 11, 1998 - same time, same bridge (NOT JUDY's OFFICE NUMBER)

Then December 18, 1998. And January 8, 15, 22, 29 same time.

JB - not sure what is happening with Europeans EOWG participants this time slot. Will check back with them.

Comments: make sure disclaimers for which tools to use to use the curriculum are in the introduction and on speakers notes (as appropriate).
JB: can anybody (somebody) look at the slides with the new release of Opera?

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