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How to join the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group

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Preparation

  1. Read the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Home Page
  2. Read the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Charter
  3. Read the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group mailing list use policy
  4. Contact one of the chairs or staff contact with questions:
    Co-chair: Jason White
    Co-chair: Gregg Vanderheiden
    Staff contact: Wendy Chisholm

Request to join

To join the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, send the information requested below to member-wcagwg-cfp@w3.org with a copy to Wendy Chisholm. If you work for a W3C Member organization, also send a copy to your W3C Advisory Council (AC) Representative as well. Use the subject "Request to Join WCAG WG" in your message.


Given Name:

Family Name:

Email Address:

Office Telephone Number:

Employer / Organization:

Indicate whether your organization is a W3C Member:

Area of interest: (Non W3C members please state area of expertise)

[ ] develop Web content on a regular basis,

[ ] work with people with disabilities who use the Web,

[ ] instruct people on developing Web content,

[ ]or have general usability, development, or accessibility knowledge



[ ] I have read the WCAG WG Charter and agree to the participation criteria therein (please indicate the revision date of the Charter, e.g., 2001/10/30).

[ ] I have read the WCAG WG mailing list use policy and agree to use the mailing list accordingly.

Intellectual Property Rights (check one):

[ ] To the best of my knowledge, my organization does not have any IPR claims regarding guidelines for the accessibility of Web content.

[ ] My organization has the following IPR claims regarding guidelines for the accessibility of Web content. (Please specify)

Note. The 19 July 2001 Process Document also asks that any IPR claims known to the future participant to be pertinent to the Working Group's work be sent to patent-issues@w3.org in addition to the request to join.


Followup

If you work for a W3C Member organization, your AC Representative should confirm by replying to you, the Chair, and the W3C Team (staff) contact.

More information

For general information about W3C Process, please consult the Process Document and in particular general information about W3C Interest Groups.

If you work for a W3C Member organization, you can find more information about joining W3C Working and Interest Groups in the W3C Guidebook.


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