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How to Join the Authoring Tools Working Group

Membership in the Working Group is open to W3C members and invited experts. The Working Group invites members and representatives of software developers (including open-source developers), disability communities, access research organizations, government organizations, and user groups to apply for membership as invited experts.

Note. Existing members in good standing at the time of rechartering will need to renew their membership.

Preparation

  1. Read the WAI Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group home page.
  2. Read the Working Group Charter. In particular, read the section on requirements for participation in the Working Group. Note well the expected duration of the group and the amount of time and travel expected.
  3. If the Working Group home page does not answer your questions, contact the Chair, Jutta Treviranus (jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca) and/or the Team Contact, Charles McCathieNevile(charles@w3.org).

Request to Join

To join the WAI Authoring Tools Guidelines Working Group, send the information requested below to jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca and charles@w3.org, and cc wai-au-call@w3.org. If you work for a W3C Member organization, cc your your AC Rep as well. Use the subject "Request to Join".


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)

I am an experienced user of the following authoring tools:

[ ] I have read the Authoring Tools Guidelines Working Group Charter and agree to the participation criteria therein (please indicate the revision date of the charter, e.g., 2000/01/21).

Intellectual Property Rights (check one):

[ ] To the best of my knowledge, I believe my organization does not have any IPR claims regarding guidelines for the accessibility of authoring tools.

[ ] To the best of my knowledge, I believe my organization has the following IPR claims regarding guidelines for the accessibility of authoring tools. (Please specify)

Note. The 8 June 1999 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.


Follow Up

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 Working Groups.

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


Charles McCathieNevile (charles@w3.org)
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