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Education and Outreach Working Group Teleconference

27 Mar 2020

Attendees

Present
Lewis, Laura, Daniel, shawn, Howard, Hidde, KrisAnne, Sharron, brent, Shadi, Kevin, Mark, Helen, Estella, Sylvie
Regrets
Eric, Sylvie, Kevin
Chair
Brent
Scribe
Sharron

Contents


<scribe> Scribe: Sharron

Curricula Task Force Statement

<dmontalvo> WAI Curricula Task Force Work Statement

Brent: We discussed forming a task force for the curriculum work. Daniel has made a statement describing what the TF will do and how it will operate. As Daniel leads us through the statement think about whether you are interested in participating.

Daniel: The link is posted, the statement starts with a descripton of the TF, its purpose and goals. Explains where we are in the process, the work that has been done and what is coming up to do.
... Three specific objectives and the intention to include both EOWG participants and community members who are interested and have experience. Statement describes the modular approach to developing the curriculum and restates the fact that we will not develop actual courses.
... Describes the aprroval process as it realtes to EO.
... Invite your comments or questions about this statement

Brent: Thanks for the overview. The statement is meant to be a clear explanation of the expectation and operating approach of the TF.
... confimr Estalla, Howard, and Shadi that you are still participating in the TF?

All: Yes

Estella: The 3 steps were to check materials, drafting curriculm, creating materials?
... is there a timeline for each?

Daniel: Yes in the Approach section

Shadi: There is a macro timeleine that will get more detailed over time.

Brent: Thanks all, any other comments, questions?

<Helen> no objections from me - +1 to continuing

<kevin> +1 to continuing

<mpalmer> +1

Brent: any objections to mvoing forward with this statement?

<Howard> +1

<krisannekinney> +1

<shadi> +1

<eoncins> +1

<shawn> +1

<brent> +1

<hdv> +1

<Lewis> +1

<Laura> +1

Sharron: +1

RESOLUTION: EO accepts the formation, description, and operation of a Task Force to work closely with Daniel on the development of curricula

ATAG Report Tool

Hidde: Worked on development of the next iteration. Early next week should have completed this version and will be ready for EO reveiw next week.
... have added expand/collapse all. Added markdown support. To include code samples in the report to support developers.
... added import features, fixing some bugs, etc. Next week hope to have the Monkey Review. Can begin review any time and add issues to GitHub but there will be a survey next week.

Brent: Just to repeat that you can start trying things out. The throurough Maonkey review will be next week
... once that is complete, we will review as a V1

Shawn: The last version was realeased just before CSUN and all the chaos descended. Not many were able to review. Want to encourage you to make the changes now before final review. Is easier on the editor. Hidde, is anything NOT ready for comments?

Hidde: Not really, it all can be commented upon.

<Helen> https://github.com/w3c/wai-atag-report-tool/issues = known issues too

Helen: I suggested adding versioning for the report and I on't see it documented anywhere? Should I log it in GitHub or..?

Video status

Shadi: Thanks to Laura, great help and support! Thanks to Helen and Estella for transcripts. Posted a log of changes based on your comments.
... I passed all along to the production company and have documented how we resolved all the issues you raised. For example, a thin black outline for the lightbulb. Also darkened some colors for contrast, increased saturation of all the blue colors, etc
... the spaceship colors were entirely changed. Those are the main things, happy to say more or answer questions.
... can download and preview all the videos.

Brent: When will they be published to the WAI site?

Shadi: Just sent to Shawn and thanks to Hidde for prepping the players and placement, it is in Shawn's court.

Shawn: We need to do a bit more to polish how they are presented on the web site and that the publication will be stable. There are many moving parts and we are hoping that it will be some time next week.

Brent: I understand that there are many tech issues and look forward to seeing them on the WAI site
... thanks for the update, Shadi. Any additional comments?

EOWG Charter

Brent: The working group is on schedule for a re-charter. We don't anticipate the struggle that we had in 2017. Shanw has done the lion's share of the work on the charter - thank you! Will let Shawn tell us about it.

<shawn> https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/charter2020

Shawn: Most of this is boilerplate, you are likely most intereted in the deliverables section. Want to make sure that when we reviewed the deliverable list a couple of weeks ago that we captured all of the materials and that you are awaare of changes made since then.
... added HPWD Use the Web update and the Accessibility Statement Generator Tool under the hood changes. Also added the charge to address accessibility in emerging technology.

Kevin: Process question - you are down as the Team Contact with external funds. Is team contact not memeber funded?
... does it matter, is it relevant how much of the work is member funded?

Shawn: W3C members want to be sure that our work is focused on things they want and that external funds also support work that is welcomed and sanctioned by the mebership. In the charter we added the external funds in the name of transparency.

Kevin: As a member, I will be advocating for the work of the EOWG.

Shawn: In the past, we had some opposition by members who were so foucsed on tech specs that they wanted to change our charter to an IG or CG. In the past, we collected support statements for the importance and value of our work.
... I intend to do this again and if you can ask your compnay (not necessarily the AC rep but can be) and/or make statements of use and support, it will be helpful.

Kevin: In terms of planning and costing all of those activities, have we considered how practical it is to deliver all the things listed.

Shawn: Yes, we have planned the work and are flexible depending on contingencies.Most is already funded.

Shadi: 2 things - one is that emaerging tech may not need to be a separate item but to be integrated into all the work. Second is that we could say more generally that we wil 'update existing resources' rather than list them all with the funding caveat.
... maybe keep it more open so that we can remain more flexible.

Shawn: Yes want to make sure the charter covers all that we think we may want to do in the next 3 years. I did add the 'update' note as a general statement.
... Need more time toreview the charter or can we go to the next step?

<Helen> +1

<Howard> +1

<krisannekinney> +1

<mpalmer> +1

<eoncins> +1

<Laura> +1

<Lewis> +1

<brent> +1

<kevin> +1

<shadi> +1

<hdv> +1

<Sylvie> +1

<dmontalvo> +1

Shawn: Today I will set up a draft page, collect support on an EO wiki page, and begin next steps
... you are encouraged to add quote from managememnt and/or AC rep to help the charter approval.

Brent: Any more comments, questions?
... thanks again Shawn, extremely important.

EOWG face to face

Brent: Disrupted by CSUN cancellation, were planning for Spain, also canceled. TPAC is uncertain. AHG is still on for November so that is a possibility.
... Spain face to face could be postponed to January 21
... will update and post a survey.

Helen: Can we plan a virtual face to face?

Shawn: Yes it is a possibility. Will need to look at what actually supports the work. W3C has been considering what does and does not work in terms of virtual meetings.

Kevin: The value of the face to face is the nature of how the work becomes more collaborative, output driven activities. Not at sure what we could commit to in terms of travel in the next several months.
... May need to look at what we need to have to effectively collaborate virtually.

Shawn: Chairs lookat the work that has to get done and then consider how best to facilitate that.

Brent: In planning we really try to find projects that benefit from the creative, collaborative energy. So this will be a challenge to match that with an online meeting of any length.
... when we survey about this, please do put travel restrictions, etc in the response.

<Zakim> dmontalvo, you wanted to say Spanish authorities are warning that even after hard confinement, there will still be restrictions for us.

Daniel: Yes I agree it is hard to plan at this time.

Estella: The June event has been cancelled and we have proposed a postponement until Janaury. Shadi is a speaker and there is a potential to give a panle or workshop on the work of EOWG.

Howard: Let me put in a plug for AHG, in Denver this year. It was so nice to have the track of WAI work last year and the proposal submission is open.

Shawn: No one can commit. At this time, we could submit but don't know if the travel ban at W3C will be in place by then. Estella, what can you tell us about opportunities for EO participants?

Estella: Panels - 90 minutes; workshops are longer andprovide deeper insights; presentation on a spepcific topic.
... those are the 3 ways to participate in the conference. Questions?

Brent: That is for January?

Estella: Yes
... Great opportunity since few in Europe are aware of the work that EOWG does.

Brent: Yes I agree and we should stay in touch and take advantage if we can.

Estella: For January conference, submission date is today. I can ask for an extension.

Howard: Understanding that everything is tentative, we are planning ways for people to present remotely.

WrapUp

<shawn> Work for this week: https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/EOWG_Meetings#Work_for_this_Week

Brent: Will have asurvey on the ART, Daniel will send the TF statement fo review, Shawn is taking next steps on the charter.

KrisAnne: Shawn are you sending a Zoom link as the repeating info in the calendar?

Daniel: I just did that myself, made the change on my own calendar.

Shawn: I could send to the whole list but there are like 500 so wpuld rather not. If anyone wants it, please send me an email and I will send it to you.

Brent: Thanks all, that ends the meeting

trackbot, end meeting

Summary of Action Items

Summary of Resolutions

  1. EO accepts the formation, description, and operation of a Task Force to work closely with Daniel on the development of curricula
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