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Scribe, rrsagent, agenda check, confirming summer reduced meeting schedule for WAI CC call. (Please add your present+ to IRC)
Proposal is next CC call would be 28th of July? Availability?
George and Tzviya unavailable
<brent> I am available.
<Judy> FOR JULY, OUR MEETING WILL BE JULY 28. WE'LL SKIP JULY 14
Now asking who CANNOT do 25 August?
<Judy> now checking for AUG 25, who could not do that?
<Judy> LIKELY OUR AUGUST MEETING DATE IS THE 25th. To be confirmed.
Publication announcements?
<Judy> https://
APA expecting XAUR to have published by 28 July
judy: Asks whether Epub mapping is coming?
tzviya: yes
judy: Is it going well?
gk: Mappings is published on the 29th. So, done!
gk: User Experience Guide is a CG doc that should be done by the 28th
judy: Announcements?
gk: Will follow up once we finish
judy: connect with Shawn?
gk: yes
judy: Notes Shawn appreciates heads up of 5 days and predictable steps
gk: me too!
FYI, staff transition planning
judy: Notes announcement from Shadi and thanks people for their well wishes in response
judy: Notes 3-4 month notice
judy: Notes lots of coordination; we're working on making the transition smooth
judy: Expecting W3C will fill the position
judy: Looking at workload balance in the process but expect news in the next few weeks
judy: If any questions or concerns, please feel free now or ping me later
judy: Smooth transition is the top priority
gk: Will his position be recruited in Europe?
judy: Funds for that are in Europe; and it's fully funded externally; so will need E.U. work authorization
judy: Ideas welcome, of course
judy: Permutations are possibilities, but the work authorization is key
brent: Notes Shadi's involvement with specific EO projects; will new person pick that up?
judy: Looking for maximum smoothness of transition
judy: But, we're also doing a review of our work and work organization; so may be some rebalancing
judy: Many things are defined in funding, so significant deviation very unlikely
brent: We've been looking what was he involved in and what was he actually managing ... Don't forsee problems, but we're trying to figure it out
brent: We also need to re-evaluate our work
judy: Suggest you assume continuity as a baseline
brent: We plan to share any gaps we identify ... some scheduling challenges in the review timeline ... but sooner not later
judy: Notes Shadi had lots of work in EO
judy: Notes also ACT work
judy: Checks with people re intersections with Shadi ...
judy: Asks anything to sync on ...
judy: Notes Steve is following up on COGA ...
Update back from WAI Extended meeting
judy: Recalls asking input for team mtg that is now in process
judy: some questions from here have been taken up
judy: we're trying to take a comprehensive overview
judy: team discussion included wcag 3 expectations
judy: Any input at this stage?
Periodic check-in on how WAI groups are doing on their chartered milestones?
judy: thanks group for input last time
judy: asks whether anyone ready for quick update? Or perhaps plan for next mtg?
james: Notes ARIA is under staffed to stay up with the timjeline, so very behind
judy: And ARIA needs certain skillset
james: some good new folks, but getting people well integrated we need implementations in browsers
james: competing priorities get in the way
judy: dialog is ongoing?
james: totally, except firefox which has fallen off w3c
james: we have webkit and chromium; speed just isn't what we'd like
james: sometimes we pull things out of the spec; sometimes we run into challenges we didn't forsee and need to redo spec
james: we're stuck because the req on browser implementation
judy: Notes different approaches in the past; but unsure of current fit --workshop and submit patch?
james: potentially hard; approvers are already in group, for instance
judy: virtual workshop?
james: competing priorities
tzviya: Notes people care much more about ARIA than they often let on; suggests some brainstorming about how to get motion out of that
judy: suggests a call phps for a group
janina: asks about APA charter progress ...
judy: possibly a miscommunication a few weeks ago ... unclear whether responses on charter went out
judy: think APA is close to done, but need to close all the loops
judy: asks re rec track items
becky: personalization is late according to current charter
judy: and new charter?
becky: fairly close
judy: Asks EO has timeline deliverables?
brent: items part of E.U. funding that have deadline expectations; but not in charter
brent: charter has 2 years left
brent: we've progress on almost every deliverable; we're in good shape
judy: Good, expect we'll check in phps quarterly
Periodic check-in on transparency of Task Forces, and TF sub-groups
judy: raises discoverability of task forces and work ongoing ... have had recent complaint ...
judy: Notes TFs should be visible from main page. Any subgroups in current TFs?
brent: no subgroups
tzviya: we know the struct because we meet
Judy: concern is people around the planet finding work they may need to be aware of
News from APA
https://
<Judy> [JB: Drops in a link ahead of an upcoming quick agenda item...: https://
james: Making updating web pages easier would really help
<tzviya> +1 to jamesn
judy: Believe that became "make the wiki the main thing"
<Judy> [JB: hears that using Wiki as the main thing is NOT satisfactory]
janina offers github repo in APA seems OK; PR to Michael
judy: will take to tooling conversation ...
CEPC periodic reminder, and FYI related training materials in development
judy: notes some basic training
judy: a reminder to please remind people roughly quarterly about this and ask people to read
<tzviya> issues can be raised at https://
<Judy> [JB: Link again: https://
AOB?
to mention TPAC Inclusion Fund and Fellowships
<tzviya> https://
tzviya: Noting Inclusion Fund now open for TPAC fellowships;
tzviya: open to a broad group and please spread the word
judy: this to help support participation at TPAC intended to increase participatory diversity
<Judy> rssagent, please make minutes