Meeting minutes
New Business
CharlesL: Do we have schedule for break out session?
Fazio: Not schedule yet
CFC Review
Fazio: we can easily address -1 which popped up yesterday but before that we got all +1
Fazio: Jason has issues with our github and comments but I think it should be internal for us and issues present right now are recommendation
Fazio: As per me we can proceed
janina: All objections will be considered
Fazio: reading Maturity model continues to need a lot of work
#359
Fazio: This does not look substantial issue
<janina> http://
janina: The governing document is this, we have a policy to handle -1 votes
janina: Mattew and I will have to discuss this first and come up with a decision
janina: we have several implementors who mentioned that it was easy to follow -
Sheri_B-H: WCAg four years ago is not same today, so is there a point when we try to align WCAG?
Charles: Apart from using it, we also built a product around it
CharlesL: Shared the feedback for using Maturity model
CharlesL: We conducted a survey and shared results
janina: any of that quotable?
CharlesL: yes
Fazio: future can be exploring normative side
janina: easy fix for aligning goals
Sheri_B-H: Was she reading the correct version/
<Fazio> The model provided is to evaluate a disability inclusive organization but the goal stated is "guide for organizations to evaluate and improve their business processes to produce digital products that are accessible to people with disabilities. " For example, the personnel tab would not be needed for the stated goal. There are several results of the
<Fazio> stated goal and model being out of alignment. First, it will miss its target audience. A digital accessibility maturity model's target audience is the digital accessibility staff and allies
janina: We shared one version through CFC
<Fazio> The model provided is to evaluate a disability inclusive organization but the goal stated is "guide for organizations to evaluate and improve their business processes to produce digital products that are accessible to people with disabilities. " For example, the personnel tab would not be needed for the stated goal. There are several results of the
<Fazio> stated goal and model being out of alignment. First, it will miss its target audience. A digital accessibility maturity model's target audience is the digital accessibility staff and allies. A disability inclusive model's target audience is much broader and includes HR, accommodations staff, digital accessibility staff, etc. Because this model is
<Fazio> broader, WCAG 3 cannot adopt it as it is.
janina: I need to talk to Mattew
janina: How to answer a question - Why do we have to publish
Fazio: As it is a iterative process, we should publish and keep working
Sheri_B-H: also people build on top of it
janina: Does deque has their own model?
Mark_Miller: they do have a roadmap, not sure it is a model
janina: we will acknowledge and we will summrize everything and resond to them
Fazio: We can help you with a reply
janina: Keep it simple and yes minutes will help
janina: we will use experience of people who have used it
Fazio, janina: CharlesL can send a email by sharing feedback from Benetech side which will help to come up with a reply
janina: sharing a link where maturity model is mentioned
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Fazio: Is it a strong point to put ?
janina: strongest
Fazio: Is there a format?
janina: yes there is
janina: we need and endorsment like Benetech in it
Fazio: I have reference and I will continue with that