Meeting minutes
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Github Issue #348 Oversight missing
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Google AI summary
Discussion & Resolution: The issue has been a topic in task force meetings, and it was decided that several related tickets concerning governance and strategy gaps (issues 226, 303, and 348) would be merged, with issue 348 as the surviving ticket. A draft for updated language to address these concerns is being prepared.
Mark_Miller: we agreed to change it in June, we formally did it in October (341, 348)
The agreement in June was to rename it to Governance
Mark_Miller: looks like we agreed to do it, but didn't take the action to update the content
from our LLM: The discussion regarding changing the "Culture" dimension to "Governance" occurred over several stages throughout 2025, evolving from an initial renaming to "Oversight and Culture" before landing on "Governance."
Initial Shift to "Oversight and Culture" (June 2025)
The first major discussion about moving away from "Culture" as a standalone term took place on June 4, 2025. During this meeting, Sheri suggested that "Culture" was being used as a catch-all and proposed the broader term "Oversight". Fazio agreed to review the existing proof points to see if they fit under an "Oversight" heading. By the meeting on
June 11, 2025, the task force officially resolved to change the dimension name to "Oversight and Culture" (tracked as GitHub Issue #263). This change was driven by the need to include proof points for financial allocations and risk assessment processes, which the group felt were better suited for an oversight-focused dimension than a
culture-focused one.
Formal Renaming to "Governance" (October 2025)
The transition to the specific term "Governance" was solidified during the October 8, 2025, meeting. This discussion was prompted by new GitHub issues (#341 and #348) regarding missing governance and policy dimensions.
Key developments during this meeting included:
• Renaming Proposal: Sheri_BH argued that the dimension name should simply be "Governance," noting that "governance inherently requires oversight".
• Consolidation: Janina suggested combining existing issues from Jason and Kevin to address this gap.
• Final Decision: Jeff Kline confirmed the task force's direction in that meeting, stating, "We are going to rename Culture to 'Governance'".
Context from Previous Conversations
As noted in our conversation history, while the task force initially deferred creating a completely new "Governance" dimension until after the 1.0 release, they chose instead to substitute and rename the existing "Culture" dimension to ensure that critical elements like executive approval and financial commitment were captured in the current
publication. By October 15, 2025, the group was focused on ensuring the assessment spreadsheet aligned with these structural changes.
Fazio: need to review and add, update or delete each paragraph
janina: I like governance, this is a formal spec and we want to be more than a note some day
janina: it's how you run your show
Sheri_B-H: Doesn't see deleting anything, but deleting and replacing since this is more culture heavy
Sheri_B-H: We don't want to get rid of culture, but expand to include governance. We could say governance includes oversight and culture.
Sheri_B-H: Doesn't think culture should be driving force, but it should be included.
janina: what is not jumping out clearly is what we are talking about is how you manage the work over all the various aspects of accessibility
janina: Doesn't find components in this a problem. But what we don't have started is that what we're talking about is how you manage your work in accessibility and it's aspects forever. That's what the overisght is about. That doesn't jump our in current wording.
Sheri_B-H: Title: Oversight. In introduction say oversight includes governance, strategy, and culture
jkline: not for Sheri's idea
<Crispy> For Sheri’s idea
For Sheri's idea
jkline: we need to add proof points around develop, add, and maintain an overarching policy
Fazio: agreed, we just never got that far
<Neha> +1
<janina> +1
@fazio: Resolution to rename overisght and culture oversight
<gb> @fazio
<Crispy> +1
<Fazio> +1
<Mark_Miller> +1
<JeffAdams-UN> +1
CharlesL: Did we want to use "Oversight and Governance"?
CharlesL: Governance has meeting, but some people may not get "Oversight" and what we're talking about.
Organizational oversight defines how disability inclusion is directed and sustained through governance, strategy, and culture.
Governance sets accountability by establishing policies, standards, and decision making structures that require ICT accessibility across the organization. Strategy integrates accessibility into planning, resourcing, and priorities so it is treated as a core business requirement. Culture reinforces these expectations by ensuring people at every
level understand their role in achieving accessibility goals and recognize the impact of accessible technology on access to employment, services, and participation for people with disabilities.
Sheri_B-H: That's where the intro will help
(proposed intro)
jkline: Maybe "Policy and Oversight" or "Policy and Governance"
Sheri_B-H: Policy doesn't relate to culture.
Mark_Miller: could we account for the culture piece somewhere else, like communications
Fazio: the order of dimensions is alphabetical
jkline: we need the word culture, but maybe we need to look at it at a different way
Fazio: the people who raised the issues wanted proof points around setting metrics and goals
Mark_Miller: is using "culture" muddying the waters?
Fazio: You need to have a culture of oversight
janina: you need accountability and funding
janina: that's why we should leave it here, tying it to the c-suite
Governance and oversight define how disability inclusion is directed, monitored, and sustained across the organization.
Governance establishes clear accountability through policies, standards, and decision making structures that require ICT accessibility. Oversight ensures accessibility is integrated into planning, resourcing, and risk management, and that progress is reviewed and acted on. Together, they shape organizational culture by clarifying expectations so
people at every level understand their role in meeting accessibility goals and recognize the impact of accessible technology on access to employment, services, and participation for people with disabilities.
Governance and oversight define how accessibility is directed, monitored, sustained, and measured across the organization. These actions define the organization's commitment to accessibility.
Governance and oversight define the organization's commitment to accessibility. This includes directing, monitoring, sustaining, and measuring accessibility across the organization.
new second paragraph proposal: Governance operationalizes the organization’s commitment to accessibility by setting clear accountability through policies, standards, and decision making structures that require ICT accessibility. Oversight ensures accessibility is directed, monitored, sustained, and measured by integrating it into planning,
resourcing, and risk management, with regular review of progress and outcomes. Together, governance and oversight shape organizational culture by setting consistent expectations so people at every level understand their responsibilities and the impact of accessible technology on employment, services, and participation for people with disabilities.
Governance establishes clear accountability through policies, standards, and decision-making structures that intersect with ICT accessibility. Oversight ensures accessibility is integrated into planning, resourcing, and risk management, and that progress is reviewed and acted on. Together, they shape organizational culture by setting consistent
expectations. This ensures people at every level understand their role in meeting accessibility goals and recognize the impact of accessible technology on employment, services, and participation for people with disabilities.
Governance and oversight define the organization's commitment to accessibility. This includes directing, monitoring, sustaining, and measuring accessibility across the organization. \
Governance establishes clear accountability through policies, standards, and decision-making structures that intersect with ICT accessibility. Oversight ensures accessibility is integrated into planning, resourcing, and risk management, and that progress is reviewed and acted on. Together, they shape organizational culture by setting consistent
expectations. This ensures people at every level understand their role in meeting accessibility goals and recognize the impact of accessible technology on employment, services, and participation for people with disabilities.
<jkline> Governance establishes clear accountability through policies, standards, and decision-making structures that enable the organization's ICT accessibility initiatives?.
Fazio: Leaving comment in GitHub with the text that Sheri pasted in
<CharlesL> Tracked in w3c/
<gb> Issue 348 Oversight missing (by iadawn)