W3C

– DRAFT –
Maturity Model Task Force

11 February 2026

Attendees

Present
CharlesL, Crispy, Fazio, janina, JeffAdams-UN, Mark_Miller, Neha, SusiPallero
Regrets
-
Chair
David Fazio
Scribe
CharlesL

Meeting minutes

New Business

Chris P, introduces himself longtime member.

CharlesL: Working on CSUN renaming of sessions involving the Accessibility Maturity Model.

Github Issue #348 Continue editing Governance and Oversight

w3c/maturity-model#348

<gb> Issue 348 Oversight missing (by iadawn)

Fazio: Changed references Culture & Oversight to Governance and Oversight
… once we get done rewriting this dimension, we need to do a "Find" for "Culture" do we need to update/remove them.
… 3.4.1 Launch : there's a recognized need for organization-wide cultural programs on accessibility and disability inclusion, and planning has been initiated, but with limited activity
… do we keep "cultural" here.
… the original description of this dimension does have "culture" and "organizational culture" so maybe we don't need to take this out.

JeffAdams-UN: all of these things help create the culture.
… culture is maybe mentioned too much. the proof points may need to tilt more on how to get there.
… company culture still maters.

Fazio: do we think this still apply s for launch?

JeffAdams-UN: use oversight and governance in these various stages of maturity.

Mark_Miller: it directs organizational governance towards accessibility.
… I question how much I agree with this bullet point under launch. do we delete it, and wordsmith the bullet points below.

Fazio: I like this is the broader version of what it means to be in this level, and what the outcome looks like. we need to edit this to more align with Governance and Oversight.
… there's a recognized need for governance and oversight of accessibility and disability inclusion, and planning has been initiated, but with limited activity
… there's a recognized need for governance and oversight of accessibility and disability inclusion. Planning has been initiated, but with limited activity
… work has been initiated for:

integrating ICT accessibility into organizational processes and governance, including policies and practices that impact employees and external audiences

identifying leadership for the initiative

formulating cultural programs
… plans are in place for providing accessibility culture knowledge and skills relevant to each individual’s position.

Mark_Miller: maybe remove culture here?
… change to: plans are in place for providing accessibility knowledge and skills relevant to each individual’s position.

<Neha> +1

Mark_Miller: For Initiate I think we should remove "Cultural" here.

cultural programs have been created and initially deployed
… could be educational, but programs would be the safest.
… very last point: training on accessibility culture knowledge and skills relevant to each individual’s position has started.

remove culture.

training on accessibility knowledge and skills relevant to each individual’s position has started.

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Diagnostics

All speakers: CharlesL, Fazio, JeffAdams-UN, Mark_Miller

Active on IRC: CharlesL, Crispy, Fazio, janina, JeffAdams-UN, Mark_Miller, Neha, SusiPallero