W3C

– DRAFT –
Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference

27 July 2026

Attendees

Present
Jennifer, julierawe, kirkwood, LenB, tiffanyburtin
Regrets
Eric, Jennie
Chair
julierawe
Scribe
Jennifer

Meeting minutes

<julierawe> COGA review of WCAG 3: Here is the link to the section on status and scheduling: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.uggxirp4slpc#heading=h.egzcpf9lcdg2

<julierawe> Link to updated issue about 5 seconds of motion: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.7btf7qjplo1i#heading=h.ug544rrtrwde

<julierawe> Link to draft GitHub issues ready for voting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.uggxirp4slpc

Update on COGA review of WCAG 3

Discussed AI-generated notes, which present privacy concerns, vs human-generated notes. Reach out to Kevin for guidance on AI notes

ACTION: item: Julie to find out how to get permission for Charli's human note-taker to attend COGA meetings.

Lisa: Suggests outreach to Kevin or others to understand all concerns. John Kirkwood has experience in this space and is available to help. Julie: Human note taking shouldn't be a problem but AI notes would be. Len is offering to take notes without AI on a regular basis. Len mentioned it's hard to scribe and take notes at the same time. There may

be an opportunity to have someone join just for note-taking purposes --Julie to reach out to Charli's note-taker for details.

<julierawe> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.uggxirp4slpc#heading=h.egzcpf9lcdg2

Reviewed WCAG status overall: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.uggxirp4slpc#heading=h.egzcpf9lcdg2. Planning to vote on a "general issue" today. Close to wrapping up Animation and Movement, Help & Feedback. Error handling and interactive components still require discussion. Text and

wording discussion needs to happen; working on scheduling for all involved.

<kirkwood> Lisa, I will take a look, Lisa when you need

Addressed that there are remaining 5 sections requiring review. Len proposes a different approach to these sections.

<Zakim> Rachael, you wanted to answer question

<julierawe> +1 to Rachael comment about renaming the "Policy and Protection" section

Rachael: Policy and protection could be renamed

<Rachael> +1 to not set in stone yet.

Len idea for different way to review the remaining sections of WCAG 3

To date, COGA has asked for 1-2 volunteers to review the entire section and draft initial GitHub issues, and aligned on wording during Thursday meetings. Some sections are much longer than others, and the process is taking some time.

Len's "book club idea": We can set up a chunk of provisions to read before Thursday meetings. Instead of 1 person trying to take on the revisions, we can discuss as a group what the GitHub issues could be.

Julie: Recommends factoring in that 1 method may take longer than another. Lisa: Recalls working on the first issue together, and weren't able to finish a single provision after 3 hours. Suggests working meetings where we draft vs just review content.

Tiffany: Capacity issues make it easier to work on smaller sections of work. Buddies / teaming up are helpful. The amount of work is overwhelming.

John: Teaming up is really helpful; it's hard to work on these individually

<julierawe> Jennifer: I feel like the idea of a Claude approach is worth trying. I like being able to use the dedicated meeting time together to collaborate.

<julierawe> Correction: Jennifer said she likes the book club idea. (Julie misheard as "Claude.")

<kirkwood> I’d use time already blocked

Julie requests that Len consider whether we should find another time for the "book club" approach, and how to chunk out the work into smaller sections

<kirkwood> think overall 3 hours is too much

<tiffanyburtin> I cannot commit to 3 hours on Thursdays. However, I may be able to make most 1hr meetings if they are afternoon US.

Julie: Wordsmithing issues together takes a very long time. It's much easier to have a draft on hand to refer to.

Julie: recommends continuing the Thursday meetings to resolve open questions but reconsider another time for what remains

List of draft GitHub issues ready for voting by the COGA task force

Lisa: We have a process in place so maybe we want to consider sticking with 1-2 draft reviewers but augmenting it with additional feedback. Group will reevaluate the review process/ consider next steps.

Julie: There are many GitHub issues to vote on. Julie will email about 2 sections (Help & Feedback, Error handling) to review together.

Julie: We can vote on interactive components next week to ensure there isn't too much to read through. As you're voting, add a +1 if you agree with the issue, a minus 1 if you don't, and a 0 if you don't have feedback. Don't add changes in suggested mode at this point.

ACTION: item: julierawe to send the task force an email with the draft GitHub issues that are ready for the group to vote on.

<julierawe> Help and Feedback: 9 issues ready for voting. Use this link to get to those 9 issues: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.uubdkgkddw8k#heading=h.duq826e1a3p

<julierawe> Error Handling: 6 issues ready for voting: Use this link to get to those 6 issues: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.5gxd4veirbbq#heading=h.ymcsnl3ez101

<julierawe> Deadline for voting: End-of-day this Friday, July 31st

Align on what COGA wants to say about 5 seconds of motion in WCAG 3

<julierawe> We did not have time to discuss this today. Rescheduling this discussion for next Monday, August 3rd.

Summary of action items

  1. item: Julie to find out how to get permission for Charli's human note-taker to attend COGA meetings.
  2. item: julierawe to send the task force an email with the draft GitHub issues that are ready for the group to vote on.
Minutes manually created (not a transcript), formatted by scribe.perl version 248 (Mon Oct 27 20:04:16 2025 UTC).

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Maybe present: John, Julie, Lisa, Rachael, Tiffany

All speakers: John, Julie, Lisa, Rachael, Tiffany

Active on IRC: Jennifer, julierawe, kirkwood, LenB, Lisa, Rachael, tiffanyburtin