Minutes from AUWG telecon, 18 Nov 2002

Attendance

JR Jan Richards, ATRC, UToronto
MM Matt May, W3C
LNG Lou Nell Gerard, Microsoft
LN Liddy Nevile

Minutes

ATAG 2 status?

MM: Prepping for public WD. Missing 3.3, which had fallen out of a previous version.
JR: Will look for it.

JR: Liddy's comments?
MM: I think we should get this version reviewed by AU and approved next meeting to go to TR.

JR: Should we be combining 3.1-3.4 into 1: "Ensure that when markup or content is added by the author, the author is directed to employ accessible practices specified by WCAG"? I think we should have a checkpoint that says "prompt for everything that WCAG requires."
LN: I think I agree with your sentiments.
LNG: It seems to imply by exclusion that parts that are missing are less important, so I think that makes sense.
JR: Prompting needs to be better defined.
LNG: Clarify that "prompt" doesn't mean dialogs?
JR: Correct. Could be icons, or other nonintrusive means.
LNG: How do you prompt for simple language?
JR: Word does that with the underlines, for example.
Agreed: Leave these separate and revisit during the next f2f

LN: Updating the WG web site. I'm not listed anywhere on the site. AU's membership hasn't been updated recently. It doesn't make clear that this is a very undernourished group. If we're designing guidelines, and we don't have the major players in attendance, then what are we really doing?
MM: We're working on gathering up new participants. I think that putting out a WD of ATAG would help drum up support.
JR: I think that if we can get people to support us, then we can get more work done.
LN: I think there's an impetus to join in and not participate. It can draw attention to W3C Members that the group needs help to produce. A couple of academics writing for an industry is not a solution.
MM: I will update the members page.
JR: Recruitment is a priority.

Face to Face Meeting

JR: We were talking about west coast, maybe Adobe. Doug Grude appears to have changed roles and that now looks shaky.
LN: Toronto?
JR: It was only going to get 4 participants.

Charter

MM: We are rewriting our charter, which expired in October. We would like to get the charter to be reviewed and approved.
LN: Can we get Judy to join us on the call to discuss this?
ACTION MM: Contact Judy about joining an AU call.