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EOWG Meetings
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Upcoming face-to-face & other meetings: EOWG F2F meetings
Contents
Work for this week
Reviews and Surveys
Updated 19 August 2022
- Making Events Accessible
- proposed edit including adaptable format — please thumbs up, +1, or comment with suggested edit
- If you can find authoritative vetted resources that explain accessibility barriers even with tagged PDF, please add them to this comment (click the three dots after the smiley icon and it will give you a drop-down with "edit" option)
- Approval to publish (butterfly) survey for August update closes Tuesday 30 August
- (optional for now or later) comment on other open issues
- proposed edit including adaptable format — please thumbs up, +1, or comment with suggested edit
- (optional) What's New in WCAG 2.2 Draft — comments on proposed update?
- current version: What's New in WCAG 2.2 Working Draft
- draft for when CR published: What's New in WCAG 2.2 Draft
- note: open issues such as links need updating
- who will volunteer to do the QA check, probably in August?
- create new GitHub issue
- (optional) COGA Content Usable document input request from the COGA TF (survey open through August?) — please skim the info below, complete the survey, and encourage others to
- Read Sharron's background in 8 July minutes
- Skim EOWG previous comments (.docx)
- Skim Redesigned COGA Patterns in WAI website that EOWG helped design
- Complete the COGA TF's Survey on impressions and using it -- that is, the long TR doc, not the WAI website pages
Outreach Tasks
- Promote the What We're Working On page — RT tweet, here's an e-mail with a bit more info.
- Promote the course submission — RT tweet. Please invite course instructors to submit their course, training, or certification on digital accessibility. We want to have submissions populated before the list is launched. See the Submission tool outreach email for more information.
- See Everyone can do now for more ideas.
- Please, please, please add pointers to where you see EOWG resources being used and referenced. Add to How are EO resources used and 2022 Mentions. (This will help to support Documenting EOWG Impact.)
Minor Changes for Review
The updates below were made under the EOWG Process for Minor Changes. If you have any concerns with or comments on these changes, please submit a GitHub issue (or e-mail wai-eo-editors@w3.org)
- In Writing for Web Accessibility, under Learn More About Accessibility, added link to COGA guidance (review open 5-23 August 2022)
- diff
- Added wording: "Additional guidance on writing that meets the accessibility needs of people with cognitive and learning disabilities is in Use Clear and Understandable Content."
Ongoing (in Progress)
Please review below and provide input on those you are interested in. Thank you!
- Endorsement of EOWG work:
- We are seeking notes of support along the lines of previous W3C member statements
- These are especially helpful from W3C Members, including Advisory Council representatives (AC rep)
- Please send information or questions to EOWG Chairs <group-eo-chairs@w3.org>
- Making Audio and Video Media Accessible
- Provide input on open issues for EOWG comment
- Sub-groups
- Video Resources is drafting scripts for How People with Disabilities Use the Web. Contact: Brent
- Curricula Task Force provides information on the latest work via Overall Curricula Task Force list archives Contact: Daniel
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web is updating user stories; draft updates: main page How People Use Web, User Stories; issues in GitHub. Contact: Sharron
Current Work link
- EOWG Current Projects
- Past Work for this Week W4TW-archives
Upcoming Teleconferences and Meeting Availability Surveys
EOWG teleconferences are open to participants of EOWG; Participating in EOWG has information about joining EOWG.
- Friday 26 August 2022 at 8:30am ET
- Friday 02 September 2022 at 8:30am ET
- Friday 09 September 2022 at 8:30am ET
- Friday 16 September 2022 at 8:30am ET
- Friday 23 September at 8:30am ET
- Friday 30 September at 8:30am ET
- Friday 07 October at 8:30am ET
- Friday 14 October at 8:30am ET
- Friday 21 October at 8:30am ET
- Friday 28 October at 8:30am ET
- ... most Fridays at 8:30am ET
Meeting times:
- EOWG meets Fridays at 8:30am ET (US and Canada Eastern Time) (Friday afternoon-night in some parts of the world), for up to 2 hours
- Curricula Task Force meets Tuesdays at 5:00pm CET (Central Europe Time) for 1 hour
- Video sub-group meets Tuesdays at 8:30am ET for 1 hour
- EO Planning team meets Wednesdays at 9:00am ET for up to 1.5 hours
To find what time this is in your region, you can check the world clock meeting planner.
Surveys on availability:
Teleconference Logistics
Meeting connection link and numbers (Zoom): Teleconference connection info (requires W3C login permission)
IRC Information
- Channel for main EOWG: #eo
for Curricula Task Force: #wai-curricula - Server: irc.w3.org
- Port: 6665
See EOWG Participation Info, IRC for info on setting up IRC, on the Zakim IRC bot, and more.
When you join the call, put in IRC: "Present+ [YourName]"
Meeting Scribes
Guidance for Scribing Minutes, aka Minute Taking Tips
Name at the top will scribe for teleconference meeting where there is no designated scribe. If top name is not able to scribe, second will scribe and name #1 remains at the top for next time
- Sharron Rush — 29 Jul 2022, 22 Jul 2022, 15 Jul 2022, 25 Mar 2022, 11 Mar 2022, 04 Mar, 2022, 25 Feb 2022, 18 Feb 2022, 4 Feb 2022, 7 Jan 2022
or
- Daniel Montalvo — 21 Jan 2022, 10 Sep 2021
- Jade Matos Carew — 8 Apr 2022, 1 Oct 2021
- Estella Oncins — 22 Apr 2022, 27 Aug 2021
- Kevin White — 07 May 2022, 22 Oct 2021
- Michele Williams — 20 May 2022, 10 Dec 2021
- Vicki Menezes Miller — 10 Jun 2022, 29 Oct 2021
- Mark Palmer — 17 Jun 2022, 17 Dec 2021, 9 Jul 2021
- Laura Keen — 8 Jul 2022, 11 Mar 2022, 24 Sep 2021
- Kris Anne Kinney — 29 Jul 2022, 25 Feb 2022, 3 Dec 2021
- Brent Bakken — 19 Aug 2022, 24 Sep 2021, 11 Jun 2021
Agenda
26 August 2022 agenda to be posted by Wednesday, 24 August