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Cognitive Accessibility Community Group

Mission

The mission of the COGA Community Group is to work with and support the Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility (COGA) Task Force  to improve web accessibility for people with cognitive and learning disabilities.

This group supports the COGA Task Force by supplying user needs and feedback.

Scope
The COGA Community Group’s work will include:
- Sharing challenges when using the web and other digital displays
- Suggesting user needs
- Helping with research
- Suggesting ways to improve accessibility for the community
- Reviewing COGA’s drafts
- Outreach and collecting feedback from the community
- Helping with policy and the business cases for COGA guidance
- Having open meetings to discuss these points
Open meetings may be live video conferences or in other discussion formats

Participation

You do not need to be an expert in all topics related to cognitive accessibility to join the community group. The COGA Community Group will work in smaller groups for specific subjects, giving you the opportunity to participate on the topics you choose.

The COGA Community Group will also work together on some topics, brainstorming and building a community dedicated to improved access for all.

Anyone can join this group as long as they follow the community guidelines.

However, the community group will specifically benefit from including:
- people with learning and cognitive disabilities,
people with mental health challenges,
- caregivers, therapists and people who work with people with learning, cognitive challenges and in mental health,
- researchers,
developers, quality assurance professionals, and user interface experts,
industry, looking to share and support ideas, and
policy makers.

Additional details of participation
- Joining the COGA Community Group does not involve joining the COGA Task Force.
- If you would prefer to join this group anonymously, please send an email to ran@w3.org.
- The community group will not publish specifications, but may make suggestions to the COGA taskforce.
- For more information about community groups, please visit Community and Business Groups Frequently Asked Questions.
- Short link to this document: bit.ly/coga-community

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The next meeting will be Thursday, June 1st at 15:00 UTC.

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:

Meeting times are:

  • PST: 7:00 AM
  • CST: 9:00 AM
  • EST: 10:00 AM
  • United Kingdom: 3:00PM
  • Berlin: 4:00 PM
  • Israel: 5:00 PM
  • India: 7:30 PM

If you would like another timezone translated into local time, please let Aditya Bikkani, Ciara (Kiki) Salmon or Jamie Knight know.

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)

Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx 

Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in May 4th meetings notes
  2. Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (50 minutes)
    1. [Kiki]  Reminder to send out feedback form
    2. [Simo] Fears affect on cognition
    3. [Lea] Community outreach update
  3. Closing questions, adding any items to next month agenda and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. Direct link to join the slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/w3ccogacommunitygroup/shared_invite/zt-1j4mjcois-buF7SqC9JwkUixWYffHC4Q

The next meeting will be Thursday, May 4th at 15:00 UTC. Meeting in Local Times

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:
  • PST: 7:00 AM
  • CST: 9:00 AM
  • EST: 10:00 AM
  • United Kingdom: 3:00PM
  • Berlin: 4:00 PM
  • Israel: 5:00 PM
  • India: 7:30 PM

If you would like another timezone translated into local time, please let Aditya Bikkani, Ciara (Kiki) Salmon or Jamie Knight know.

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)

Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx 

Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in May 4th meetings notes
  2. Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (50 minutes)
    1. [Simo] Fears affect on cognition
    2. [Lea] Community outreach update
    3. [Kiki] Any feedback on using the form?
      1. Positive feedback
        1. Overall good survey
        2. Reddit Award
      2. A change that occurred is to remove the upload option because it was requiring people to have a google account and log in. There is now a question prompting people to send the media to cogacommunity@googlegroups.com
        1. We do not want to require you to sign in to fill out this form, which is required if we give the option to upload a file in this form. If you would like to send a screenshot, video, or audio please send it to cogacommunity@googlegroups.com
    4. [Kiki] WCAG three is looking for people to give cognitive and learning disability input. Gauging to see if any individual(s) in the community group want to join a subgroup.
      1.  2-4 hours a week for a couple of months
  3. Closing questions, adding any items to next month agenda and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. Direct link to join the slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/w3ccogacommunitygroup/shared_invite/zt-1j4mjcois-buF7SqC9JwkUixWYffHC4Q

Meeting reminder: Cognitive Accessibility Community Group, April 6th, 2023 at 15:00 UTC

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:

The next meeting will be Thursday, April 6th at 15:00 UTC. Meeting in Local Times

  • PST: 7:00 AM
  • CST: 9:00 AM
  • EST: 10:00 AM
  • United Kingdom: 3:00PM
  • Berlin: 4:00 PM
  • Israel: 5:00 PM
  • India: 7:30 PM

If you would like another timezone translated into local time, please let Aditya Bikkani, Ciara (Kiki) Salmon or Jamie Knight know.

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)

Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx 

Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in March 2nd meetings notes
  2. Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (50 minutes)
    1. [Jamie] Consensus voting
    2. [Kiki] Can we share the examples to the TF that we have in the Google Drive
      • The task force is updating the document and would like to understand if they are covering issues that affect us and our community. As we have not collected information more broadly with the Google form, I wanted to see if we are okay with sending examples we have collected together over the last year.
    3. [Kiki] Moved questions to google form. Approval from group?
    4. [Everyone] Broadening the community group
  3. Closing questions, adding any items to next month agenda and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. Direct link to join the slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/w3ccogacommunitygroup/shared_invite/zt-1j4mjcois-buF7SqC9JwkUixWYffHC4Q

Meeting reminder: Cognitive Accessibility Community Group, March 2nd, 2022 at 15:00 UTC

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:

The next meeting will be Thursday, March 2nd at 15:00 UTC. Meeting in Local Times

  • PST: 7:00 AM
  • CST: 9:00 AM
  • EST: 10:00 AM
  • United Kingdom: 3:00PM
  • Berlin: 4:00 PM
  • Israel: 5:00 PM
  • India: 7:30 PM

If you would like another timezone translated into local time, please let Aditya Bikkani, Ciara (Kiki) Salmon or Jamie Knight know

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)

Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx 

Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in March 2nd meetings notes
  2. Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (50 minutes)
    1. [Jamie] Google Form Updates for collecting examples
      •  Voting for consensus and then Kiki will make a google form for everyone to use and send out
    2. [Everyone] Broadening the community group
  3. Closing questions, adding any items to next month agenda and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. Direct link to join the slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/w3ccogacommunitygroup/shared_invite/zt-1j4mjcois-buF7SqC9JwkUixWYffHC4Q

Meeting reminder: Cognitive Accessibility Community Group, February 2nd, 2022 at 15:00 UTC

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:

The next meeting will be Thursday, February 2nd at 15:00 UTC. Meeting in Local Times

  • PST: 7:00 AM
  • CST: 9:00 AM
  • EST: 10:00 AM
  • United Kingdom: 3:00PM
  • Berlin: 4:00 PM
  • Israel: 5:00 PM
  • India: 7:30 PM

If you would like another timezone translated into local time, please let Aditya Bikkani, Ciara (Kiki) Salmon or Jamie Knight know

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)

Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx 

Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in February 2nd meetings notes
  2. Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (50 minutes)
    1. [Kiki] Google Form Updates for collecting examples 
    2. Broadening the community group
  3. Closing questions, adding any items to next month agenda and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. Direct link to join the slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/w3ccogacommunitygroup/shared_invite/zt-1j4mjcois-buF7SqC9JwkUixWYffHC4Q

The next meeting will be Thursday, January 5th, 2023 at 14:00 UTC.

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:

Meeting in Local Times

  • PST: 6:00 AM
  • CST: 8:00 AM
  • EST: 9:00 AM
  • United Kingdom: 2:00PM
  • Berlin: 3:00 PM
  • Israel: 4:00 PM
  • India: 6:30 PM

If you would like another timezone translated into local time, please let Aditya Bikkani, Ciara (Kiki) Salmon or Jamie Knight know)

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)

Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx 

Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in August 4th meetings notes
  2. Speak about time of COGA meeting (10 minutes)
  3. Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (35 minutes)
    1. [Adi, Lea, Jamie] Update on live transcription
    2. [Kiki] Google Form Updates for collecting examples
    3. [Lea] Reach out for recruiting member to make a diverse community group
  4. Closing questions and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. Direct link to join the slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/w3ccogacommunitygroup/shared_invite/zt-1j4mjcois-buF7SqC9JwkUixWYffHC4Q

Meeting reminder/agenda: December 1st, 2022 at 14:00 UTC

Aditya Bikkani | Posted on:

The next meeting will be Thursday, December 1st at 14:00 UTC. Meeting in Local Times (if you would like another timezone translated into local time, please let Adi, Kik or Jamie know)

  • PST: 6:00 AM
  • CST: 8:00 AM
  • EST: 9:00 AM
  • United Kingdom: 2:00PM
  • Berlin: 3:00 PM
  • Israel: 4:00 PM
  • India: 6:30 PM

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)

Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx 

Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in August 4th meetings notes
  2. COGA Task Force updates (30 minutes)
    1. Proposed update to Content Useable Doc
  3. Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (5 minutes)
    1. [Adi, Lea, Jamie] Update on live transcription
  4. Closing questions and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. Direct link to join the slack channel

Meeting reminder/agenda: November 3rd, 2022 at 14:00 UTC

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:
  • The next meeting will be Thursday, November 3rd at 14:00 UTC
    • Meeting in Local Times (if your time zone is not represented, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie know and we will add it)
      • PST: 6:00 AM
      • CST: 8:00 AM
      • EST: 9:00 AM
      • United Kingdom: 2:00 PM
      • Berlin: 3:00 PM
      • Israel: 4:00 PM
      • India: 6:30 PM

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)
Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx

Meeting Agenda

  • Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in August 4th meetings notes
  • Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (30 minutes)
    1. [Kiki] Google Form Updates for collecting examples (any examples or additional feedback on form?) + sending it out to collect feedback
  • Closing questions and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. If you need to be added to the slack channel, please reach out to Adi to get a code!

Meeting reminder/agenda: October 6th, 2022 at 14:00 UTC

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:
  • The next meeting will be Thursday, October 6th at 14:00 UTC
    • Meeting in Local Times (if your time zone is not represented, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie know and we will add it)
      • PST: 6:00 AM
      • CST: 8:00 AM
      • EST: 9:00 AM
      • United Kingdom: 2:00 PM
      • Berlin: 3:00 PM
      • Israel: 4:00 PM
      • India: 6:30 PM

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)
Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx

Meeting Agenda

  • Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in August 4th meetings notes
  • COGA Task Force updates (15 minutes)
    1. Quantitative Survey Results
  • Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (30 minutes)
    1. [Adi, Lea, Jamie] Report on live transcription as a cognitive support in synchronous meetings
    2. [Kiki] Google Form Updates for collecting examples (any examples or additional feedback on form?)
  • Closing questions and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. If you need to be added to the slack channel, please reach out to Adi to get a code!

Meeting reminder/agenda: September 1st, 2022 at 14:00 UTC

Ciara Salmon | Posted on:
  • The next meeting will be Thursday, September 1st at 14:00 UTC
    • Meeting in Local Times (if your time zone is not represented, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie know and we will add it)
      • PST: 6:00 AM
      • CST: 8:00 AM
      • EST: 9:00 AM
      • United Kingdom: 2:00 PM
      • Berlin: 3:00 PM
      • Israel: 4:00 PM
      • India: 6:30 PM

Also time zones can change with daylight savings, so if the time is incorrect, please let Adi, Kiki or Jamie and we will update it!

Meeting join information: w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_coga-cg (opens in a new tab)
Check the meeting time in your timezone: worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx

Meeting Agenda

  • Welcome (Meeting notes) (5 minutes)
    1. Identify scribe in August 4th meetings notes
  • Report updates (20 minutes)
    1. [Adi, Lea, Jamie] Report on live transcription as a cognitive support in synchronous meetings
  • Discuss pending matters from previous meeting (20 minutes)
    1. [Kiki] Google Form Updates for collecting examples
  • Closing questions and next steps (5 minutes)

This will also be shared on the slack channel. If you need to be added to the slack channel, please reach out to Adi to get a code!

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