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Brian Elton edited this page May 29, 2024 · 19 revisions

Advancing Accessibility Resources Community Group [working name]

Status

Working Draft

  • this Community Group is not yet open, so this statement is reflecting the current ongoing work to form the group.
  • this Work Statement is open for ideas, edits and improvements to help shape this new Community Group.

Objective

To engage and empower accessibility professionals to advance the W3C WAI mission through community driven initiatives.

This could include:

  • Developing community group resources that complement the existing resources on the WAI website
  • Creating new outreach efforts to highlight content on the WAI website
  • Acting as a resource for W3C Working Groups

Scope of Work (proposed)

The work of the CG includes:

  • Being a reimagined group that has its own purpose and goals outside of WAI
  • Creating and maintaining a repository of community-built resources that complement , but are separate from, WAI
  • Being a group of active participants that are continually contributing to resources
  • Vetting and highlighting external resources that relate to and support this groups resources
  • Being available to W3C Working Groups and Task Forces to assist in writing specifications and resources

Explicitly out of scope for the CG is:

  • Developing accessibility standards
  • Providing/conducting accessibility evaluations
  • Vetting existing external resources for the soul purpose of listing those resources on a "accessibility topic" page.
  • Being an open forum for accessibility questions from the community (there is an existing WAI Interest Group for this)
  • Being a direct continuation of EOWG

Approach (proposed)

  • The community group maintains a repository of resources, in GitHub to allow for easy collaboration
    • The community group participants contribute in work streams, with a work stream lead and work stream contributors
    • The work streams are determined by community group participants, based on interest to create new accessibility resources (generally one work stream per resource being developed)
  • The community group maintains its own social media presence to highlight its work and any related WAI resources

Communication (proposed)

The communications of the [official name] Community Group are publicly visible. Communication mechanisms include:

  • Community Group homepage (link TBD);
  • Publicly archived mailing list (link TBD);
  • Public [GitHub](link TBD) and [Wiki](link TBD) spaces;
  • Public minutes (on the wiki and email list);
  • Other types as needed

Participation

To join the [official name] Community Group, individuals must create a W3C account. Please note, however, that W3C Membership is not required to join a Community Group.

Participants are expected to actively contribute to the work of the community group, including:

  • Attend group meetings, generally [bi-weekly], to share and report ongoing work efforts of the members and workstreams;
  • Engage in and complete agreed upon work in between meetings to move projects forward;
  • Remain current on the working group mailing list and respond in a timely manner to postings;

If you are interested in learning more about the [official name] Community Group or have any questions regarding its work, contact the community group Chairs.

Current participants in the [[official name] Community Group](link TBD)

Facilitation

Based on input from the Community Group, the Chairs set the meeting agenda, lead meetings, determine consensus, and are the primary guides to the Community Group.

Chairs: [Kris Anne Kinney](link TBD), ETS; [Brian Elton](link TBD), TPGi

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