Re: Request for joint meeting during TPAC

I will personally make it to the first part (9-10:30), but not the second
(conflicts with WICG).

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 5:23 AM Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

>
> Hello Ada, All:
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> The times noted in my message are still correct. I am still listing
> Thursday at 11 as unconfirmed because I haven't confirmed that Alice
> Boxhaul and/or James Craig will be available, and we need them for a
> meaningful AOM conversation. I'll advise when that becomes confirmed.
>
> Please also note that our conversation with the TAG Friday at 11 has two
> unrelated topics, one of which is XR. It's probably a bit much for just
> an hour's conversation, but I think we can make it work.
>
> We're very much looking forward to meeting with you and others from
> Immersive Web.
>
> Best,
>
> Janiona
>
> Ada Rose Cannon writes:
> > I'm informing our participants at TPAC about these meetings today, have
> the timings of these scheduled conversations remained the same?
> >
> > Ada
> >
> > On August 30, 2019 at 15:20 GMT, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear W3C Colleagues:
> >
> > The Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group would like to
> > meet jointly with members of Immersive Web during TPAC in Fukuoka.
> > Unfortunately, our meeting schedules do not overlap, so an actual joint
> > meeting doesn't appear feasible.
> >
> > We're hoping a few members of Immersive Web might still be at TPAC and
> > available for a joint conversation at one time or another during the APA
> meeting later in the
> > week. We've provisionally scheduled several XR related conversations;
> and we'd be delighted for your members participation in any (or all) of
> them:
> >
> > Thursday at 11:00 -- Applicability of AOM[1] to XR [Unconfirmed)
> >
> > * Friday from 09:00 until about 10:30 AM: Open XR Discussions
> >
> > * Friday at 11:00: Joint meeting with TAG; including relative
> > * merits for semantics of WebGL, WASM, and WebGPU (among other
> > * topics)
> >
> > We also have some remaining opportunity to schedule different (or
> additional) time. Please let us know if that could be helpful.
> >
> > Bottom line? We'd appreciate some of your time if you're still at
> > TPAC. We have a growing agenda of questions, and that's a sure sign to
> > us that we need your guidance.
> >
> > Here's a quick overview of some of our recent XR discussions:
> >
> > * A response to your XR Device API review request is in
> > process.[2] I expect you will have our formal response before TPAC.
> >
> > * Our review of your specification was initially assigned to two
> > * APA members[3] Their reviews contain several questions and
> > * concerns that would benefit from joint discussion.
> >
> > * Furthermore, Our Research Questions Task Force (RQTF) has been
> > * diligently investigating the opportunities afforded by XR as well as
> the
> > accessibility challenges this emerging technology presents to users who
> > are persons with disabilities.[4]
> >
> > We note that the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group's Silver Task
> > Force also is meeting in Fukuoka and has scoped including accessibility
> > guidance for XR in future AGWG accessibility standards, so we're also
> > inviting them.
> >
> > We are also pleased to note the announced W3C Workshop: " "Inclusive
> > Design for Immersive Web."[5]
> >
> > We hope to use all these opportunities to build helpful relationships
> among our various W3C groups and
> > get on the same page regarding achieving accessibility in XR. Fukuoka
> > seems our best opportunity near term. We hope you will join our
> > conversations. If you're able to participate, please respond to this
> > email so we can gain a sense of whom to expect.
> >
> > Please also feel free to share this invitation with anyone you believe
> would
> > be interested in the topic of accessibility in XR.
> >
> > Thanking you in advance for your consideration and looking forward to
> > greeting you in person in Japan,
> >
> > Janina Sajka, Chair
> > Accessible Platform Architectures (APA)
> > http://www.w3.org/wai/apa/
> >
> > [1] https://wicg.github.io/aom/
> > [2]
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa-admin/2019Aug/0017.html
> > [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa/2019Jul/0051.html
> > [4]
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/task-forces/research-questions/wiki/Main_Page
> > [5] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa/2019Aug/0067.html
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka
> >
> > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org
> >
> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
>
>
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