Re: WAI EOWG Agenda, April 2

Yes, is feasible. I'll see what I can do.

Judy

At 12:49 AM 4/5/99 -0400, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>Tagging acronyms and abbreviations would be very kind. I generally try to
>spell out anything less commonly understood than WAI (within the W3C) or
>USA in more general contexts. I don't suppose that is feasible here. Sigh.
>
>Charles
>
>On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Robert Neff wrote:
>
>  Here is a comment on slide 8.  This slide says, "major sponsors include: US
>  NSF, US DOE NIDRR, EC TIDE, Government of Canada, IBM/Lotus, Microsoft "
>  
>  Do we need to add the accronym tag and suggest this should be written as,
>  "major sponsors include: U.S. NSF, U.S. D.O.E.  "  What about the other
>  Acronyms?  I would even consider spelling out NSF and DOE.  Periods need to
>  be used on acronyms, because if the pwWebSpeak and other browsers are not
>  set up to read "US" as United States, it will read it as 'us''; it will try
>  to pronounce 'NSF" and will pronounce 'DOE" as the female deer, 'doe'.
>  
>  I remember the first time i used pwWebSpeak to test the site at Dpetartment
>  of Labor, the accronym 'DOL' was pronounced doll!
>  
>  Also, may want to look elsewhere on the slides where we use accronyms.
>  
>  
>  /rob
>  
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>
>  To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
>  Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 7:54 PM
>  Subject: WAI EOWG Agenda, April 2
>  
>  
>  >WAI EOWG, Agenda for April 2, 1999
>  >
>  > Time: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. US EST
>  > Phone bridge: US: +1 (617) 252-1038
>  >
>  >AGENDA
>  >
>  >1) Outreach & Updates
>  >- presentations given, presentations upcoming, key events to cover, etc.
>  >
>  >2) Review of draft "WAI Overview" on-line presentation
>  >- <http://www.w3.org/Talks/1999/0401-wai-jb/>
>  >- clear? sufficiently self-explanatory?
>  >- useful? engaging/annoying? major gaps?
>  >
>  >3) Review of FAQ draft (by phone only, not circulating)
>  >
>  >4) Exploration of "templates" idea in lieu (at least temporarily) of demo
>  >sites
>  >- look at "W3C Core Styles" <http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/Core/>
>  >- is it possible for us to do something similar for accessiblity?
>  >- if so, what would be in the series?
>  >- development time & resources?
>  >
>  >5) Collection of reliable public sites
>  >- nominations?
>  >- feasibility of identifying, maintaining?
>  >
>  >6) Review of materials priorities & status over the next month
>  >[tentative only!!]
>  >- press FAQ
>  >- curriculum: WCAG
>  >- curriculum: WAI Overview
>  >- tech note: CSS
>  >- tech note: HTML
>  >- tech note: SMIL
>  >- general ref: core note
>  >- ??general ref: business case
>  >- ??demos: demo sites or templates
>  >- film: RNIB film
>  >- ??webcast: moving it onto a Web site
>  >- resource page: alternative browsers
>  >- resource page: clean up reference page
>  >- resource page: events calendar
>  >- hard copy: reprints of literature stuffers
>  >- ??hard copy: bookmarks? (IC: English/French back-to-back)
>  >- ??hard copy: brochures (??)
>  >- ?translations: coordination
>  >- ??reporting tool
>  >
>  >7) Next meetings
>  >- on EOWG home page <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/#Calls:>
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >----------
>  >Judy Brewer    jbrewer@w3.org    +1.617.258.9741    http://www.w3.org/WAI
>  >Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) International Program Office
>  >World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>  >MIT/LCS Room NE43-355, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA,  02139,  USA
>  >
>  >
>  
>
>--Charles McCathieNevile            mailto:charles@w3.org
>phone: +1 617 258 0992   http://www.w3.org/People/Charles
>W3C Web Accessibility Initiative    http://www.w3.org/WAI
>MIT/LCS  -  545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139,  USA
>
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Judy Brewer    jbrewer@w3.org    +1.617.258.9741    http://www.w3.org/WAI
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) International Program Office
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
MIT/LCS Room NE43-355, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA,  02139,  USA

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