RE: I will vote against WCAG 2.1 Draft

From: Wayne Dick [mailto:wayneedick@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 11:30 AM

Let me clarify. Only one or two members of the LVTF could participate in the discussion on github because the interface is not accessible and we were given no instructions on how to participate in an alternative format.
The 2.1 document is pretty good. I will vote for it if the document if it is made clear that members with the Low Vision Task Force could not participate in the discussion, and therefore, the effected  parties are not present in the discussion.
[Jason] Wayne’s last comment clarifies his concern. It echos my own concern that this draft is destined to include proposals which have not undergone thorough review and development by the working group, and which have not been deemed by consensus as suitable for inclusion in the document. “Suitable for inclusion” does not mean finished or without problems – but it should entail some degree of review and oversight, together with a formal decision to include each of the proposals, or to include it with a specific note identifying issues remaining to be addressed.
The draft already admits these facts. It admits, furthermore, that only two of the proposals achieved some degree of consensus regarding their inclusion. I think it sends a poor signal to the public about this working group’s internal processes, as Katie intimated in her comment last week. Now, Wayne proposes to attach a note stating that some Task Force participants were unable to engage in wider working group review and development of proposals after they were submitted – again, very bad from a messaging point of view, and not a good reflection of how the process needs to work if it is ultimately to deliver a W3C Recommendation.


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