Re: New member would love a primer

Thank you for the clarification. No worries.

*Matthew Kreiling*

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On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 7:22 AM Boaz Sender <boaz@bocoup.com> wrote:

> Hi Matthew,
> No no need to ask for forgiveness, our onboarding process is not intuitive.
>
> Meetings are announced on this list every week. Agenda items are added by
> github issues on the w3c/aria-at repo with the agenda+ tag. Minutes are
> published after each meeting and a link is sent to this list.
>
> We're working on having a better onboarding experience. Sorry about the
> confusion!
>
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> respond if you receive this at an odd time.*
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 10:52 PM Matthew Kreiling <kreiling@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Jon and Boaz!
>>
>> Forgive my ignorance and slow response. Where do I see scheduled meetings?
>>
>> I appreciate your summary of the group's goals and methods. I have many
>> ideas and questions, but I think I would love to do some reading and some
>> lurking to avoid taking up anybody's time.
>>
>> What are some good things to read or places to lurk to understand the
>> context and challenges of this particular group?
>>
>> Jon,
>> I work for Washington State, but my hibernating freelance business may be
>> a "member" only if being registered on the Wordpress site means it is a W3C
>> member.
>>
>>
>> Boaz,
>> I greatly appreciate your email signature. Mine would be similar - "My
>> normal emailing hours are few and far between..."
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> *Matthew Kreiling*
>>
>> We're all in it together.
>>
>> 360-545-3116
>>
>> *"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."*
>>
>> —Emily Dickinson
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 10:02 AM Boaz Sender <boaz@bocoup.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Welcome Matthew!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Boaz Sender
>>> He / Him
>>> UTC-8
>>> *My normal emailing hours might not be yours. Don't feel obligated to
>>> respond if you receive this at an odd time.*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 6:49 AM Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Matthew,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to the group and your interest in improving how assistive
>>>> technology uses ARIA markup.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The goal of the group is to provide feedback to Assistive Technology
>>>> companies, primarily screen readers right now, on how their current use of
>>>> ARIA information effects the user experience and to help web development
>>>> teams understand the current state of how ARIA markup actually effects the
>>>> experience of screen reader users using coding examples from the ARIA
>>>> Authoring Practices (APG).
>>>>
>>>> The group is developing test cases using the APG examples and expected
>>>> results on screen readers interacting with the examples in browse and
>>>> interactive modes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The group will help define gaps in the usage of ARIA information or
>>>> inconsistencies between browse and interactive modes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps, are you able to attend the meeting today?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is your company a W3C member?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Matthew Kreiling <kreiling@gmail.com>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2021 8:49 PM
>>>> *To:* public-aria-at@w3.org
>>>> *Subject:* New member would love a primer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I just signed up for the group in my capacity as a front-end developer
>>>> with a strong interest in accessibility.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been developing for about 11 years, the last 6 of them designing
>>>> and developing components, primarily in the Vue framework for a large state
>>>> government agency (WA State Dept. of Labor and Industries).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think I can contribute to these efforts if I could absorb some
>>>> background and understand what types of gaps I might be able to help bridge.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone be able to point me towards some conversations or
>>>> otherwise help me understand the background, outcomes, goals, vision, and
>>>> challenges of this group?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> *Matthew Kreiling*
>>>>
>>>> We're all in it together.
>>>>
>>>> 360-545-3116
>>>>
>>>> *"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."*
>>>>
>>>> —Emily Dickinson
>>>>
>>>>