Re: Public access to this list

If people want to contribute to that level they should join the group. 
This is important because it requires an intellectual property 
commitment that non-participants have not made. We have a liberal 
practice with Invited Experts, so very few people would be unable to 
join if they want to. The practices of other Working Groups (which I 
think opens them to a variety of problems) does not set a precedent for 
us. I discussed the pros and cons of various options with Rich in his 
role of chair, and we agreed publicly postable but requiring a join to 
subscribe strikes the best balance between open-ness and sanely managed 
contribution. Michael

On 24/11/2015 10:41 AM, Léonie Watson wrote:
>
> *From:*Michael Cooper [mailto:cooper@w3.org]
> *Sent:* 24 November 2015 14:40
> “That's right. Members of the public can post to the list. But to 
> subscribe they must join the group. Michael”
>
> Doesn’t this make things unnescessarily difficult for people who want 
> to contribute? They have to post something, then track subsequent 
> discussions through the online archives.
>
> It’s possible for people (non-members) to subscribe to webapps, html 
> and other public W3C lists. It would be good for WAI to do the same 
> and make both ARIA and APA properly public.
>
> Léonie.
>
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> Senior accessibility engineer @LeonieWatson @PacielloGroup
>