Re: Richard Schwerdtfeger steps down as co-Chair of the ARIA Working Group

Rich, 

Thank you for your years of service to further accessibility both in IBM and in the broader Web Platform. 

In particular, your vision and recognition of the need for web technologies like ARIA was especially insightful. Your determination to get initiate ARIA and drive it through to standardization ensures a solid foundation for those who continue work toward a more accessible web.

Thank you sincerely,
James Craig


> From: Xueyuan <xueyuan@w3.org> 
> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:09:10 +0800
> To: w3c-ac-members@w3.org 
> Cc: chairs@w3.org 
> Message-ID: <6d9f0174-3648-2ce9-ead8-30206bff0186@w3.org> 
> 
> Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
> Chairs,
> 
> This is to inform you that Richard Schwerdtfeger has stepped down from 
> his role as Co-Chair of the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) 
> Working Group [1], following his retirement from IBM last December, then 
> serving in this role for most of 2017 via his role on the Knowbility Board.
> 
> Rich is well known in the W3C community and is a long-time participant 
> in our accessibility efforts.
> 
> The W3C Director and Team would like to express our most sincere thanks 
> to Rich for his contributions and his role in bringing Web accessibility 
> forward over the years.
> 
> We are fortunate to keep Joanmarie Diggs (Igalia) who continues as sole 
> Chair of the ARIA Working Group, while we're looking for additional 
> chair resources.
> 
> Please join us in thanking Rich for his contributions to W3C.
> 
> This announcement follows section 5.1 of the W3C Process Document [2].
> 
> For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director,
> Judy Brewer, WAI Director,
> Philippe Le Hegaret, Project Management Lead, and
> Michael Cooper, ARIA Working Group Team Contact;
> Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications
> 
> [1] 
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/
> 
> [2] 
> https://www.w3.org/2017/Process-20170301/#ReqsAllGroups
>

Received on Tuesday, 7 November 2017 22:08:34 UTC