Re: Cognitive Accessibility Community Group updates

Hi Rain,Noreen and all !

 Rain thanks for sharing the updates.I would like to review the research
papers.Kindly let me know how can I start.

Noreen welcome to the group!! Its nice to meet you. Looking forward to see
you and learning more about your research work in the meeting .

Best Regards

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 18:48 Rain Michaels <rainb@google.com> wrote:

> Hello COGA Community Group!
>
> We have now had four meetings, so I wanted to send this email to update
> the group and ask a few questions.
>
> *Observations from the meetings:*
>
>    1. We are still just starting out, so it may take us a couple more
>    meetings to really find a flow.
>    2. Having two different meetings splits the group up too much and is
>    making it more difficult to connect on goals.
>    3. Many other notes can be found in our COGA Community Meeting Notes
>    <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VsHS-oQDR7XY87E91sd-zqYaq8DCH9Ppwf9YeqCNcks/edit#>
>     document.
>
> *Questions for the group:*
>
>    1. I'd like to propose that we remove one of the two groups.
>       - Instead of trying to have two separate meetings every two weeks,
>       we can have *one meeting every two weeks.*
>       - These meeting times would alternate so that both Group A and
>       Group B time zones are accommodated at least once a month.
>       - How do you feel about this approach?
>    2. Who would be interested in taking a leadership role in the group?
>    This could be as a Chair or simply to help make sure minutes and reminders
>    go out to the group and conversations are facilitated between meetings.
>       - A couple of you have volunteered some time already (thank you)
>       - Please let me know (privately) what time zone you are in, and
>       what kind of a role you would like to have.
>    3. Would anyone like to volunteer to spend 15 or so minutes talking
>    about your specific area of expertise or personal experience at the next
>    meeting? Or a future meeting if not the next one.
>
> *What is next:*
>
>    1. If there is general agreement to merge the meetings into one, then
>    I'll send out new meeting times early next week.
>    2. Please think about experiences you would like to share with the
>    group at the next meeting.
>    3. If you have the time, please take a look at Making Content Usable.
>    Your thoughts would be fantastic.
>    4. The W3C COGA Task Force is currently doing a formal research lit
>    review on mental health. If you would like to review papers, please let me
>    know and I'll get you started.
>
> Looking forward to our next conversation!
>
> Warmly,
>
> Rain
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