[Update] Re: COGA special meeting tomorrow/Thursday: Rachael's WCAG 3 conformance explainer

Hi, folks, same special meeting, same time, same agenda, but please log on
using the event details that the AG chairs set up:

   - Thursday, October 23rd
   - 10am ET
   - W3C calendar event: Review AGWG Survey on Conformance
   <https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/231700d4-ec18-44d0-97b0-b5543d626c66/>
   - Meeting url: https://mit.zoom.us/j/98363513175
   - IRC channel: #ag


On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM Julie Rawe <jrawe@understood.org> wrote:

> Hi, COGA folks, there will be a special COGA meeting tomorrow/Thursday
> about an important topic that COGA members need to understand and help
> weigh in on. See below for key details, thanks.
>
> *Background*
>
>    - Earlier this week, on Monday's COGA task force call, we talked about
>    the AG's proposed conformance model for WCAG 3 and what COGA can do to help
>    ensure that cognitive requirements and assertions are sufficiently
>    represented in the conformance model.
>    - We looked at slide 7 in the AG's proposed conformance deck
>    <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DlDxp8MCYXj3RWnFCCz13zsmM2fV4Wf8NbECKogdul8/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p>,
>    but that slide is now outdated.
>    - Please see the section below for details about the new slides that
>    the AG chairs added yesterday.
>
> *Special COGA meeting: Thursday, October 23rd, at 10am ET*
>
>    - Rachael, who is one of the AG co-chairs, will meet with COGA to
>    explain the two conformance models that are being debated and to answer
>    COGA's questions about them.
>    - She will explain in detail:
>       - Three potential sizes of mandatory provisions
>       <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DlDxp8MCYXj3RWnFCCz13zsmM2fV4Wf8NbECKogdul8/edit?slide=id.g39bba20ca27_0_0#slide=id.g39bba20ca27_0_0>
>       (Slide 15)
>       - Option 1: Prerequisites and Supplemental/Assertions
>       <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DlDxp8MCYXj3RWnFCCz13zsmM2fV4Wf8NbECKogdul8/edit?slide=id.g39b52ff6882_1_17#slide=id.g39b52ff6882_1_17>
>       (Slides 16 and 17)
>       - Option 2: Foundational and Supplemental/Assertions
>       <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DlDxp8MCYXj3RWnFCCz13zsmM2fV4Wf8NbECKogdul8/edit?slide=id.g39b52ff6882_1_12#slide=id.g39b52ff6882_1_12>
>       (Slides 18 and 19)
>
>
> *Conformance survey deadline: Thursday, October 27th, by end of day*
>
>    - The AG chairs shared a conformance survey
>    <https://www.w3.org/wbs/35422/conf_20_oct_25/?login=> at yesterday's
>    AG meeting. It asks about Options 1 and 2.
>    - Julie asked for more time to submit responses, but the AG chairs
>    need to close the survey Monday night so the results can be discussed at
>    Tuesday's AG meeting.
>    - We scheduled a special meeting for tomorrow/Thursday so that COGA
>    members will have time to process Rachael's explanation and make an
>    informed decision on how to fill out the survey.
>    - We encourage all COGA members to attend tomorrow's meeting with
>    Rachael, and we'll do a quick recap at Monday's regular COGA task force
>    meeting.
>
> *Special COGA meeting day/time*
>
>    - Thursday, October 23rd
>    - 10 am ET
>    - 3 pm UK Time
>    - 5 pm Israel
>    - 8:30 pm India
>
> *Meeting url*
>
>    - Go to the 23 October WCAG 3 conformance model options (Rachael
>    explainer) event
>    <https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/3eea0dad-8414-4517-8ea7-5279316c95f6/>
>    in your W3C calendar.
>    - Use the "Join the meeting" button.
>    - Please let me know if you have any trouble joining.
>
> *IRC access*
>
>    - IRC is like our chat room: http://irc.w3.org/?channels=coga
>    - The channel is #coga
>    - You can write any name as a nickname.
>    - *Tips for using IRC
>    <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/IRC,_scribing_and_running_meeting>*
>
>
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