COGA task force: Summary and minutes for March 16th meeting

Hi, folks, thanks for your time today. And thank you, Len, for scribing!

*Summary*
*1. COGA session at W3C World Breakouts Day *

   - Consolidated session: COGA will consolidate the four research modules
   into a single one-hour session.
      - Day: Wednesday, March 25th
      - Time: 13:00 UTC, 9am Boston, 3pm Israel, 6:30pm India
      - Session description:
      https://github.com/w3c/breakouts-day-2026/issues/16
      - Audience: The session is open to all and includes time to discuss
      opportunities to collaborate with different W3C groups.
   - *Action items*
      - *COGA research subgroup members: *Please read Lisa's draft deck
      <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hy0iPkqWKxN_8xI5UIAWPk7We9nk44DDb618pzDQzOw/edit?slide=id.g3960f0fbf47_0_87#slide=id.g3960f0fbf47_0_87>
      before the Research Subgroup Meeting at 9am tomorrow/Tuesday
      <https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/3263a635-3a48-4d90-944c-e0bbc9f8f47a/20260317T090000/>
      and/or let Lisa know you will be adding your comments asynchronously.
      - @Julie Rawe <jrawe@understood.org>  will create a calendar invite
      as soon as the Breakout Day organizers share the videoconference url.

*2. AI and accessibility*

   - Eric shared three APA discussion threads that COGA may want to add to:
      - Exploring Generative AI: w3c/webai#3
      <https://github.com/w3c/webai/issues/3>
      - Tracking and Exploring AI and Accessibility: w3c/webai#5
      <https://github.com/w3c/webai/issues/5>
      - AI and accessibility: opportunities and risks: w3c/webai#14
      <https://github.com/w3c/webai/issues/14>
   - *Action items*
      - @Eric Hind <ehind67@gmail.com> will share COGA's online safey and
      wellbeing paper with APA.
      - @Lisa Seeman <lisa.seeman@zoho.com> will ask Janina for more detail
      on how COGA can collaborate. We are also seeking clarity on whether there
      is a new task force or working group that is focusing on AI and
      accessibility.

*3. COGA's holistic review of WCAG 3*

   - Thursday calendar invites
      - We consolidated the invites for the main meeting and for the
      working session, so there is now just one meeting invite.
      - The Thursday meeting is 3 hours long. Please join for whatever
      portion you can.
   - Review process
      - We are still trying to figure out how to carve out time for
      in-person discussion while still encouraging asynchronous review.
      - Big questions include:
         - How many times to discuss a section at Thursday meetings
         - When/how to involve the whole task force
         - Which review format will help others weigh in on a section review
            - Eric tried one approach using AI to help review "Animation
            and Movement."
            <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.le3u086d4so5>
            - Lisa tried another approach using tables to help review
            "Error Handling."
            <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.5gxd4veirbbq>
            - Jan and Len are working on a third approach using a
            spreadsheet for "Text and Wording"
            <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19l6VWmRj0tQWAOkOOFBGVjWGdY7WnD7CKXFwDZX7gXo/edit?gid=699420862#gid=699420862>
            .
         - How the group will approve draft GitHub issues before they get
         formally entered into GitHub
      - github - AG for coga
      <https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Acoga>:
      We'll use this link to track the WCAG 3 provisions that we add a
COGA label
      to.
   - *Action item*
      - @Jan McSorley <mcsorleyjan@gmail.com> and @Beasley, Len
      <BeasleyL1@aetna.com> will send a pre-read before this Thursday's
      meeting.

*4. AG survey of 3 updated WCAG 3 provisions*

   - Survey closes March 18th
   - Optional for COGA members to participate in
   - One of the updated provisions in the survey is "No
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ucdwQdwGCuTPzKXAfF8tTe5RRXsWVFE2bB--6zFRjiQ/edit?tab=t.4ts7mfo3ejq1#heading=h.fqtea0fdcalm>
   Flashing
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ucdwQdwGCuTPzKXAfF8tTe5RRXsWVFE2bB--6zFRjiQ/edit?tab=t.4ts7mfo3ejq1#heading=h.fqtea0fdcalm>
   "
   - People can participate by adding comments in the google doc or filling
   out the survey <https://www.w3.org/wbs/35422/wcag3-provision-survey-01/>

*Minutes*

   - https://www.w3.org/2026/03/16-coga-minutes.html
   <https://www.w3.org/2026/03/16-coga-minutes.html>

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