Re: Accessibility Internationalization Community Group Launched

Hi Lisa,

I have made you the Chair. You, in turn, can name other chairs. Moving forward, please also document the process by which chairs will be selected. This might be done via a charter (see template [1]). 

Thanks!

Ian

[1] https://w3c.github.io/cg-charter/CGCharter.html

> On Mar 18, 2024, at 1:56 AM, Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> Someone who was not involved in the proposal (BEV CORWIN)  has made herself chair.
> Is it possible to set Jan McSorley or myself as the chair?
> 
> All the best
> 
> Lisa
> 
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 10:55 AM <public-council@w3.org> wrote:
> With your support, the Accessibility Internationalization Community Group has been launched:
>   http://www.w3.org/community/global-inclusion/
> 
> This group was originally proposed on 2024-03-14
> by Lisa Seeman-Horwitz. The following people supported its
> creation: 
>       Lisa Seeman-Horwitz
>       Leandro S. Guedes
>       Jan McSorley
>       Rachael Bradley Montgomery
>       Tiffany Burtin
> 
> To join the group, please use:
>  http://www.w3.org/community/global-inclusion/join
> 
> Please note that supporting a group is different from joining
> a group. Supporters must also enroll if they wish to participate.
> 
> --------------------
> The mission of the Accessibility Internationalization Community Group is
> to improve the internationalization of:
> -The Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility (COGA) Task Force
> -The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG) 
> 
> 
> Scope
> The Accessibility Internationalization Community Group will include the
> following efforts:
> -Improve the internationalization of COGA  and AG publications.
> -Develop criteria and tests for easy-to-understand language in different
> languages.
> -Develop criteria and tests for text appearance and semantics in
> different writing systems
> -Develop criteria and tests for additional guidance that changes based
> on additional language, writing system, or culture. 
> 
> The community group’s initial focus is to help internationalize two
> accessibility resources that are currently in development:
> -The next version of Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and
> Learning Disabilities  
> -WCAG 3.0, with two guidelines as the top priorities: “Clear Language”
> and “Text Appearance and Semantics,” which will have tests and criteria
> in different languages.
> --------------------
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> W3C Community Development Team

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Received on Monday, 18 March 2024 12:33:19 UTC