- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:01:32 -0500
- To: public-html@w3.org, W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Dear HTML WG, PFWG, and HTML A11y TF Participants: The Chairs of the HTML Working Group and of the WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group are pleased to announce new Co-Facilitators for our joint HTML-A11Y Task Force effective immediately. There will now be three Co-Facilitators to help guide the expanded work of the Task Force under the HTML-WG's Plan 2014 [1]: * Charles McCathie Nevile, Yandex, and member of the W3C Advisory Board, will join the Task Force as a Co-Facilitator. * Steve Faulkner, W3C Invited Expert, will become a Task Force Co-Facilitator. * Janina Sajka, W3C Invited Expert and Chair of the WAI Protocols & Formats Working Group, and of the WAI IndieUI Working Group, will continue as a Task Force Facilitator. We want to thank Mike Smith for his three years of service as Task Force Co-Facilitator. We are pleased that Mike will continue to serve the Task Force together with Michael Cooper as W3C Staff Contacts. As a joint Task Force of the HTML Working Group and of the WAI Protocols & Formats Working Group, The Task Force brings together HTML and accessibility experts in the W3C to help ensure that HTML 5 provides features to enable Web content to be accessible to people with disabilities. Under Plan 2014 [1] the Task Force is now empowered to create specifications that extend deliverables of the HTML Working Group in the area of accessibility. We encourage everyone interested in enhancing the accessibility of HTML to become an active participant of the HTML-A11Y Task Force. The Task Force Home Page is at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Main_Page Janina On behalf of: Sam, Maciej, Paul, and Janina HTML Working Group Chairs and the Protocols and Formats Working Group Chair [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/html5-2014-plan.html#other-changes -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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