WAI Interest Group Charter extended until 2024-12-31

Hello,

We have extended the Patents and Standards Interest Group Charter until 
31 December 2024:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2024AprJun/0155.html


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:  Ashley Abaragu appointed Chair of the WAI Interest Group; 
Charter extended until 2024-12-31
Date:  Wed, 29 May 2024 11:48:33 +0800
From:  xueyuan <xueyuan@w3.org>
To:  w3c-ac-members@w3.org


Dear Advisory Committee representative,
[This announcement will be forwarded to W3C group chairs]

W3C is pleased to appoint Ashley Abaragu (Knowbility) as new Chair of 
the Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group (WAI IG) [1].

Ashley replaces Katie Haritos-Shea (Knowbility) as the group Chair. This 
Chair announcement follows section 3.4.1 [2] of the W3C Process Document.

The Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group (WAI IG) charter [3] is 
hereby extended until 31 December 2024.

WAI IG is primarily an e-mail discussion list. It is a well-established 
Interest Group with over a thousand participants. It focuses on 
understanding and implementing web accessibility guidelines and 
specifications, and increasing awareness of accessibility. WAI IG 
discussion of general and technical issues related to web accessibility 
contributes to a comprehensive accessibility approach at W3C.

W3C Team plans to propose a new charter during the extension period with 
no substantive changes from the current charter.

More information about the WAI Interest Group can be found on its 
summary page [1], including information about group Chair and Team 
Contact. Instructions for joining the WAI IG mailing lists are at:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/waiig/#mailinglist

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact 
Shawn Lawton Henry at <shawn@w3.org>.

This charter extension follows section 4.5 of the W3C Process Document:
https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#charter-extension

Thank you,

For Philippe Le Hegaret, W3C Strategy and Project Lead,
Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI Interest Group Team Contact;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

[1] https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/wai
[2] https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#ReqsAllGroups
[3] https://www.w3.org/WAI/IG/20200804