- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 08:34:32 -0400
- To: public-rqtf@w3.org, Personalization tf <public-personalization-tf@w3.org>, public-pronunciation@w3.org, public-css-a11y@w3.org, COGA TF <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Dear APA Task Force Colleagues: It is appropriate that all APA Task Forces also be made aware that APA now has two Co-Chairs. It gives me great pleasure to announce and welcome Becky Gibson to the Co-Chairing role in APA. The formal W3C announcement follows. Janina Now an APA Co-Chair Coralie Mercier writes: > For the group’s information: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org> > > Subject: Becky Gibson appointed co-chair of the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group > > Date: 25 June 2020 at 09:15:21 CEST > > To: W3C Members <w3c-ac-members@w3.org> > > Cc: Chairs <chairs@w3.org> > > Message-Id: <CA806BF8-4443-4002-81EF-35DF3F2075BA@w3.org> > > > > > > Dear Advisory Committee Representative, > > Chairs, > > > > W3C is pleased to appoint Becky Gibson (Knowbility) as new co-Chair of > > the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group [1]. > > > > Becky joins continuing co-Chair Janina Sajka (Invited Expert). > > > > Becky is a recognized expert in the field of digital inclusion and > > enabling accessible solutions. Her extensive career as a Software > > Engineer and Accessibility Architect at IBM impacted products, customer > > strategy, and industry standards. She is passionate about making Web and > > mobile applications usable for people of all abilities. She participated > > in the creation of W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG), > > and helped to develop and evangelize the Accessible Rich Internet > > Applications (ARIA) specification. > > > > This announcement follows section 5.1 of the W3C Process Document [2]. > > > > For Tim Berners-Lee, Director; > > Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications > > > > > > [1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/ > > [2] https://www.w3.org/2019/Process-20190301/#ReqsAllGroups > > > > -- > > Coralie Mercier - W3C Marketing & Communications - https://www.w3.org > > mailto:coralie@w3.org +337 810 795 22 https://www.w3.org/People/Coralie/ > > -- > Coralie Mercier - W3C Marketing & Communications - https://www.w3.org > mailto:coralie@w3.org +337 810 795 22 https://www.w3.org/People/Coralie/ > > > > > > -- Janina Sajka https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
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