Re: Proposed change to Silver Tuesday calls

I'm not able to answer the questionnaire. Although earlier on Friday gets a
+1 from me.



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Todd Libby
Accessibility Analyst
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On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 9:54 AM Shawn Lauriat <lauriat@google.com> wrote:

> Thank you, everyone! Exactly why we wanted to email the list with a
> proposal.
>
> I made a survey for the schedule of Friday meeting
>> <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/94845/friday-meeting-schedule-2021-6/>.
>> It has 9, 9:30 (as Wilco proposed) and the other hours of the day including
>> the existing call time, 2:00 PM ET.
>
>
> Thanks, Jeanne! I see hourly options 9 through 14 (current meeting time),
> but not the 9:30am option that you mentioned.
>
> -Shawn
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 8:38 PM Jeanne Spellman <
> jspellman@spellmanconsulting.com> wrote:
>
>> I would be in favor of moving the Friday Silver call earlier in the day.
>> I worry about shutting out the US West Coast, but they have the Tuesday AG
>> call at a more reasonable time for them (8:00am).  So they would get one
>> call that is at a reasonable time and the Friday call at a stretch time
>> (6:30 am).
>>
>> I made a survey for the schedule of Friday meeting
>> <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/94845/friday-meeting-schedule-2021-6/>.
>> It has 9, 9:30 (as Wilco proposed) and the other hours of the day including
>> the existing call time, 2:00 PM ET.
>> On 6/7/2021 5:44 AM, Wilco Fiers wrote:
>>
>> Hey Shawn,
>> I very much support having joint meetings with AG. But by cancelling the
>> Tuesday meeting over the Friday meeting, both WCAG 3 meetings end up
>> outside of EU work hours. I feel that WCAG 3 has a fairly strong US bias as
>> it is. I think this decision is a turn in the wrong direction. I would ask
>> the chairs to consider options that would allow for more international
>> participation.
>>
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>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 11:44 PM Shawn Lauriat <lauriat@google.com> wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> In an effort to avoid having it buried in today's minutes, we wanted to
>>> send out a separate note about a discussion we had today around meeting
>>> schedules to check with those of you not on the call today about a
>>> proposed change to cancel our regular 9:30am Eastern Tuesday calls while we
>>> have joint calls with AG WG at 11:00am Eastern.
>>>
>>> We've recently had several joint AG WG + Silver calls on Tuesdays during
>>> the regular AG WG time (11:00am - 1:00pm Eastern), and canceled the regular
>>> Tuesday Silver calls when that has happened. Since we expect joint calls
>>> for at least the foreseeable future (I think at least through June and
>>> July), we proposed canceling our 9:30am Eastern Tuesday call for the
>>> duration, with the option of holding it if something comes up that seems
>>> like a good topic to work through during that time. As an example, we
>>> know that Fridays at 2:00pm Eastern don't work very well for folks in
>>> Europe, and even less well for those further east.
>>>
>>> We'll still keep the Zoom & IRC info available so that we can hold
>>> Tuesday calls as-needed, though we certainly won't expect everyone to dial
>>> into a nearly solid 3 hours of calls on those days, so definitely feel free
>>> to prioritize topics of interest!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Shawn
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Wilco Fiers*
>> Axe-core product owner - Facilitator ACT Task Force - Co-chair ACT-Rules
>>
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