Re: Sustainability Recommendations Working Group [via Sustainable Web Design Community Group]

Great to see so many interested parties! I look forward to collaborating
with you all and finding common ground among new and existing practices.
Thanks everyone.

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:36 AM Frédéric Bordage <info@greenit.fr> wrote:

> Hi Tim, all,
>
> We are in too !
>
> We are working on that subject in France since 2011 and will publish the
> 4th edition of our "web ecodesign best practices repository" named (french)
> "écoconception web : les 115 bonnes pratiques" which means literally "115
> best practices to eco design the web".
>
> See
> https://www.amazon.fr/Ecoconception-web-pratiques-empreinte-%C3%A9cologique/dp/2416006274/
>
> Best,
> Fred
>
>
>
> Le mar. 19 avr. 2022 à 18:37, W3C Community Development Team <
> team-community-process@w3.org> a écrit :
>
>> A few members of this group recently met with W3C to discuss creating
>> sustainable web design standards of some sort, similar to the WAI's Web
>> Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). For many of us who have worked in
>> web/digital sustainability for some time, this seems like a natural next
>> step.
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>>
>> Primary Take-Aways
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>> Here are the main take-aways we pulled from the W3C conversation:
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>> Sustainability is already included as part of W3C TAG group. There is
>> potential overlap with other groups as well, which might mean more possible
>> collaborators.
>> Standards and recommendations are two different things (WCAG is the
>> latter, we probably want to start there).
>> Community groups are great to get as many people involved in discussing a
>> topic, shared ideas, etc. as possible (That's what this group is).
>> Interest groups bring together people who wish to evaluate potential Web
>> technologies and policies. An Interest Group is a forum for the exchange of
>> ideas.
>> Working groups typically produce deliverables (e.g., Recommendation Track
>> technical reports, software, test suites, and reviews of the deliverables
>> of other groups) as defined in their charter.
>> Working or interest groups have charters they must follow and a set of
>> requirements. You can read charter requirements here.
>>
>>
>>
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>> W3C recommends creating a working group of about 15 people to begin the
>> process of creating recommendations. The first thing we will do is complete
>> a charter doc. This charter requirements doc template will help us get
>> started.
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>> To this end, if you're interested in being a part of this, please add
>> your name in a comment below. Thanks very much!
>>
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>> This post sent on Sustainable Web Design Community Group
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>> 'Sustainability Recommendations Working Group'
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>> https://www.w3.org/community/sustyweb/2022/04/19/sustainability-recommendations-working-group/
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>> Learn more about the Sustainable Web Design Community Group:
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>> https://www.w3.org/community/sustyweb
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