Re[2]: Comments on WCAG.Next Models

>Ok
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>But we can’t refer to it as a call for Public Comments — if we only 
>send it to interest groups.    You can check with Michael/Judy but I 
>think that any Public Comment calls need to go out via our standard 
>public call process or else they are just informal surveys.   and any 
>significant changes or decisions RE direction should get input from a 
>public call I think

Gregg is correct. However, the exercise has proven useful and feedback 
will help us determining our future direction.

Thanks

Josh

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>gregg
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>>On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:22 AM, John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com> 
>>wrote:
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>>Hi Gregg,
>>
>>Yes, the initial email went out on April 8th, and was sent to 
>>w3c-wai-gl, w3c-wai-ig, and the WebAIM mailing list (for good measure) 
>>- https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2016AprJun/0014.html
>>
>>Currently, the WCAG WG Charter is ambivalent on the definition of 
>>“extensions”, outside of the fact that the various existing Task 
>>Forces are all working towards the creation of “extensions”. This 
>>activity was a follow-on to that: seeking a clearer definition of what 
>>“extensions” are, and how they would work with regard to advancement, 
>>adoption, inter-operability, date(s) of release, etc. This is NOT a 
>>re-chartering of the WCAG WG, but simply an exercise in clarification, 
>>opened to public comment.
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>JF
>>
>>
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>>From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:gregg@raisingthefloor.org]
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:15 AM
>>To: John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com>
>>Cc: GLWAI Guidelines WG org <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>; WCAG Editors 
>><team-wcag-editors@w3.org>
>>Subject: Re: Comments on WCAG.Next Models
>>
>>Was this announced on the W3C WCAG WG public comment list?
>>
>>if so - I missed it.
>>
>>Posting to an Interest list is not an official call for comments.  
>>This is not monitored by most of the world.
>>
>>That said the comments are interesting.  But if the Working Group is 
>>to act on anything — it really needs to base it off of a public call 
>>for comments.
>>
>>gregg
>>
>>>On Apr 26, 2016, at 8:58 AM, John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com> 
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>Dear Working Group, Chairs,
>>>
>>>As previously discussed, public feedback was solicited in early April 
>>>on how to proceed with WCAG.next, the extension(s) to WCAG 2.0. In 
>>>total, we received 66 emails from 27 people on this topic.
>>>
>>>Jeanne Spellman has consolidated all of that feedback into one page 
>>>(here: https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Comments_on_WCAG.Next_Models) 
>>>for this Working Group to contemplate.
>>>
>>>While feedback is still welcome, Jeanne and I believe that we have 
>>>gathered enough comments and discussion to bring this forward to the 
>>>larger group at this time, and equally that we observed a coalescence 
>>>around the proposed 2.2 model “WCAG 2.x by date across Task Forces as 
>>>work is ready”, although it is, at this time, the prerogative of the 
>>>Working Group to still entertain some of the other possible models.
>>>
>>>Subsequently, we are considering this deliverable complete, and we 
>>>look forward to the discussion and decision that the WCAG WG finally 
>>>makes.
>>>
>>>Sincerely
>>>
>>>JF
>>>​--
>>>John Foliot
>>>Principal Accessibility Strategist
>>>Austin, TX
>>>
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