Re: CFC - Publish new draft of WCAG-EM

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 1:18 PM Jen Goulden <jgoulden@crawfordtech.com> wrote:

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> *From:* Alastair Campbell <alastair.campbell@thisisgain.com>
> *Sent:* January 14, 2026 11:42 AM
> *To:* WCAG list <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Subject:* CFC - Publish new draft of WCAG-EM
> *Importance:* High
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> Call For Consensus — ends 21st January 2026 at midday Boston time.
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> The request is to publish the draft of WCAG-EM 2.0
> <https://w3c.github.io/wai-wcag-em/>.
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> There is a Diff of the component markdown files
> <https://github.com/w3c/wai-wcag-em/commit/0ec06bb41aeece3f4b533a85a12a845305700767>.
> There is not a diff between the two final documents as the differences in
> format would make it much harder to use.
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> No issues were raised after the previous call in December.
> <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2025OctDec/0075.html>
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> To support the CFC please reply to the group with a “+1”.
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> able to accept this decision, please reply with a “-1” and explanation
> before the CfC deadline.
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> Kind regards,
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> -Alastair
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