- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:15:51 -0800
- To: "Harry Woodrow" <harrry@email.com>, "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 12:16 PM +0800 12/27/01, Harry Woodrow wrote: >How many disabled users are there on the WCAG, I think you will find that >there are probably more people with disabilities and disability >organizations and developers with disabilities on this group than on the >WCAG. If we are talking about making the web available for people with >disabilities isn't it important we give them a voice...and listen to them. WCAG working group has very low entry requirements; near as I can figure -- and I'm not speaking for the group now -- you have to state a willingness to participate and show rudimentary knowledge of the material, and you're welcome to join. The archives are public and anyone who has a comment on developing drafts or working group discussions can speak up, even without commiting to join the group. So I definitely think the voice is there -- although I tend to think less in terms of "we" giving "them" a voice and more about "all of us", which may explain why I haven't done any head counts on who is or isn't disabled in the group. If anyone feels denied a voice in WCAG working group, please feel free to read up on the time and participation requirements, and consider joining the group if you feel qualified, or at the very least giving your feedback on open issues. (This is not an official call for participation; this is Kynn pointing out that the means to be heard already exists.) --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Web Accessibility Expert-for-hire http://kynn.com/resume January Web Accessibility eCourse http://kynn.com/+d201
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