Re: Ashley Abaragu appointed Chair of the WAI Interest Group; Charter extended until 2024-12-31

Congrats to Ashley and thanks to Katie for a well done work all this years.

Best,

/Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo/
Patrono Fundador y Directora General
Fundación Sidar - Acceso Universal
email: emmanuelle@sidar.org
http://sidar.org


El 29/05/2024 a las 5:59, xueyuan escribió:
> Dear participants of the WAI Interest Group,
>
> W3C is pleased to appoint Ashley Abaragu (Knowbility) as new Chair of 
> the Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group (WAI IG) [1].
>
> Ashley replaces Katie Haritos-Shea (Knowbility) as the group Chair. 
> This Chair announcement follows section 3.4.1 [2] of the W3C Process 
> Document.
>
> The Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group (WAI IG) charter [3] 
> is hereby extended until 31 December 2024.
>
> WAI IG is primarily an e-mail discussion list. It is a 
> well-established Interest Group with over a thousand participants. It 
> focuses on understanding and implementing web accessibility guidelines 
> and specifications, and increasing awareness of accessibility. WAI IG 
> discussion of general and technical issues related to web 
> accessibility contributes to a comprehensive accessibility approach at 
> W3C.
>
> W3C Team plans to propose a new charter during the extension period 
> with no substantive changes from the current charter.
>
> More information about the WAI Interest Group can be found on its 
> summary page [1], including information about group Chair and Team 
> Contact. Instructions for joining the WAI IG mailing lists are at:
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/waiig/#mailinglist
>
> If you have any questions or need further information, please contact 
> Shawn Lawton Henry at <shawn@w3.org>.
>
> This charter extension follows section 4.5 of the W3C Process Document:
> https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#charter-extension
>
> Thank you,
>
> For Philippe Le Hegaret, W3C Strategy and Project Lead,
> Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI Interest Group Team Contact;
> Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications
>
> [1] https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/wai
> [2] https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#ReqsAllGroups
> [3] https://www.w3.org/WAI/IG/20200804
>
>