Call for Participation: Web Accessibility initiative (WAI) Interest Group Charter approved; Join the WAI IG

Dear members of the WAI Interest Group,

I'm relaying the following announcement that was sent to W3C Advisory 
Committee Representative earlier today, to notify the group of the new 
charter approval and call for participation.

With kind regards,
Xueyuan Jia, Marketing & Communications

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:  Call for Participation: Web Accessibility initiative (WAI) 
Interest Group Charter approved; Join the WAI IG
Date:  Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:50:12 +0800
From:  Xueyuan Jia <xueyuan@w3.org>
To:  w3c-ac-members@w3.org


Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
[This announcement will be forwarded to W3C group chairs]

W3C is pleased to announce the recharter of the Web Accessibility 
initiative (WAI) Interest Group.
https://www.w3.org/2025/05/wai-ig-charter

The group is chartered through 31 July 2027.

The mission of the Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group (WAI IG) 
is to promote awareness of W3C accessibility work and publications, 
encourage engagement in W3C accessibility work, and provide an open 
public forum for sharing information related to web accessibility.

Individuals can join the Interest Group by subscribing to the mailing 
list from:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/waiig/#mailinglist

The group chair is Ashley Abaragu (Knowbility). The Staff Contact is 
Shawn Lawton Henry <shawn@w3.org> at 0.03 FTE.

More information about the group can be found on the group home page:
https://www.w3.org/wai/IG

[...]
To see all changes relative to the previous charter, follow this link:
https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2FIG%2F20200804&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2025%2F05%2Fwai-ig-charter

This announcement follows section 5.7.2 of the W3C Process Document:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#ACReviewAfter

and the Call for Participation follows section 4.4 of the W3C Process 
Document:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/#cfp

Thank you,

For Philippe le Hégaret, W3C Strategy and Project Lead,
Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI IG Staff Contact;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications