Ian, I would like to propose that Working Group Charters** require participants including staff and members to devote at least twenty percent of their W3C time to enabling people with low literacy to participate in the web. This time should be shared equally between enabling exploring and authoring. This requirement is in respect of the stated objectives of W3C to enable all people to communicate on the web and in recognition that approximately twenty percent of the population are illiterate. regards Jonathan Chetwynd j.chetwynd@btinternet.com http://www.openicon.org/ +44 (0) 20 7978 1764 **Members of working groups are interpreting the current charters to prevent discussion of whether their charter is actually meeting the needs of end-users. I have personal experience of this in respect of public lists and or phone conferences for WAI, SVG and CSS groups David Woolley expresses a similar concern here: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2008JulSep/0013.html
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