Accessibility SG Calls

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2022 Calls

• Accessibility SG Calls/2022

January 31 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Klaus Hoeckner, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Swaran Ravindra, Judith Hellerstein, Zakari Yama 

1. Introduction and welcome to Evelyn Loh
2. Discussion with Kyle Shulman re 2023 activities
   1. funding level
   2. funding aspects
   3. ISOC Community Week
   4. online training course
   5. ASG model of accessibility recording and transcription
   6. ISOC Accessibility Framework
   7. focus on main activity
3. Review 2022 Action Plan and report
4. Action Plan: https://a11ysig.org/wiki/Activity_plan

• Report

1. Discussion of 2023 activities
2. Planning ASG annual members meeting
3. AOB

• Discussion with Kyle Shulman re 2023 activities
  • 2023 Funding $15k (reduced from $30k)
  • possible extra for special purposes
  • ISOC Community Week - May -
    • Kyle keen for Henri Wohlfarth - infographics
  • online training course
    • when done to be handed over to Empowerment team = Esther Kioni + Joyce Dogniez
    • ASG Subcommittee needs to be part of the development process
    • F2F workshops - we'd like to continue - Kyle suggest working with Chapters for Grants from ISOC Foundation
  • Community Consultation
    • Transcript format etc well received
  • Framework
    • we need to have it finalized and approved by the board
  • focus on main activity
    • eye on the prize - but also webinars
• Vashkar - we need to follow up on last years successful efforts at APrIGF
  • ACM has detailed document on how to run accessible conferences. ACTION Vashkar
• Review 2022 ACtion Plan
  • Report
  • 5 Webinars
  • Training course development
  • Accessibility Framework - worked with ISOC Staff
• Bangla Desh Webinar
• ACTION - Clips of Bangla Desh of webinar
• ACTION - Brief follow up report?
• Discussion of 2023 activities
  • Swaran: Approached to by Australian funders to support school in Fiji. Needs assessment required.
    • Need to understand role that ASG can play in project.
  • Outreach to Chapters on basic Accessibility practices, experience and resource sharing
    • 1) Webinar 2) Survey 3) follow up with individual chapters.
  • 2 workshop proposals for IGF 2023 - VR in cooperation with A11yVR.
  • Community Week - topics?
    • 1) Chapters & Accessibility
    • 2) VR in accessibility
  • Dialogs with other orgs
    • G3ICT / DARE Academy
  • ACTION Outreach to ISOC Foundation on caption funding
• Planning ASG annual members meeting
  • Feb 8 05:00-6:15 UTC
  • Report - send out before and announce
  • Agenda - 3 BoTs will speak.
  • ACTION Joly - book captioning and WASLI international sign interpretation. And set up Zoom.
    • Leaders brief presents - Swaran, Joly, Vashkar. Klaus.

March 2 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie,  Vashkar Battarchearjee,  Swaran Ravindra, Zakari Yama, Klaus Hoeckner) (mp4, mp3, pdf)

Draft agenda
1. Apologies
2. Review of action items
3. Online training course
4. 2023 activities
- Draft calendar
- Member's meeting - set date and agenda
- Chapter's webinar
- Plan Chapter survey
5. Community Week
6. Action plan update plus template for activities
7. Web page
8. AOB

• Apologies from Judith
• Action Items
  • ISOC Foundation contacted regarding captioning and other issues (Sarah Armstrong)
  • Outstanding - clips from BD webinar
  • Web page - ACTION review
  • Joly - need to see what the page actually looks like
• Online training course
  • Submitted
  • Positive response from Kyle
  • US English
• 2023 activities
  • Draft calendar
  • Alumni Network Call - ACTION Joly intro Gunela to Nicolas Fiumarelli And Alejandra Prieto (Focus on regulation - Klaus and others)
  • Jennison Asuncion - ACTION intro Gunela - speak at members meeting - GAAD Foundation
  • Organization members - outreach unsuccessful so far - ACTION contact via staff?
  • 28 Mar - members meeting 11:00 UTC - Leader reports
  • 19 April 11:00 Consultation with Chapters / launch Chapter survey - Klaus will chair.
  • ACTION formulate survey
  • 3-4 May ISOC Community Week - Chapters or VR?
  • 18 May - GAAD
  • May North African SIG / IGF and Youth IGF ?
  • June - Zakari webinar - Accessibility guidelines / with North african chapters
  • August - PACIGF in PNG ?
  • 8 to 12 October 2023. - IGF in Japan ACTION Reach out to A11yVR
  • DCAD - complimenting not duplicating
• Community week - ACTION t.b.d.
• Action plan update plus template for activities
  • Lighter format based on draft calendar
  • Ongoing Projects are a separate item
  • Template - google doc? better to just submit to wiki via whatsapp.
  • ACTION Add 'publicity' section in wiki.
• Explore funding opportunities for participation at NRIs/IGF
  • Refer to module 4 on training module.
• Next meeting 13 April 11:00 UTC (07:00 EDT)

April 13 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Swaran Ravindra)    ,

1. Apologies - Judith Hellerstein, Klaus Hoeckner, Zakari Yama
2. Review of action items
3. BoT accessibility resolutions
4. Online training course
6. Chapters meeting
7. IGF planning
- Workshop proposals
- Travel funding options
8. Governance of ASG
- leadership
- membership
9. AOB

• Action Items
  • Web page - sent to kyle
  • Alumni Call - ACTION Joly intro Gunela
  • Jennison - ACTION Joly intro Gunela
  • Org members - done, no response - ACTION Gunela outreach to staff
  • ACTION formulate survey - Zakari. Gunela follow up
  • IGF in Japan Reach out to A11yVR - Done, progressing
  • Community week - ASG not doing
  • ACTION - Gunela & Joly - Wiki structure
• BoT accessibility resolutions
  • https://www.a11ysig.org/isoc-a11y/
  • Yet to be posted on website
  • Vashkar: hammer down on ISOC community including ISOC Foundation
    • In progress. Emails to Chapter leaders. Meeting with ISOC Foundation.
  • ACTION Gunela following up with Andrew
• BoT election
• Voting ends tomorrrow
  • ACTION - Shabbir tribute video
• Online training course
  • Next stage? Reconstituted Content Development Subcommittee, renamed to 'course Development'?
  • ACTION GUNELA - Needs to be expedited
  • Call in with Christopher Lee IIAP
• Chapters meeting
  • Speakers are being lined up
  • Bang the drum next week.
• IGF planning - 8-12 October Kyoto
  • Joly - Accessibility in VR. A11yVR + A11y Tokyo.
    • What are the policy aspects? Multi-stakeholder participation?
  • Vashkar idea - Public procurement, AI & E-Learning
  • Klaus idea - Public procurement, AI + EU Regulation + Hiring
  • APrIGF - 29-31 August - Australia
  • ACTION Swaran will help develop Awareness Training idea
• Travel funding
  • Third world people - IGF secretariat - Vashkar should be eligible
  • GAAD ?
  • Kyle mentioned 'Open Tech Fund'. ASG would need to apply via ISOC, or separately as individuals
• Governance of ASG
  • Election schedule
  • Leadership composition
  • Membership
    • Re-registration process to weed out non-A11y types?
    • Focus on certain aspects, to draw out members?
• Next meeting 11 May 07:00

April 19 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG + Chapters

• See April 19 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG + Chapters

April 24 2023 IGF proposals

(Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Swaran Ravindra, Klaus Hoeckner, Zakari Yama) 

(from previous call)
Joly - Accessibility in VR. A11yVR + A11y Tokyo - 
Vashkar idea - Public procurement, AI & E-Learning
Klaus idea - Public procurement, AI + EU Regulation + Hiring
APrIGF - 29-31 August - Australia
ACTION Swaran will help develop Awareness Training idea
So far suggested topics are:
1. AI - opportunity and risk for persons with disability 
2. Accessible e-learning
3. Africa, public procurement and innovation
4. The potential global influence of the European Accessibility Act
5. Accessibility in immersive environments -  possible tie-in with Joly's VR proposal? 
Session types: Workshop / Open Forum / Town Hall / Launches and Awards / Lightning Talks

• Apologies: Judith Hellerstein
• IMPORTANT What are the policy aspects? Multi-stakeholder participation?
• Hybrid aspect
• Up to 5 speakers, at least 3
• ACTION port today's barebones proposals to Google Docs for further comments
• 1. AI - opportunity and risk for persons with disability
• Theme: AI & Emerging Technologies - Workshop
  • Co-proposers: Klaus + Vashkar
  • K - Lead
  • EU papers on AI
  • Tensions between US, EU and Asia e.g. data regs
  • V - personal aspects from lived experience
  • More speakers 9Swaran)
• 2. Accessible e-learning
  • Theme: Global Digital Divides & Inclusion
  • Swaran - lead / Zakari co-proposer /
  • Invite - Christopher Lee G31CT (US)
  • Speaker - Vashkar
  • ISOC E-learning course dvelopment experince
• 3. Africa, public procurement and innovation
  • Klaus assist
  • Irene Mbari-Kirika ' inABLE' - DC & Kenya organizes conference - invite as lead
  • Speaker: Bernard
• 4. The potential global influence of the European Accessibility Act
  • Klaus
  • Launch or Lightning talk, perhaps?
• 5. Accessibility in immersive environments
  • Thomas Logan / Joly MacFie (A11ySIG) (assist from Klaus)
  • Barcelona lady (Klaus)
  • Speaker: A11yVR
  • Speaker: A11yTokyo
  • ACTION - set up call with Thomas
• 6. Explore synergies with DCAD
  • ACTION Gunela discuss with Judith & Shabbir.
• Travel funding
  • IGF Funding for some countries
  • GAAD
  • OpenTech.fund (group or individual TBD?)

• • Call 5 May 06:00 UTC Finalize Drafts.

April 24 2023 AprIGF proposals

(Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Swaran Ravindra)

• • Utilize main IGF topics, but with AP focus & different speakers
• 1. AI
  • Gunela explore
  • AI and employment equity
• 2. E-Learning
  • Swaran & Gunela lead / Vashkar assist
  • Tweak topic so as not to repeat
  • Moving forward on F2F workshops
• 3. Procurement
  • Change title to something more explanatory
  • Vashkar lead / Swaran assist
• 4. Financial inclusion
  • Shabbir lead? Vashkar assist
  • Speaker? Georgina /TetraTech (Swaran)
  • Speaker? Vashkar
• Other people
  • Manique Gunaratne - check with her

May 16 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Swaran Ravindra, Zakari Yama, Klaus Hoeckner) (mp4, mp3, txt)

1. Apologies
2. Review of action items
3. Online training course
4. IGF planning
- workshop proposals
- travel funding
5. Governance of ASG
- leadership
- membership
6. AOB
GAAD

1. Apologies

• Judith Hellerstein

2. Review of action item

• ACTION Alumni Call - Joly intro Gunela
• ACTION Jennison -Joly intro Gunela
• formulate survey - Zakari. Gunela follow up
  • Done. Waiting on review by IF
• ACTION' Gunela & Joly - Wiki structure
• Gunela following up with Andrew
  • Letter sent today
  • included link to updated Framework
• Shabbir tribute video - ACTION June deadline
• Online training course
  • Funding issue - see later
• IGFs - see later
  • issues with APrIGF form
  • AprIGF proposal submitted

3. Online training course

• Funding issue leading to frustration
• ISOC no longer ready to fund, suggests BYN via chapter
• Possibilities: NY, Australia, HK
  • AUS - has experience. Gunela
  • NY - vs A11ySIG - Joly & Judith, Coming out of pre-rejuv
  • HK - Charles Mok. Money transfer issues
• Nick Hyrka mentions that ISOC Bosnia Herzegovina has put in a large grant ACTION Gunela check for synergies
• **ACTION** Joly to become Asst Treasurer A11ySIG.
• Only one chapter can apply for funding for any single project
• ACTION Escalate to Andrew / BoT

4. IGF planning

• Deadline May 19
• 1. AI - opportunity and risk for persons with disability
  • Non-starter
  • M-Enabling Conference - Conflicting event
• 2. Accessible e-learning
  • Ready to submit
  • Vashkar is a speaker
  • ACTION submit
• 3. Africa, public procurement and innovation
  • Irene has hands full
• 4. The potential global influence of the European Accessibility Act
  • Non-starter
• 5. Accessibility in immersive environments
  • ACTION - pull rabbit out of hat
• travel funding
  • IGF Funding for some countries ACTION Vashkar needs help
  • GAAD ACTION Wait til after GAAD to talk to Jennison. Vashkar
  • OpenTech.fund (need group application)
  • Swaran has some funding. With Zakari, thinking of applying for IGF fellowship
  • APrIGF - Swaran needs airline tix

5. Governance of ASG

• • Need more PwDs on leadership team, and more people to share the load
  • Shabbir ?
  • Vidhya ?
  • Nirmita ?
  • Jaunita ?
  • Ana Isabel Paraguay https://www.linkedin.com/in/aibbp/
  • Neha Arora - India
  • Bernard Chiara - Kenya
  • Just as observers or possibly executive roles
  • Kyle suggests just officers - President, VP, CHaC Rep
  • Fine tune our membership - focus on accessibility
  • ACTION Dedicate next meeting to this topic
• 6. AOB
  • GAAD
    • BD may
    • BD One day training
    • BD International Roundtable 30 May.
    • ISOC Blog
• Gunela / Shabbir to speak at ICANN event in June on IDNs/UA
• Joly will got Dc to webcast NASIG

7. Next meeting - June 13 2023 23:00 UTC

Jun 28 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Zakari Yama, Judith Hellerstein)

1. Apologies
2. Review of action items
3. IGF & APrIGF workshops and travel
4. Governance
5. AOB
6. Next meeting

• Apologies
  • Klaus Hoeckner, Swaran Ravendra

• Action items
  • ACTION Alumni Call - Joly intro Gunela
  • ACTION Jennison -Joly intro Gunela
  • ACTION Gunela & Joly - Wiki structure
  • Shabbir commendation - ACTION June deadline
  • ISOC Bosnia Herzegovina has put in a large grant ACTION Gunela check for synergies
  • Only one chapter can apply for funding for any single project - ACTION Escalate to Andrew / BoT
  • Accessible e-learning - ACTION submit
  • Accessibility in immersive environments- ACTION - pull rabbit out of hat
  • travel funding-
    • IGF Funding for some countries ACTION Vashkar needs help
    • GAAD ACTION Wait til after GAAD to talk to Jennison.
    • Governance of ASG - ACTION Dedicate next meeting to this topic

• POSTPONED to Monday July 3 2023 12:00 UTC

July 2 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Zakari Yama, Judith Hellerstein,  Swaran Ravendra)

1. Apologies
2. Review of action items
3. IGF & APrIGF workshops and travel
4. Governance
5. AOB
6. Next meeting

• 1. Apologies
  • Klaus Hoeckner,
• 2. Action items
  • ACTION Alumni Call - Joly intro Gunela
    • ACTION Soon.
  • ACTION Jennison -Joly intro Gunela
    • ACTION Soon. Joe Devo will be doing the A11yNYC on July 28.
  • ACTION Gunela & Joly - Wiki structure
    • Done.
    • New page for training.
    • Separation of Group and Member activities.
    • ACTION Vashkar to check for pdf accessibility
  • Shabbir commendation - ACTION June deadline
    • ACTION Whereas type formal recognition of his service.
  • ISOC Bosnia Herzegovina has put in a large grant ACTION Gunela check for synergies
    • ACTION Soon.
  • Only one chapter can apply for funding for any single project - ACTION Escalate to Andrew / BoT
    • General one pager on training project drafted, of which this is a factor. ACTION comments by end of week, and submit to Charles and Sagarika.
  • Accessible e-learning - ACTION submit
    • APrIGF: Enabling an accessible e-learning experience for persons with disabilities in the Asia Pacific Region – challenges, opportunities and best practices (submitted but no response, as yet)
      • For IGF: Accessible e-learning experience for PWDs-Best Practices
  • Accessibility in immersive environments- ACTION - pull rabbit out of hat
    • Didn't happen
  • travel funding
    • IGF Funding for some countries ACTION Vashkar needs help
      • Application happening
    • GAAD ACTION Wait til after GAAD to talk to Jennison.
      • Done
    • Governance of ASG - ACTION Dedicate next meeting to this topic
      • Done

• 3. IGF & APrIGF workshops and travel
  • as above
  • DCAD proposal - A Gender-Youth-Accessibility approach to Digital Divide
  • DCAD proposal - DC Day, includes some ASG people.
  • AprIGF - The role for government purchasing of accessible Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
  • AprIGF - Point of View (India) - Disability and Digital Self-Determination: What’s the Missing Link?

• 4. Governance
• One on one conversations
• Paper https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xlwaOpSBv3ODwsWOcxjfAnvfHxTEm8bi/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104928052768300739552&rtpof=true&sd=true
  • Change name to Disability Standing Group
  • Leadership evenly split
  • ACTION Non-binding survey of membership.
    • including arguments pulled from transcript of this call.
  • ACTION Zakari, Swaran and Gunela to more clearly define roles of Action Plan Officers and define timelines.
  • ACTION Gunela to ask ISOC about landing page.
• Elections
  • Around November ?
  • ELection Committee - Gunela, Vashkar, Judith
  • ACTION Find Independent observers
  • ACTION Nomination form
  • Positions: Chair, Vice Chair + TBD
  • See paper for suggestions as to nominees.
  • ACTION Comments on inviting people to join expanded leadership team. Make google doc.
• Zakari and Swaran have submitted a Code of Conduct. ACTION Comments please by Monday

• Next meeting - July 26 2023 23:00 UTC
  • Subcommittees / activities

July 26 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Zakari Yama, Judith Hellerstein, Swaran Ravendra, Shamsuddeen Mohammed Lawal )

1. Apologies
2. Review of action items
3. Chapter survey
4. IGF & APrIGF workshops and travel
5. Planning ASG activities (refer to Governance document)
6. AOB
7. Next meeting

1. Apologies - Klaus Hoeckner
2. Review of action items

• Jennison -Joly intro Gunela - not done
• Joe Devon will be doing the A11yNYC on July 28 - says Shabbir under consideration
• Gunela & Joly - Wiki structure - done
• Vashkar to check for pdf accessibility - done- ACTION, Joly remove tag
• Shabbir commendation - ACTION Gunela
• ISOC Bosnia Herzegovina has put in a large grant ACTION Gunela check for synergies - Done, no response as yet
• General one pager on training project drafted - Done
• Accessible e-learning - done
• Change name to Disability Standing Group
  • ACTION Non-binding survey of membership - Joly / Zakari
• ACTION Zakari, Swaran and Gunela to more clearly define roles of Action Plan Officers and define timelines.
• Gunela to ask ISOC about landing page. Done. ACTION Joly find photos
• Elections ACTION Find Independent observers- Joly
  • ACTION Nomination form
  • Positions: Chair, Vice Chair + TBD
  • See Governance Doc for suggestions as to nominees.
• inviting people to join expanded leadership team.
  • Talked to Shabbir, Nirmita, Vidya, all willing.
  • ACTION Will be invited to forthcoming LT meetings.
  • ACTION All, Suggest more people other regions, disabilities by Aug 10
  • Code of Conduct. No comments so proceed.

3. Chapter survey

• ACTION joly create isoc-sg-survey@a11ysig.org email alias to Zakari / Joly
• ACTION Send survey to Chapters. List / CONNECT / Christine

4. IGF & APrIGF workshops and travel

• APrIGF
  • Vashkar participating online
  • Gunela attending
• IGF
  • e-learning submission successful
  • Zakari. Swaran, Vashkar applied for travel support
  • Judith will attend

5. Planning ASG activities

• Regular communication - Vashkar has volunteered. ACTION Vashkar & Joly to work on format.
  • Subcommittee see Governance Doc
  • Admin processes, note taking etc, tbd
  • ACTION - Subcommittees to have admin rights on ASG Zoom.
  • Funding - A11ySIG can channel external funding
  • A11ySIG has some available funds for Captioning etc.

6. Next meeting - special planning follow up next week - time tbd.

July 27 2023 ISOC Accessibility

Follow up from Nov 22 2022
(Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Andre Copelin, Henri Wohlfarth, Naveed Haq, Joyce Dogniez, Klaus Hoeckner)

Continue discussion
1. Next steps with the ASG’s Accessibility Framework
2. BOT Resolution 2023-08  Policy on Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities.

• Important issues for ISOC and everyone
• BOT resolution instructs CEO to prepare a plan.
  • Andrew will lead development
  • Framework will be part of input
  • Andre is focused on AMS for now
• Question
  • Will Andrew be consulting with ASG?
  • Gunela experience of plan development with telcos
  • responsibilities and timelines?
  • Nothing about us without us
• Response
  • Andre will convey this to Andrew
• Funds and Resources?
  • Too early to say
• Next steps?
  • Look at framework
  • Identification of champions
  • More frequent meetings
  • More involvement of PwDs at events
  • Relatively quickly
• Procurement of tools based on existing standards e.g. EN 301 549 or US Equivalent
  • Is it possible to add to framework?
  • Andre notes variations in standards globally
  • Klaus - EN 301 549 is adopted by several countries and may be considered a global standard
  • Current redraft under the new EU act and WCAG 2.2
  • Needs time to go thru all
  • Joyce - EN 301 549 is WCAG 2.1 but also goes to tools and services?
  • Klaus - Yes. Prescribes what but not how.
• Training content
  • Agency selected to review to WCAG 2.1AA
  • Sufficient for now.
  • Modules being reviewed for accessibility
  • 5 courses in Q3 2023 will be updated
  • Dashboard made screen reader friendly
  • Gunela welcomes this
  • Tiered bandwidth courses - Lo/mid/Hi. Lo is WCAG compliant
• Mid Career Fellowship has visually impaired participant, and lessons are being learned.
  • ASG will follow up - Silver Francis Oonyu from Uganda
• New AMS - Fonteva
  • Level Access engaged to do accessibility testing
• Disability Training Course
  • ASG has developed 91 page syllabus
  • Confusion over funding for further development
  • ACTION Joyce to check with Kyle
  • Andre does not have budget, and made suggestions to Kyle for alternatives eg ISOC Foundation or BTN grants to chapters
  • Approx $25k basic , then translation to tiers and languages make it $70-80k.
  • On roadmap.
• Naveed - note on empowerment
  • Recent F2f training in Pakistan w/ physically impaired person
  • Doing video interviews
  • Edit focusing on accessibility
  • PwD gained employment with ISP
• PwD on ISOC staff?
  • New ISOC HR person hire in process
• ISOC Website
  • Henri has been focused on accessibility last few months
  • 3rd party accessibility audit kicked off process
  • WP is accessible by design
  • Issues come with theme, templates, plugins
  • Goal is to improve semantic HTML for screen reader and keyboard compatibility
  • Color contrast issues resolved
  • Comms is working on improving content, with an eye to people with cognitive disabilities
  • Would like to collaborate more with ASG on assessing solutions
  • Using WAVE to check ongoing work, also Firefox Inspector, and Voiceover on Mac.
  • Limited resources e.g. fixing cookie banners took 3 months
• Staff training on creating accessible content
  • Guidelines have been developed and shared
  • Available on GitHub wiki
  • Access to LinkedIn training
• Next meeting to focus on Framework?
  • Andre - we can set up a standard bimonthly meeting

Aug 3 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Vashkar Battarchearjee, Zakari Yama, Judith Hellerstein, Klaus Hoeckner)
Draft agenda
1. Apologies
2. Planning
3. AOB
4. Next meeting

1. Apologies - Swaran Ravendra,
2. Planning

• Change name to Disability Standing Group - ties in with Gender and Youth SGs
  • Survey of members combined with Election survey?
    • Name change opinion,
    • explaining ASG’s sole focus on disability requesting feedback on members’ accessibility expertise
  • if willing to report disability expertise
  • ACTION Zakari + Joly to draft
• ASG Newsletter
  • Vashkar to write, Joly to reformat and submit to Kyle
  • Zakari - keep it short
  • The sooner the better
• Sub-Committees
  • Need to be clear on aims and outlooks
  • Need to self-manage
  • Access to Zoom - ACTION Judith + Joly to find best practice (including recording / Robot)
  • Note taking + report
  • Captioning (cost)
  • Term limit
  • Online training subcommittee
    • Already mentioned to Vidhya, Nirmita, Ginger
  • African Awareness Campaign Subcomittee
    • Zakari suggestion
    • Klaus to provide input
    • Ambitious idea
    • Organize publicity campaign not just to policy makers
    • External Funding ?
    • Find celebrities to participate
    • Judith - Work with existing orgs e.g. KictaNET in Kenya
    • Judith - have ISOC join TechSoup + Google for Non-profits + FB (free ads)
    • Klaus - difficult to make such a broad campaign in many countries. Countries differ.
    • Klaus - who will do this? Funding?
    • Klaus - start in one country, where we already have good contacts.
    • Vashkar - good idea. Happy to help.
    • Joly - focus on single idea like ISOC did for GAAD with Vashkar "Nothing About Us Without US"
    • ACTION - Klaus + Zakari + Judith to figure out is it a subcomittee or project
• Disability Resources
  • Joly - lists need maintenance and go out of date. Webinar -Blog posts about resources are better.
  • Klaus - a LinkedIn Page will work for resources and outreach
  • Joly happy to maintain
  • Gunela - wait for name change, or not
• Webinars ?
  • TBD. Talk via email.
• Next meeting - Executive Council / Leadership Team
  • 11:00 UTC Sep 6 2023

Sep 6 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Zakari Yama, Judith Hellerstein, Klaus Hoeckner, Nirmita Narasimhan, Vidhya Y, Mohammad Shabbir)

Draft agenda
1. Welcome and apologies
2. Review of action items
3. Chapter survey
4. Survey of members
5. Report from ASG Election/nomination panel
6. Report from APrIGF
7. ISOC accessibility plan
8. Training course
9. AOB
10. Next meeting

1. Welcome and apologies

• Welcome Shabbir, Nirmita, Vidhya
• Apologies: Swaran Ravendra, Vashkar Battarchearjee,
• Commendation to Shabbir

2. Review of action items

• Zakari + Joly to draft member survey
  • Draft prepared -
  • Zakari suggests maybe EN only
  • To demonstrate accessibility, 3 languages are preferred
  • 3 weeks to answer
• Vashkar + Joly - newsletter prep
  • Not yet. ACTION. Get on it.
• Joly + Judith - Zoom best practices for subcommittees
  • ACTION Needs documentation
• African Awareness Campaign Subcomittee - Klaus + Zakari + Judith to figure out is it a subcomittee or project
  • Zakari will soon be ready with draft ACTION.
  • 14th-23rd Klaus will be in India.
  • Gunela notes good feedback in survey from African Chapters
    

3. Chapter survey

• Follow up- first online and next meeting on resources for Chapters.

4. Survey of members

• (see above)
  

5. Report from ASG Election/nomination panel

• ASG is nearly 2 years old
• Election due in Jan/Feb 2024
• Panel, Judith/ Vashkar / Gunela
• 4 elected positions - Chair, 2 Vice Chairs, Secretary
• (+ 1 appointed back up minutes secretary)
• Action Plan Reporting
• Admin (reports to ISOC)
• Media Outreach
• Treasurer
  • ACTION By Sep 16 - Need to identify PWDs from other regions (Apart from APAC, and visual impairment)
  • To be submitted to the nominations committee.
    

6. Report from APrIGF

• • Gunela + Shabbir attended in person. Vashkar + Nirmita online.
  • Two specific sessions on disability
  • BeSafe demo - Sagarika and
  • Shabbir spoke on opening plenary
  • In MSG meeting, Shabbir spoke up about putting money where mouth is wrt accessibility
  • Vidhya - travel issues.
  • ACTION Need some case studies on accommodating PWDs.
    
  • Judith. Travel assistance does not necessarily involve accompanying travelers, but paid services at either end.

7. ISOC accessibility plan

• Ongoing conversations with ISOC staff, now to be on a regular basis.
• Andrew Sullivan has said he will welcome cooperation on implementing BoT directive,
• ACTION - Nirmita + Gunela - Developing a draft disability inclusion plan based on the draft framework
  

8. Training course

• Uncertainty. Who, when, funding. Hard to get moving.
• Funding request for country-based F2F Workshops based on Dhaka Workshop?
  • Article 19 is a possibility for certain specific countries.
  • Virtual workshops an option
  • Combine with online course ?
  • ACTION from Sept 21 - make proposal - Gunela + Vidhya + Shabbir

9. AOB

• ACTION Update activity list
  • AprIGF
  • Fiji
• ChAC
  • Asked for input outreach subcommittee draft survey
  • ACTION Klaus take a look
• Gunela has exploratory meeting with PwD PhD from Nepal interested in data Governance
• Secretary role
  • Nirmita and Vidhya are invited to take a role.
  • Vidhya wants to see more
  • Nirmita not enough time.

10 Next meeting

• Oct 2 - 12:00 UTC

Sep 25 2023 ISOC Accessibility

Follow up from July 27 2023
(Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Andre Copelin, Garrett Coakley, Naveed Haq)

1. Training

• Esther will be contacting Gunela
• Amount requested $60k
• Timeline tbd

2. Internet Society Disability Inclusion Action Plan 1.1

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DoRUFSprIZJYaqV0tIK2aePRkrQglQQC/edit
• Example Australia DIAP PP 25-28

3. Process

• Building a culture of accessibility
• Minimising barriers to participation and engagement
  • Andre needs to examine practical timelines

4. Plan

• Toolkit example? ACTION ASG
• Awareness raising - Internal campaigns
• Technical workshops
• Level Access
• Recognition program is developed and launched
• “Accessibility Champions”
  • Exploit existing champions
  • Format tbd by ISOC
• Employment of staff with disabilities
  • Andre in process, but no current head of HR
• Active cooperation between ISOC and ASG
• Demonstrations
  • Community Day
  • GAAD
  • IDPD
• Accessibility impact assessment (AIA) in policy development
  • example - privacy policy
    • Gunela has been meeting with Christine Runnegar
  • ISOC has a PDP
  • Could/should include AIA
• Research
  • ISOC Foundation
  • "especially for those with invisible or less recognised disabilities." ?
    • change to "including"
  • Naveed suggests discussion with ISOC Foundation to formallyinclude Accessibility in its research grant program
  • ACTION ISOC group to reach out to IF

5. Chapters

• Chapters survey
  • 35 Chapters
  • Naveed: BYN grants can be used for Accessibility
  • Chapter engagement team
  • Joyce would comment if here
  • ACTION Andre will raise with Sebastien Bellagamba
  • ACTION Gunela to share full results

6. Budget

• Andre and Andrew will determine

7. Gunela, Kyle, Andrew Sullivan to continue this discussion. 8. Next meeting(s). Andre will notify

Oct 2 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Vashkar Bhattacharjee, Zakari Yama, Judith Hellerstein, Klaus Hoeckner, Nirmita Narasimhan, Vidhya Y, Mohammad Shabbir)

(There was confusion about the starting time. Some joined at 11:00UTC and others at 12:00UTC)

1. Welcome and apologies
2. Review of action items
3. ISOC disability inclusion action plan
4. Surveys
5. Training
6. Report from ASG nomination/election panel
7. Annual report
8. AOB
9. Next meeting

1. Welcome and apologies

• Apologies: Joly MacFie

2. Review of action items

• Held over until November meeting.

3. ISOC disability inclusion action plan

• Nirmita and Gunela drew up draft plan based on the Accessibility Framework.
• The first half (Building a culture of accessibility) was discussed with the ISOC internal accessibility WG on September 25.

4. Surveys

• ACTION: Joly to put Chapter survey results on wiki
• ACTION: Zakari to formulate a thank you message to Chapters completing the survey.
• Zakari developing ASG member survey - will be translated into French and Spanish
• ACTION: Zakari to report on member survey results at November meeting.

5. Training

• Gunela to hold regular discussions with ISOC Training and e-Learning team about creation of online course, firstly to clarify expectations.
• ISOC will fund course and likely use its usual supplier.
• ASG Training sub-committee will meet on October 4th.
• Possible national f2f workshop in Bangladesh on disability leadership training in IG by end of year with ASG budget
• ACTION: Vashkar to check feasibility
• ACTION: Nirmita to design short survey to gain feedback on the syllabus from DCAD Fellows
• ACTION: Gunela to mentor/coach DCAD Fellows participating in the IGF this year.

6. Report from ASG Election/nomination panel

• Agreed that Manique Gunaratne and Alfredo Calderon will be invited to join the extended LT.
• ACTION: Gunela to invite Manique and Alfredo

7. Annual report

• ACTION: Zakari and Swaran will complete annual report by 10th December.

8. AOB

• Suggested Chapters call but no capacity in the next month or so
• ASG budget suggestions include national f2f workshops and online training for Chapters in developing accessible websites.

9. Next meeting: 6th November at 12:00UTC

• Subsequently changed to 15th November at 08:00UTC

Nov 16 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Vashkar Bhattacharjee, Zakari Yama, Manique Guratne, Judith Hellerstein, Joly MacFie)

1. Welcome and apologies
2. Review of action items
3. Member survey report
4. Training
5. Budget
6. Report from ASG nomination/election panel
7. African campaign ideas
8. Annual report
9. AOB
10. Next meeting

1. Apologies

• Apologies from Klaus Hoeckner, Muhammad Shabbir, Swaran Ravendra

2. Review of action items

• Joly to put Chapter survey results on wiki TO DO
• Zakari to formulate a thank you message to Chapters completing the survey. DONE
• Vashkar to check feasibility of f2f workshop in Bangladesh. NEXT YEAR
• Nirmita to design short survey to gain feedback on the syllabus from DCAD Fellows. DONE
• Gunela to mentor/coach DCAD Fellows participating in the IGF this year. DONE
• Gunela to invite Manique and Alfredo. DONE
  • Alfredo, no, but will do what he can.
• Zakari and Swaran will complete annual report by 10th December. TO DO
• Newsletter. LinkedIn Page.
  • Next year. Nicodemus may help.

3. Member survey report

• (result link)
• 67% in favor of keeping name and adding slogan
• 30% had accessibikity expertise
• 18% has disability
• All willing to volunteer

4. Training

• Still waiting for approval on Online Course
• Meeting with LaRhonda (Labyrinth) and Esther
• Committee met
• LaRhonda Waiting for Board response
• Met with Nicodemus at IGF
• Met with Chat from APC
  • Possibility of training session before AfSIG
• Met with Brazil legal at IGF
  • Interest in workshop in Brazil
• Met with auDA at APrIGF
  • disability leadership voice at APrIGF
  • ACTION Follow up with APNIC on funding

5. Budget

• Meeting Nov 15
• Suggestions for remaining funds
  • ACTION Shabbir's new company make guidelines
  • ACTION Vashkar - webinar(s) requiring captioning / signing
  • ACTION Video explaining disability needs for IGF etc attendees (Gina Naigulevu)
    • Case study approach
  • ACTION Possible F2F workshop in Sri Lanka

6. Report from ASG nomination/election panel

• 4 meetings
• Meet again in the next two weeks, to make schedule.
• 2nd week of Jan ?
• 2 week EoI, 1 week voting ?
• Followed by AGM ?
• Potential Candidates
  • Survey volunteers?
  • Rangarirai Mangundi - (DCAD, Zimbabwe Chapter)
  • Kagya Osei - Ghana (DCAD)
  • Gina Naigulevu - Fiji
  • Deidre Williams - St Lucia
• ACTION Contact above.

7. African campaign ideas

• Reality and survey-based
• Awareness raising (general)
• Practical accessibility (technical community)
• Policy (regulators)
• Campaign
  • based on local Chapters
  • hire local pr
  • material, celeb spokesman
  • physical display, radio, tv (cheap)
  • social media
  • Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Mali
• Comments
  • Partner(s)? APC, W3C, Mozilla ?
  • Hashtag string, flag everyone can wave? #A11y4Africa ?
  • Work with new leadership team, next year.

8. Annual report

• See above

9. AOB

• New Chapter WordPress Template
• EU members meeting
  • Vashkar spoke
  • Recording coming

10. Next meeting

• Mon Dec 11 12:00 UTC

Dec 11 2023 ISOC Accessibility SG Leaders

SG Leaders meeting (Gunela Astbrink, Zakari Yama, Manique Gunaratne, Judith Hellerstein, Joly MacFie, Muhammad Shabbir)

1. Welcome and apologies
2. Review of action items
3. Training
4. Preparing for elections
5. Projects in December
6. Annual report
7. AOB

1. Apologies

• Apologies from Klaus Hoeckner, Zakari Yama, Swaran Ravendra, Vashkar Bhattacharjee

2. Review of action items

• Joly to put Chapter survey results on wiki. DONE
• Zakari and Swaran will complete annual report by 10th December. DRAFT DONE
• Follow up with APNIC on APrIGF funding ONGOING
• Budget
  • Shabbir's new company make guidelines ONGOING (call with all 40 ISOC Tutors)
  • Vashkar - webinar(s) requiring captioning / signing NO TIME
  • Video explaining disability needs for IGF etc attendees (Gina Naigulevu) ONGOING AS A VOLUNTEER PROJECT
    • Case study approach
    • Build on existing DCAD guidelines
    • Show individuals' lived experiences attending IGF and other conferences / meetings
    • dotAsia may support production
    • Judith and Shabbir at DCAD have been working with fellows and Leadership panel on similar
    • Important not to duplicate efforts.
    • ACTION Co-ordinate with Shabbir / DCAD
  • Possible F2F workshop in Sri Lanka ONGOING
    • Issues with venue and attendees availability
    • Next weekend, logistics permitting.
• Nominations Committee contacts
  • Rangarirai Mangundi - (DCAD, Zimbabwe Chapter) On hold
  • Kagya Osei - Ghana (DCAD) On hold
  • Gina Naigulevu - Fiji Interested
  • Deidre Williams - St Lucia contacted

3. Training workshops

• Sri Lanka (see above)
• Pakistan
  • Shabbir lead organizer
  • 26-28 December 2023
• To do: India, Bangladesh, and Nepal
• Course
  • Delay at Labyrinth
  • Pilot module by end of year ?
  • Deadline: Esther on vacs - Dec 18
  • ACTION Nirmita: finalize reading of syllabus

4. Preparing for elections

• Nom Committee has been meeting
• Scheduled for Jan/Feb
• ISOC-NY model, maybe expedited a bit
• Election mail out revised
• Still confusion over ASG mission
• ACTION Slogan needed
• ACTION Chair nomination needed
• ACTION Joly to review application procedure

5. Projects in December

• Sri Lanka (see above)
• Pakistan Workshop
  • Ramada Hotel, Islamabad
  • 26-28 Dec
  • Contract signed by ISOC
  • Wheelchair accessibility limited to 2 guests, may require change of venue
• Tutor Guidelines
  • 2 individuals
  • draft 15 Dec. 1 revision.

6. Annual report

• Draft 2022 ASG Activity Report open for comments

7. AOB

• Slogan
  • promoting inclusion for persons with disabilities CONFIRMED
  • design?
• ACTION Jan 22 - call with ISOC
• Tidy up
  • Action items
  • Photo on ASG landing page - ACTION push
  • change order of activities ACTION joly
  • Vashkar Ted Talk posted
  • LinkedIn page - Nicodemus ACTION joly contact

8. Gunela. Thanks

Jan 20 2024 ASG/ISOC joint collaboration

(Gunela Astbrink, Joly MacFie, Andre Copelin, Joyce Dogniez, Garrett Coakley, Kyle Shulman, Henri Wohlfarth)

1. Draft Internet Society Disability Inclusion Action Plan 1.1

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DoRUFSprIZJYaqV0tIK2aePRkrQglQQC/edit
• Andre will share any further progress with ASG

2. Continuance of this liaison vis-a-vis ASG election / New leadership

• Gunela not standing in election
• She will continue for a couple of months to smooth transition
• ACTION ASG to arrange specific onboarding call with new leadership to this topic
• Leadership team is newly extended

3. Strategy

• Guidelines
• Content
  • WCAG - is now updated to 2.2 but ISOC working to 2.1
  • Legacy content - best efforts within budget
• Training
  • Courses are currently being updated in multiple languages
  • Andre ACTION Contact Comms, responsible for implementation with Staff
• Procurement audit
• Annual audit
  • Understood
• support contact info is clearly displayed
  • Footer statement - contact
  • Henri ACTION look at footer
  • Andre ACTION talk to Level Access
• Include questions on accessibility within all feedback mechanisms
  • Existing webfeedback@isoc.org goes to Comms
  • Feedback addresses are available here: https://www.internetsociety.org/contact-us/
• Procurement
  • Standards: Section 508 and EN 301 549.
  • Broad purview, including Support, Systems, Legal, Finance officers

4. WCAG updates

• Realistic timeframes to comply with updated WCAG standards
• Requirement is be compliant with major standard
• Needs to be articulated. Andre ACTION work with legal.
• “WCAG 3 will not supersede WCAG 2, and WCAG 2 will not be deprecated, for at least several years after WCAG 3 is finalized."