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The mission of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) is to develop strategies and resources to promote awareness, understanding, and implementation of web accessibility; and to support the work of other Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Working Groups.
The mission of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) is to develop strategies and resources to promote awareness, understanding, and implementation of web accessibility; and to support the work of other Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Working Groups.
End date | 31 May 2017 |
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Confidentiality | Proceedings are Public. |
Initial Chairs | Sharron Rush, Shawn Lawton Henry |
Initial Team Contacts (FTE %: 55) |
Shawn Lawton Henry (35%), Contributors: Shadi Abou-Zahra (10%), Eric Eggert (5%), Kevin White (5%) |
Usual Meeting Schedule | Teleconferences: Weekly, plus longer
teleconferences one to four times annually Face-to-face meetings: Once annually or more |
The scope of EOWG work includes:
End date | 31 May 2017 |
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Confidentiality | Proceedings are Public. |
Initial Chairs | Sharron Rush, Shawn Lawton Henry |
Initial Team Contacts (FTE %: 55) |
Shawn Lawton Henry (35%), Contributors: Shadi Abou-Zahra (10%), Eric Eggert (5%), Kevin White (5%) |
Usual Meeting Schedule | Teleconferences: Weekly, plus longer
teleconferences one to four times annually Face-to-face meetings: Once annually or more |
The scope of EOWG work includes:
Primary areas of focus for this chartered period include:
Consistent with W3C Process requirements on Task Forces, the EOWG may form task forces composed of EOWG participants or join other W3C task forces to carry out assignments when under the chartered scope of EOWG. EOWG task forces must have a work statement approved by the EOWG, announced on the EOWG mailing list, and available from the EOWG <<<<<<< charter6-2015.html home page. Task forces may hold separate teleconferences and meetings per the W3C process and with the approval of the EOWG.
EOWG does not intend to develop W3C Recommendations or new markup languages.
EOWG primarily develops "WAI Resources" that are stable, vetted pages on the WAI website. EOWG may publish W3C Working Group Notes during this charter period. The following table describes the planned deliverables for this charter period. Deliverables with "(WAI-DEV)" are supported by the WAI-DEV Project. Brief descriptions of the new deliverables are available on the EOWG Deliverables page.
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Improve deliverables of WAI Working Groups |
Collaborate with other WAI Working Groups to help make WAI guidelines, specifications, Notes, and other resources more ======= home page. Task forces may hold separate teleconferences and meetings per the W3C process and with the approval of the EOWG. Success Criteria
Out of ScopeEOWG does not intend to develop W3C Recommendations or new markup languages. DeliverablesEOWG primarily develops "WAI Resources" that are stable, vetted pages on the WAI website. EOWG may publish W3C Working Group Notes during this charter period. The following table describes the planned deliverables for this charter period. Deliverables with "(WAI-DEV)" are supported by the WAI-DEV Project. Brief descriptions of the new deliverables are available on the EOWG Deliverables page.
MilestonesThe table below lists major milestones for EOWG deliverables during this charter period. More details on planned milestones are maintained in EOWG <<<<<<< charter6-2015.html Deliverables Scheduling.
EOWG deliverables are produced on an ongoing basis throughout the life of the charter. EOWG work priorities are evaluated regularly by EOWG and WAI staff. Work priorities are periodically revised based on current education and outreach needs, and the progress of deliverables in other WAI Working Groups with which EOWG has dependencies. Therefore, topic and schedule may be changed, and some deliverables listed above may be subject to change based on changed circumstances. Dependencies and LiaisonsDependenciesEOWG will assist in developing strategies and materials to support promotion and implementation of the following Working Groups' deliverables. Development of some EOWG deliverables is dependent on related deliverables of these Working Groups.
Dependencies and LiaisonsDependenciesEOWG will assist in developing strategies and materials to support promotion and implementation of the following Working Groups' deliverables. Development of some EOWG deliverables is dependent on related deliverables of these Working Groups.
Liaisons
EOWG will coordinate directly with other WAI groups. Additionally, EOWG may coordinate with other W3C Working Groups on education and outreach related to accessibility aspects of their work, such as Mobile Web Initiative Activity. ParticipationTo be successful, the Education and Outreach Working Group is expected to have 10 or more active participants for its duration. Historically, EOWG has had around 15 active participants. Effective participation to Education and Outreach Working Group is expected to consume a minimum of 4 hours per week for each participant, and a minimum of 8 hours per week for editors. In addition to the Good Standing requirements in the W3C Process, EOWG participants in Good Standing must actively participate in the development of deliverables by: commenting on open issues in the EOWG wiki, responding to e-mails sent to the EOWG mailing list, and completing EOWG questionnaires in a timely manner. CommunicationThis group primarily conducts its work on the public mailing list w3c-wai-eo@w3.org (archive). Additionally, Task Force mailing lists are used periodically. Information about the group (deliverables, participants, face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, etc.) is available from the Education and Outreach Working Group home page. Decision PolicyAs explained in the Process Document (section 3.3), this group will seek to make decisions when there is consensus. When the Chair puts a question and observes dissent, after due consideration of different opinions, the Chair should record a decision (possibly after a formal vote) and any objections, and move on. Patent DisclosuresThe Education and Outreach Working Group provides an opportunity to share perspectives on the topics addressed by the charter. This Working Group is not chartered to produce Recommendations with associated licensing obligations as described by the W3C Patent Policy. W3C reminds Working Group participants of their obligation to comply with patent disclosure obligations as set out in Section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. While this Working Group does not produce Recommendation-track documents, when Working Group participants review Recommendation-track specifications from other Working Groups, the patent disclosure obligations do apply. For more information about disclosure obligations for this group, please see the W3C Patent Policy Implementation. About this CharterThis charter for the Education and Outreach Working Group has been created according to section 6.2 of the Process Document. In the event of a conflict between this document or the provisions of any charter and the W3C Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence. EOWG was originally chartered in March 1998, and has been rechartered four times since then. The EOWG is renewing its charter in order to continue developing education and outreach strategies and resources supporting web accessibility. The main changes since the previous charter are:
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