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Building a culture of accessibility.

 

TaskSWOTSMARTPriority/ Time Frame * / Level of Effort ** Persons involved/date of completion Notes 
Stocktake of what ICANN already does to address accessibilityOpportunity

Specific  

    • Determine  the compliance ( ADA)and overall effectiveness of the ICANN actions

MEASURABLE( Outcomes)

    • Summarize the list  and bring it back  to the group and provide a
      'temperature gauge' of actions vis a vis other  similar US based 501 C organizations

Achievable

  • Survey and interviews key staff responsible for  the wide range of compliance from Website, HR, event planning etc

Results

Measure difference (over specific time?)

Add effectiveness

Bring list back to group

    • Realistic depending on timeline
    • Number of interventions

TIME

  • Measure difference (over specific time?)
1 / a:a / low level of effort confirm  

Disability awareness toolkit be developed

- 1. general

 

  1. Creation of  a  general  toolkit for for ICANN staff and At-Large community
2.
  1. Creation of  a specific toolkit for registry/registrar community
  2. Creation of  webinar/video

 

 

 


Opportunity

Specific

Achievable depending on timeline resource

Gather existing training material
  • Research best practices  for  organizational  toolkits/checklists 
  • Assess budget considerations
  • Appoint key researcher  and team
  • Organize and delivery of webinars/short video

Measurable

  • Determine number of topics
  • Set format ie. Ebook  Wiki, PDF, Video etc

Achievable

  • Assuming budget support
    • Collate existing training material
    • Creation of the 'basket' of tools to help organization be compliant to ADA and be inclusive to the persons with disabilities
  • Survey organizations on their recommendations for toolkit

Results

  • Creation of general disability awareness toolkit
  • Creation of specific  disability awareness toolkit for the  registry/registry community ie  web-assessment tools,   W3C and WCUG compliance
  • Number of downloads of kit
  • Number of  attendees of  webinars
  • Number of  end user feedback

Time

  • Draft  6 months
  • Final  12 months
Part 1:  1 / a:b / medium effort
Part 2:  2 / a:a / medium effort		  
Stocktake of what the Domain Name Industry already does to address accessibility Opportunity & weakness

Measure current activities through survey

Get feedback 

Initiate discussion

Identify Champion

Specific

  • Create a  Survey Monkey to be sent to key players

Measurable

  • Assessment of the  range of compliance in the Domain Name industry
  • Determine the leaders in the industry

Achievable

  • Assess the results of the survey
  • Provide  recommendations and create  action plan

Results

  • Number of  surveys  sent
  • Number of survey responses
  • Number of recommendations

Time

  • six months
3 / a:c / med effort  
 Disability awareness training be providedWeakness 

Specific

  • Design and delivery training sessions
  • Integration of  training into the ICANN Academy

Measurable

  • Create a climate of attitudinal change towards being inclusive in the representation of  the disabled in images, language, conference planning etc

Achievable

  • Design and delivery of  disability awareness training similar to gender sensitivity training to build a culture of inclusion
  • Hire appropriate  consultant


Results

  • Number of attendees
  • Post  training  polling/surveys
  • Six month surveys of attendees to determine lasting impact

Time

  • Two years
1 / b:c / medium effort  
Keynote  Keynote speakers at ICANN meetings to include representatives from disability communityOpportunity

Specific

  • Act on short list recruitment of motivational speaker at the ICANN meetings
  • Raising the  awareness of  persons with disabilities  is similar to the efforts  made by Black History Month  showcasing the achievements of the community.  results in tangible  benefits

Measurable

  • Recruitment and appointment of  speaker(s)

Achievable

  • Followup upon  previous  recommendations  base by ALAC  members for speakers which has been ignored

Results

  • Number of speakers
  • Number of presentations

Time

  • one year



1 / a:a / low effort  
 Offer disability showcase events at ICANN meetings demonstrating various innovative ways people with disability use the InternetOpportunity 

Specific

  • Organize in ICANN village a demonstration of  various  tools and individuals who's lives are changed by inclusive  technologies

Measurable

  • Build the culture of awareness  by showcasing  best practice and gather qualitative  and quantitative  information  from end users


Achievable

  • Build a culture of awareness and acceptance requires sharing knowledge and innovation through 'show and tell'

Results

  • Number of technologies demonstrated
  • Number of individuals volunteered
  • Number of attendees

Time

  • One Year


2 / a:a / medium effort  
 “Accessibility Champions” amongst ICANN staff be identifiedWeakness 

Specific

  • Appointment of  ICANN staffer to be the champion within ICANN and the point person

Measurable

  • Set budget for  assigned staff
  • Set job duties to assigned staff
  • Build awareness throughout ICANN ecosystem

Achievable

  • Open communication of staff person to the ICANN community
  • Act on issues
  • Creation of implementation plan

Results

  • Assigned  single staff time to be responsible for this task
  • Expand role to  ICANN team participation to be cross  ICANN implementation

Time

  • Six months  part time
1/ a:a / low effort  
 ICANN encourage employment of staff with disability

Strength & weakness

(consider employment in developing countries)

 

Specific

  • Assess the current  hiring policies and number of  persons with disabilities in organization
  • Deliberate HR recruitment of  persons with disabilities   for positions at ICANN

Measurable

  • Number of potential positions for hiring
  • Set goals for hiring

Achievable

  • Creation of  concrete  hiring plans and assessment of  job  duties for suitable  hiring requirements ie. remote hiring etc

Results

  • Hiring of  three  persons with disabilities 

Time

  • One year
2 / b:c / medium effort  

 Incorporate an accessibility trigger in policy development as well as ICANN processes and practices 

( UNCLEAR ON MEANING OF THIS )

Opportunity 

Specific



Measurable



Achievable


Results

Time

2 / b:b / medium effort  
ICANN websites meet internationally recognised W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) v2.0 Level AA. This includes captioning of videosOpportunity

Specific

  • To be inclusive  we should advocate that  all the videos  have  CC on videos, NOT   YouTube  due to the high error factor

Measurable

  • Implement  AMARA and other  tools to ICANN educational videos

Achievable

  • Adopt  guidelines and rollout  the changes 

Results

  • Compliance of  ICANN websites for mobile and PC
  • Compliance of  ICANN mobile applications
  • Number of video closed captioned ( not  YouTube)

Time

  • one year
1 / a:c / high effort  
 Development of ICANN policy on web accessibilityStrength & Opportunity

Specific

  • Collate  standard  web accessibility policies
  • Draft  appropriate policy document

Measurable

  • Benchmark suitable  policies
  • Determine  the practicality of the policies

Achievable

  • Rapidly create a suitable policy
  • Implement timelines for implementation
  • Assess results

Results

  • Creation and implementation of appropriate policies per department. ie. website, travel,  conferences, hiring etc


Time

  • six months
1 / a:a / low effort  
 Encouragement of ccTLDs to develop a best practice guide on web accessibility  

Specific

  • Presentations to ccTLD membership
  • Request  ccTLD assign a point person for this issue

Measurable

  • Solicit  data from point person from ccTLD on the distribution to it's membership the toolkit

Achievable

  • Scope of  project, build the dream and assess the results

Results

  • Number of  guides distributed
  • Number of attendees to information webinars

Time

  • Two years for implementation stage and then ongoing
3 / a:c / medium effort  
Encouragement of registries to use the best practice guide in relation to registrars - in particular to alert registrants to use WCAG v2.0 when developing websites  

Specific

  • Raise the awareness to the  registries of the importance of compliance 
  • Solicit  registrar champions for this issue and promote the  issue within the community
  • Provide tools to the registrants to be compliant

Measurable

  • Solicit survey data on adoption

Achievable

  • Create a baseline and ongoing measurement in the adoption and dissemination of information 

Results

  • Number of  presentations at ICANN  meetings
  • Number of downloads of toolkits

Time

  • Two years
3 / b:c / medium effort  

 

  
Ensuring minimal barriers to participation and engagement with ICANN processes and practices

 

TaskSWOTSMARTPRIORITY
 ICANN to consider adapting/adopting other existing accessibility meeting guidelines  

Specific

  • Examine the  site selection criteria for  ICANN meetings for  compliance to ADA building guidelines
  • Efforts to placement of attendees who have mobility challenges  to be closest to the ICANN venue

Measurable

Use  accessible checklist for  grading event 

Achievable

  • Set  a suitable timeline for adoption of the  criteria

Results

  • Full implementation of  checklist
  • Grade the meeting for compliance to checklist

Time

  • 2016 ICANN Meetings
1 / a:a / low effort
ICANN meetings will where possible and practical be accessible for people with disability including real-time captioning and other  facilities on request such as sign language interpreters and Braille materials  

Specific

  • Set goal and timeline for start of implementing inclusive measures

Measurable

  • Poll participant use of new resources
  • Roll out  captioning for Online meetings

Achievable

  • Set budget and timelines for  implementation 

Results

  • Provide materials  that are truly accessible  ie. size of font, colours etc
  • Captioning of  Adobe Connect meetings
  • Complimentary signing at all Opening and Closing ceremonies

Time

  • 2015 for  captioning Adobe Connect meetings
  • 2016 signing
1 / a:b / medium effort
 Communication tools such as web conferencing be as accessible as possible and practical  

Specific

  • Deliberate actions using appropriate  web accessible tools, some web conference tools are not compliant

Measurable

  • Assess  web conference tools  ie. Adobe Connect for  accessibility compliance
  • Use of  Captioning during meeting


Achievable

  • Roll out as pilot

Results

  • Post  meeting polling on Adobe on use o captioning
  • Number of  meetings using captioning

Time

Immediate

1 / a:c / medium effort
 All ICANN information material is produced with good colour contrast and with sans serif fonts in an adequate size.  

Specific

  • Adoption of  print/web quality standard

Measurable

  • Use suitable tools to assess all materials for compliance to standard

Achievable

  • Provide standard to communication and reminder for compliance

Results

  • Consistencies of use

Time

  • Immediate
2 / b:c / medium effort

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