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ICANN Accessibility Taskforce Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Time: 18:00 - 19:00 local time (for the time in various timezones click here)
Meeting Number: AL./0814/01
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Recording: EN
Transcript: EN
Action Items: EN
AC Chat Transcript : EN
Adobe Connect Meeting Room: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/accessibilitywg/
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Dial outs: Participants: Ken Hansen, Glenn McKnight, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Olivier Crepin Leblond
Participants:
, Gunela Astbrink, Klaus Stoll, Anthony Niiganni , Judith Hellerstein,
Apologies:
Staff: Silvia Vivanco, Heidi Ulrich, Joe Catapano, Ariel Liang, Laura Bengford, Terri Agnew, Kathy Schnitt
Call Management: Kathy Schnitt
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AGENDA:
Chair: Cheryl Langdon-Orr
- Welcome, Attendance and Apologies.
- Discussion of Prioritisation from the Primary Objectives for the Task Force – Including an Identification of the Key Short, Medium and Long Term opportunities, from our original set as follows:
In todays call we will identify the agreed short term and more easily achievable tasks annotated below.
Building a culture of accessibility
• Disability awareness toolkit be developed
• Disability awareness training be provided
• Keynote speakers at ICANN meetings to include representatives from disability community
• Offer disability showcase events at ICANN meetings demonstrating various innovative ways people with disability use the Internet
• “Accessibility Champions” amongst ICANN staff be identified
• ICANN encourage employment of staff with disability
• Incorporate an accessibility trigger in policy development as well as ICANN processes and practices Increasing web accessibility
• ICANN websites meet internationally recognised W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) v2.0 Level AA. This includes captioning of videos
• Development of ICANN policy on web accessibility
• Encouragement of ccTLDs to develop a best practice guide on web accessibility
• 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.
Task SWOT SMART Priority/ Time Frame * / Level of Effort ** Stocktake of what ICANN already does to address accessibility 1 / a;:a / low level of effort confirm Disability awareness toolkit be developed - 1. .. also to focus in general for ICANN staff and At-Large
2. specific for registry/registrar communityPart 1: 1 / a:b / medium effort
Part 2: 2 / a:a / medium effortStocktake of what the Domain Name Industry already does to address accessibility 3 / a:c / med effort Disability awareness training be provided 1 / b:c / medium effort Keynote speakers at ICANN meetings to include representatives from disability community 1 / a:a / low effort Offer disability showcase events at ICANN meetings demonstrating various innovative ways people with disability use the Internet 2 / a:a / medium effort “Accessibility Champions” amongst ICANN staff be identified 1/ a:a / low effort ICANN encourage employment of staff with disability 2 / b:c / medium effort Incorporate an accessibility trigger in policy development as well as ICANN processes and practices Increasing web accessibility 2 / b:b / medium effort ICANN websites meet internationally recognised W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) v2.0 Level AA. This includes captioning of videos 1 / a:c / high effort Development of ICANN policy on web accessibility 1 / a:a / low effort Encouragement of ccTLDs to develop a best practice guide on web accessibility 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 3 / b:c / medium effort
Ensuring minimal barriers to participation and engagement with ICANN processes and practices
• ICANN to consider adapting/adopting other existing accessibility meeting guidelines
• 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
• Communication tools such as web conferencing be as accessible as possible and practical
• All ICANN information material is produced with good colour contrast and with sans serif fonts in an adequate size.
Task SWOT SMART PRIORITY ICANN to consider adapting/adopting other existing accessibility meeting guidelines 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 1 / a:b / medium effort Communication tools such as web conferencing be as accessible as possible and practical 1 / a:c / medium effort All ICANN information material is produced with good colour contrast and with sans serif fonts in an adequate size. 2 / b:c / medium effort Key:
Priority 1 - Highest, 2 - Secondary, 3 - Tertiary; N/A = Not (reasonably) Achievable KEY
Level Of Effort marked using a Star Rating * (1) Low Effort, ** (2) Moderate/Medium, or *** (3) Higher / but still Reasonable Effort Required, N/A = Not (reasonably) Achievable
Time Frame for for Start/Completion of Project** a. less than 6 months; b. 6-18; c. 18 months or longer longer
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