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

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

 

 

 


Opportunity

Specific

  • 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

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 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

Key:  

Priority 1 - Highest, 2 - Secondary, 3 - Tertiary;  N/A = Not (reasonably) Achievable 

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 Start/Completion of Project** a.  less than 6 months;  b. 6-18;  c. 18 months or longer


 ALSO need to add Mind mapping and other 'visualisations' and ICANN based reference, papers policies etc., link  to other frames.