Initial Meeting February 2014

Date: Thursday, 13 February 2014

Time: 19:00 - 20:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)

Meeting Number: AL./0214/01

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Recording:    EN

Transcript: EN

Action Items: None

AC Chat Transcript :     AC Chat Transcript 2014-02-13      

Adobe Connect Meeting Room:https://icann.adobeconnect.com/accessibilitywg/

Attendees

Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO), Gunela Astbrink (GA), Siranush Vardanyan (SV), Garth Bruen (GB), Glenn McKnight (GM), Joly McFie,

Staff: Heidi Ullrich (HU), Gisella Gruber, Silvia Vivanco, Joe Catapano

 

Goals

  • Review of our purpose and proposed activities
  • Review of existing web space/wiki and discussion on useful tools
  • planning for program of activities
    • short term (by end if calendar year)
    • medium term by end if FY 15 / 16?
    • longer term by end of proposed 3 year term of engagement?

Discussion Items

TimeItemWhoNotes
5 minWelcome/attendance/purpose of this callCLO/staff 
10minRound Robin of participants introductions and backgroundAll
  • ensure each participant has a wiki log on and a member page to link with the @person functions available
15min

Review of our purpose and proposed activities

  • including proposal to change name of the WG to "At-Large Ad Hoc ICANN Access and Diversity Working Group" (see **rational in notes) proposed by Gunela Astbrink (GA)
WG
  • ** Proposed WG name change rational ** The defined target population for our WG's activities is "a very diverse group! I'm concerned that our efforts would become very diluted. My preference is for a WG to concentrate on disability issues - that is big enough in itself and with the larger group, we will have lots of competing interests. However, if it has to be looking at such a large group then the name should be changed to reflect this ie Access and Diversity WG.
    Otherwise, there will be a case of mistaken identity." GA in email to CLO 07/02/14.
  • High level review and assessment of 'state of play'
  • specific needs analysis
  • planning priorities and opportunities
10min

Review of existing web space/wiki and discussion on useful tools

WG 
15min

Discussion of planning for program of activities

Use of Sub Teams/ Subject experts

WG
  • short term (by end if calendar year)
  • medium term by end if FY 15 / 16?
  • longer term by end of proposed 3 year term of engagement?
5minNext meeting planning and date/time review of AI'sCLO / staff/WG 

Specific Goal Recommendations

  • Create ongoing list of events, presentations, tangible successes, and recruitment efforts
  • Encourage ICANN staff visually/hearing/mobility impaired employees to lead by example
  • Use Singapore meeting to plan and obtain specifics for next ICANN meetings
  • Plan to have a presentation on blind use of the Internet in London (Keynote) - Coordinate with EURALO and Staff to make this happen. This should be a community-wide event and not just At-Large
  • Plan to have Ken Harrenstien present in Los Angeles (Keynote). Ken was one of the original ARPANET architects and is deaf. 
  • Have a specific accessibility event scheduled for every ICANN meeting in advance until the subject is part of the ordinary agenda
  • Ensure video recorded ICANN meetings have closed captions

Action Items

  • @at-large staff: check request with Steve Crocker to invite Ken Harrenstien to present at Los Angeles meeting
  • @at-large staff: Please coordinate to locate an expert user on technology for the blind to present in London

1 Comment

  1. Garth Bruen

    I will be presenting this afternoon to the Visually Impaired and Blind User Group (VIBUG) at MIT. I am hoping to recruit them as an ALS in our region.