ISOC Accessibility Standing Group
Formation
The Internet Society Accessibility Standing Group was formed on November 1 2021, subsequent to ISOC's plan to de-charter existing Special Interest Groups. While the new SIGs are temporary and project-based, both Accessibility and Youth, as Standing Groups, are permanent.
The Accessibility SIG (A11ySIG) will continue, but revert to its origin as an Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) project.
Communication
The SG communicates via the Accessibility Standing Group Connect Community
Elections
An election was held in January 2022, with the results (pdf | xls) , announced on February 14 2022. Terms expire on Dec. 31 2024.
- Chair: Gunela Astbrink
- Vice-Chair: Vashkar Bhattacharjee
- Secretary: Kindy Vereus Montreuil (from March 2022)
- Treasurer: Judith Hellerstein
- Planning and Reporting Officer: (Tie) Zakari Yama and Swaran Sanadhika Ravindra
- ChAC Representative: SHAMSUDDEEN MOHAMMED LAWAL
- AMS Admin: Joly Macfie
Former officers
- Peter Crosbie (Secretary Jan-Mar 2022)
Calls
- Mar 9 2022: Meeting with Andre Copelin and James Wood to discuss ISOC accessibility (Gunela Astbrink, Vashkar Bhattacharjee) (audio, video)
- ISOC has formed an informal accessibility working group comprising staff from across a number of areas such as policy, engagement and content.
- This group wishes to collaborate with our Standing Group to develop a framework of accessibility for ISOC.
- The first step is an accessible content strategy for 2022.
- James Wood explained that a Content Foundations training program for staff is being developed and one module is on accessibility. He will forward the draft module to us for feedback.
- Our input:
- content training needs to include demonstrations by persons with disability in using content
- need to ensure that content is manually checked for accessibility through contractors
- need to employ persons with disability at ISOC
- need to ensure current and new online tools are accessible
- importance of ongoing collaboration to ensure policy and programs incorporate accessibility
