7th Meeting held on 11-MAY-2024

From Internet Society Accessibility Standing Group

Present

  • Dr. Praveen Misra - Chair Accessibility Standing Group
  • Dr Ashutosh Pathak - Vice Chair Accessibility Standing Group
  • Nancy Marangu - Secretary Accessibility Standing Group

Apologies - Diná Santana Santos - Vice Chair Accessibility Standing Group

  1. The Chair approved the previous minutes
  2. The Chair informed that on the occasion of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on 16 May 2024, he is organising a seminar through zoom which will also be available as a webcast through isoc.live. Dr. Praveen Misra would be giving a presentation on awareness followed by Jaunita George on developing Accessible codes and then on Accessibility functional testing by Dr. Angela Young. It will be a 2 hr event with Q&A in the end. The information is being propagated through ISOC Chatter and other channels
  3. International Sign Language Interpreter for GAAD is being taken from ISOC at USD 800 for the two hour event.
  4. Status of the acceptance of leadership positions. The Chair informed that e-mails to all the selected leaders was sent on 6th May '24 and acceptance was asked by 10th May '24. Based on the same the following acceptances have been received. The Chair suggested that the deadline be increased to 15th May '24 and a reminder email maybe sent to the remaining candidates.

Regional Accessibility Liaison Officer

  • Emmanuel Nnaemeka Vitus
  • Hamzeh Al Ashmouti
  • Musa Bangura
  • Jasmine Cha
  • Eugene Nzanzu
  • Rajesh Tiwari

Capacity Building & Outreach Officer

  • Dr. Muhammad Shabbir
  • Chilufya Mulenga
  • Daniel C Unachukwu
  1. Wiki Status - The new ISOC ASG Wiki is fully operational and is being updated regularly.
  2. An E-mail request has been sent to Kyle to amend the landing page as follows

Meet the Leadership Team Chair: Dr. Praveen Misra Vice Chair: Dr. Ashutosh Pathak Vice Chair: Dina Santana Santos Secretary: Nancy Marangu More information and documentation can be found on the Accessibility Standing Group Wiki The Accessibility Standing Group is supported by Accessibility Special Interest Group (A11ySIG)


  1. Kyle had requested for the ASG Activity roadmap for the year ahead. The same was made and sent by the Chair and is available at https://isocasg.org/wiki/Activity_Plan/2024-25

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks