{"id":17556,"date":"2026-07-15T05:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:27:03","slug":"accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-july-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2026\/07\/15\/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-july-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: July 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Accessibility<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Accessibility<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both \u201cdirect access\u201d (i.e. unassisted) and \u201cindirect access\u201d meaning compatibility with a person\u2019s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accessibility)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Team meeting on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260716T1500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260716T1500\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-07-16T15:00:00+00:00\">Thursday, July 16, 2026 15:00 UTC<\/abbr><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements \ud83d\udce3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/03\/wordpress-7-1-release-party-schedule\/\">WordPress 7.1 Beta1 Release<\/a> (scheduled for today \u2013 15th July) \u00a0The release party starts at 15:00 UTC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/wcus-2026-guide\/\">Guide to WCUS 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/wordpress-7-0-1-maintenance-release\/\">WordPress 7.0.1 Maintenance Release<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proposed Discussion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review the working groups listed on the Get Involved page (some contacts\/groups may be outdated, with <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Meta<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Meta<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Working Group listed twice), and discuss consolidating them into 3 groups \u2013 General, Documentation, and a new Accessibility-ready Program group to make things more effective. (<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4X03\/p1783409761839599?thread_ts=1783409457.424209&amp;cid=C02RP4X03\">ref<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updates from the working group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Documentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Gutenberg<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Gutenberg<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses \u2018blocks\u2019 to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.\r<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Themes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open floor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/C02RP4X03\">#accessibility<\/a>\u00a0channel\u00a0on the Make WordPress\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Slack<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Slack<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\">https:\/\/slack.com\/<\/a>. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration required<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/tag\/accessibility\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>accessibility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/tag\/agenda\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>agenda<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly\u00a0AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both \u201cdirect access\u201d (i.e. unassisted) and \u201cindirect access\u201d meaning compatibility with a person\u2019s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). 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