Scribe list & instructions - w3c/wcag2ict GitHub Wiki

The person at the top of the list will scribe for the next teleconference. If top person is not able to scribe, the second will scribe and name #1 remains at the top for next time. Once you have scribed, move your name to the bottom of the list.

Note: Task Force facilitators and AG WG Chair (liaison) and those who made have requested to not scribe are exempt from scribing.

• Bryan Trogdon
• Anastasia Lanz
• Devanshu Chandra
• Thorsten Katzmann
• Shadi Abou-Zahra
• Chris Loiselle
• Laura Miller
• Loïc Martínez Normand
• Phil Day
• Fernanda Bonnin
• Bruce Bailey
• Olivia Hogan-Stark

The following are exempt from scribing:

• Chuck Adams
• Cara Henderson
• Mary Jo Mueller
• Mike Pluke
• Gregg Vanderheiden
• Shawn Thompson
• Daniel Montalvo

When it's your turn to scribe at a meeting:

• Scribe the gist of what is being said, not word-for-word.
• Take down who is speaking by including their IRC nickname. Example: suzieq: Scribing is easy.
• Write down if there's general agreement within the group. Example: General agreement that scribing is easy.

Here's some common scribe commands for you to use.

Command	Usage
scribe+ your-irc-nickname	Add yourself as a meeting scribe.
zakim, next item	Opens the next agenda item.
zakim, take up item 3	Opens third agenda item.
zakim, time speakers at 2 minutes Zakim, stop timing	Starts a timer warnings for person currently in queue. Stops the timer warnings.
TOPIC: Some new topic	Creates a new linkable topic in the minutes. Used for topics introduced outside of the agenda items.
s/X/Y	Substitutes text X with text Y. Used to make corrections. Example: s/teh/the replaces the most recent occurrence of teh with the.
ACTION: irc-nickname to Task to do - [due date]	Creates an action item and assigns an action number for the tracker.
close action-number	Closes the action with that number. Example: close action-2
RESOLUTION: Group consensus to be noted in the minutes.	Creates a linkable decision to add to our Decisions page.

To end the meeting, use the following commands.

1. rrsagent, draft minutes

   Note: Be sure this command completes correctly and RRSagent responds with the link to the minutes before dismissing zakim.

2. zakim, bye

Then send the generated link of the minutes to the group public list: [email protected]