Election of new team reps
Discussed responsibilities of a team rep. Since we failed to account for the time change prior to this meeting, we opted to delay the election until 11/15, to get back to a clear schedule and maximize attendance.
Gathered nominees: @audrasjb nominated himself, @nataliemac nominated @afercia and @nrqsnchz. @afercia declined the nomination.
@nrqsnchz was not present at this point in the meeting.
If we end up with only two candidates, the vote will be a formality; but nominations remain open until 16:00 UTC on 15 November 2019.
Adjust meeting time due to daylight savings change
@joedolson proposed changing the meeting to 16:00 UTC instead of 15:00 UTC, shifting the bug scrub an hour later, as well.
Agreed unanimously.
Update team and contributor badges on profiles
Due to time, postponing until 15 November. Members who need badges given opportunity to state that; will discuss next week, then pass assignments on.
Twenty Twenty read more block
Issue with the starter content in Twenty Twenty not conforming to WordPress accessibility-ready standards regarding ‘read more’ links.
Argument was that there is no meaningful text because they are demo links. Accessibility team agreed that demo links should have equivalent demo text describing their purpose. None of the content is meaningful, but it should still demonstrate best practices.
Briefly also discussed the problems with all caps text in screen readers.
Initial Focus on Gutenberg blocks
This is an old issue with no final decision. Not all blocks handle focus assignment the same way. Some blocks have clearly defined main editable areas, others don’t. Lack of consistency makes behavior unpredictable.
Couple proposals: Set initial focus on editable region for simple blocks (paragraph, heading) and set initial on focus on whatever wrapper is labeled with aria-label, in other cases. Alternately: do nothing. No artificial movements of focus on any blocks.
Proposed systematically identifying the patterns currently used and trying to identify why a given pattern is used. Created spreadsheet to review blocks and focus movements.