Team update - Feb 23, 2022

[trallard]

This is a @Quansight-Labs/czi-a11y-grant team sync 🎉🎉🎉! This is a way for the Team Members to provide status reports on what they've been up to this week and request help and attention for things they are working on. This issue will be closed at the end of the day.

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Response Template

**Thanks I'd like to give 🙌**
- So-and-so helped me out a lot with XXX...
- Thanks for Jo's work on the XXX repo...

**Updates from last week :heavy_check_mark:**
- I worked towards deliverable: <link-to-deliverable>
- I had a meeting with ABC

**Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏**
- I had a hard time figuring out ...
- Could somebody take a look at ...

**My availability for next week**
- I'll be off on XXX day...
- I've got several meetings this week...

🔍 Needs Triage:

The Needs Triage issues require an initial assessment and labeling.

• Investigate accessibility statements

🎯 Project boards

Please make sure the boards reflect the current status of the project.

Jupyter a11y grant project

[gabalafou]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• You are all such lovely people and I am grateful to get to work with you

Updates from last week ✔️

• No updates. Been working hard on Conda Store. I plan on devoting the rest of this week and much of next week to making progress here.

Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏

• I'm aware of the draft JEP from Eric, but I haven't really dug into it yet. Can we discuss this in our team meeting?
• Something that I brought up in yesterday's JupyterLab Accessibility Meeting - do we want to use some of the time at the next meeting to brainstorm ideas for how we want to use the jupyter/accessibility repo? I'm particularly interested in hearing from other devs who have worked in the JupyterLab codebase on accessibility - what would they find useful?

My availability for next week

• I'm available all next week!

[isabela-pf]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• @tonyfast took some meetings off my plate this week so I could make progress on grant writing! Thank yooooou!

Updates from last week ✔️

• JupyterLab theme editor: Met with Tony and sorted through CSS variables into the kinds of information that's useful in a settings editor. I think he has a little proof of concept work too? (demo????)
• Progress the community grant! Phew, I was glad to make some progress.
• Comments on UI components JEP draft per request advocating for more accessible foundations to the UI.
• The workshops are coming! I need to get announcements up.

Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏

• Even though we have these updates, I feel unclear on what's happening right now and I can support y'all's work. I feel very isolated. Can we check in about this?

My availability for next week

• I'll be out of office on the 25 and 28.

[trallard]

@isabela-pf - Jlab theme editor
- need to tie CSS variables to how they are used
- fonts-editor extension - seems easier to work on there since this exposes the CSS variables
- it would ideal if we could design the shape of the UI with a JSON schema
- https://github.com/deathbeds/jupyterlab-fonts

• check if the grant can be shared (@trallard can help with review)
• https://github.com/datalayer/jupyter-react/pull/10/files - currently in review
• get invoice for captioning

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@gabalafou

• next a11y meeting - ask folks how to make jupyter/accessibility useful for them (brainstorming 🧠 )

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@tonyfast
- working on https://github.com/tonyfast/accessibility/tree/python to make this more Pythonic: retrolab, lumino
- with the rework ☝🏽 that will make things more composable and easier to adapt to other projects in Jupyter world
- @trallard can help with the review when needed

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@trallard - reviewing https://github.com/jupyter/governance/pull/121/files

• try and schedule a sync with Darian ☝🏽
• https://jupyter.org/governance/newsubprojects.html