Team update - Apr 06, 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.

Copy and paste the template below, and answer questions as you wish!

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

[isabela-pf]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Thank you to @tonyfast for reviewing that I didn't break jupyter/accessibility docs!
• Thanks to @gabalafou for giving me feedback at this week's JupyterLab accessibility meeting (and giving me ideas on next steps)

Updates from last week ✔️

• Meeting notes reviewed and merged. Thanks, Tony!
• Roadmap/proposals/funding page PR updated and marked ready for review. This will close Additional context for a11y roadmap #79 when merged.
• There is some student contributor activity on jupyter/accessibility #47. Yay!
• Workshop blog post and swag survey things. I do need some feedback on the blog post to make sure we're all good to go.

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

• I think I'm okay right now. I'm glad we're refocusing on next steps this week.

My availability for next week

• I will out of office only on April 15.

[gabalafou]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Thanks @tonyfast and @isabela-pf for bouncing ideas around with me :)

Updates from last week ✔️

• I made changes to my JupyterLab PR, Add checkboxes to file browser #12299, that addressed everything raised in review, I think
• Had really great conversations with Isabela and Tony about next steps

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

• Ditto what Isabela said

My availability for next week

• Available all next week

[gabalafou]

@isabela-pf,

I do need some feedback on the blog post to make sure we're all good to go.

How/where can we give you feedback?

[isabela-pf]

@gabalafou I have it on a google doc since that's easier to bring into Medium!