Team update - Nov 24, 2021

[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

[gabalafou]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Isabela and Tony for their impromptu show and tell at our team check-in. Loved getting teasers about the Paris commune, design work in union organizing, and such.
• Also, thanks to Isabela and Tony for following up with me after the JupyterLab calls on Wednesday

Updates from last week ✔️

• Since our check-in, I switched gears to work on Qhub stuff, so I don't have a lot for this update. I'll be spending the remaining two work days this week on Add automated a11y tests to JupyterLab #4 and Decide on framework (proposed: jest-axe and Galata) #51
• I will have a meeting with Frédéric Collonval on Friday to discuss testing

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

• The amount of stuff all at the same time in Jupyter land is hard to wrap one's mind around. Isabela and Tony are doing a great job helping to orient me to this vast and complex landscape. I will need to continue to rely on them for this for a while.

My availability for next week

• I'll be available all next week, but switching time zones! I'll be in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5), visiting with friends for two weeks in Durham and working out of the American Underground coworking space Monday-Friday, roughly 9 to 5 Eastern!

[isabela-pf]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Gabriel is great at giving updates. Thanks for keeping us all in the loop!
• Tony is always so willing to share knowledge, and I know that takes a lot of energy. Thank you for giving us better context for everything we work on!

Updates from last week ✔️

• I don't have too many updates yet today. I'm planning to spend more hours on this today.
• Roadmap PR Update roadmap November 11 #60 still needs updates, but since I got feedback that it didn't seem well received I'm not sure what to do right now.
• Draft announcement blog post could use review and to move forward.
• I've reviewed jupyterlab/jupyterlab #8832 for color contrast updates and am planning where the easiest PR to get this kick started again is.

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

• I think I'm okay right now.

My availability for next week

• I'll be here all next week. 🍂

[gabalafou]

There are no notes for this team update because we decided to cancel this week's call and instead make next week's call a bit longer