14 April 15 - spoke with track lead, now have the right contact to speak to
28th Sept 15 - Advocacy track listings are being confirmed next week, once we know what sessions there will be we can push for similar locations & timings
29th Jan official response - sessions on the same day to difficult, but they will try to avoid clashes and tet to keep accessibility/diversity sessions in rooms that are as close as possible to each other
6 May - advocacy track was greatly expanded, so no meaningful progress happened. Looking into summit as a means of providing a more accessible conference environment

16 July 15 - finished entries in the "Dev Tools Audit" created by Ian; contacted group; will send updates every two weeks regardless of status
27 Jan 16 - contacts at one of the main engines have asked for the result of the audit
6 May 16 - further requests for the result of the audit, need to get it trimmed down and sent over
27 May 16 - now have two engines 100% interested, and a further three who may or may not be, but would still like to see some info. One has requested that features listed include examples either of other tools that already implement them, or games implement the desired end result.

27 nov 15 - TW: meeting planned, developing curriculum framework in coordination with the web content update
6 Dec 15 - Meeting held, sub-tasks assigned, work-in-progress!
13 July 16 - First iteration of framework presented at ICCHP
Sep. 16. Second evaluation presented at ICEC 2016
Next steps is to coproduce/share OERs
July 18 - First set of four OERs released

30 April 15 - TW: Meeting held. Outcome: Plan for involving more coders outlined, article to be written.
July 18 - action to be integrated with OERs

14 April 15 - presume all website tasks are blocked until migration to IGDA servers
10 July 15 - unblocked
26 sep 15 - plan to work on this in November, finish before GDC
27 Jan 16 - delayed, but still aiming on progress ahead of GDC
27 May 16 - Still delayed
13 Nov 17 - Decision made to unblock by hosting at su.se rather than IGDA
20 Mar 18 - Timeplan: New website developed with new theme until April 30, Finish development with selected theme (May 17), upload new website to uni web server with help of Erik (tech admin). With the new structure in place we will start asking people in the SIG to contribute with their areas of expertise

14 April 15 - presume all website tasks are blocked until migration to IGDA servers
10 July 15 - unblocked
23 Sep 15 - plan for restructure during November, aim to finish before GDC
27 Jan 16 - delayed, but still aiming on progress ahead of GDC
27 May 16 - Still delayed
13 Nov 17 - Decision made to unblock by hosting at su.se rather than IGDA

14 April 15 - Draft wireframes and change.org copy produced and seeking feedback
15 July 15 - itch.io is in the process of implemented full information & filtering functionality, working on some recommendations for them
3 Feb 16 - two big players not interested . One without giving reason, sounded political. The other because they weren't comfortable with devs entering their own data without it being checked, and they didn't have resource or expertise to be able to do so
6 May 16 - a big player potentially interested. also itch.io open to making tweaks, and providing access to all games to be able to do an audit of accuracy of current system
27 May 16 - itch.io providing press logins to allow reviewing their current system without cost. four people onboard for carrying out the review. Just need to send the emails and get things rolling.

14 April 15 - Complete - video produced, backer quotes collected, sent to Apple contacts
28 September 15 - Functionality now live in iOS9
29 Sep. 15: Awesome!
1 Dec 16 reopened as advocacy work is ongoing, e.g. hold at point functionality in iOS10

29 sep. 15 Presented paper at AAATE
14 july 16 Presented paper at ICCHP
27th sept 16 held a workshop about GA at ICEC 2016

14 April 15 - Should we integrate this action with the action "Present at reseach conferences ..." ?
6 May 16 - record turnout at GDC talks, record number of CSUN talks, momentum clearly growing
27 feb 17 - number and frequency of talks still increasing, lots given at gaconf, inc. bob de schutter on older gamers

Broaden GGJ Accessibility Challenge

27th Jan 16 - Organisers not keen on separate challenge. So instead, fully integrated. SIG seat on 2016 diversifiers panel, executive producer passionate about accessibility and pushed for panel to consider accessibility related suggestings, resulting in record number of accessibility related diversifiers this year

14 April15 - Draft criteria and internal guidance sent for review, now working on IGDA site update
10 July 15 - Complete, will need to give them an updated URL once the GASIG site moves hosting
1 Dec 16 - Dialogue with another industry body looking to implement accessibility criteria in a new national funding programme

14 April 15 - presume all website tasks are blocked until migration to IGDA servers
10 July 15 - WP instance now set up, next need to set up accounts
Part of other SIG website actions

10 July 15 - TIGA have dropped the accessbility category for this year, but are open to reviewing again at the end of the year for the 2016 awards
28th Sept 15 3rd year of GDAA accessibility category confirmed
1 Oct 16 GDAA 4th year confirmed, TIGA award re-established as part of broader diversity efforts

6 May 16 - potential first sponsor interested, initial discussions with organisers of similar events are in progress
27 May 16 - request recieved for formal sponsorship proposal
1 Dec 16 - placeholder site up, core sponsore in place, venue booked, initial speakers confirmed
27 Feb 17 - event sucessfully held, feedback from attendees on wanting a repeat next year
1 Aug 17 - planning started for 2018 event, starting with attendee survey
7 Nov 17 - tickets on sale

27 May 16 - potential sponsor for disabled developers GDC17 meetup

15 July 15 - Gamasutra blog post on subtitle presentation/structure
28 Sept 15 - working on a post on iOS9 switch
20 May 16 - two #GAAD gamasutra posts
30 Dec 16 - more gamasutra posts up, IGDA-GASIG gamasutra account now active

1 Dec 2015 Barrie Ellis collaboration with Scope in the UK