diff --git a/accname/index.html b/accname/index.html
index 773fac4fa..9d0a72a6d 100644
--- a/accname/index.html
+++ b/accname/index.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/utility.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/biblio.js" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script class="remove">
       var respecConfig = {
         github: "w3c/accname",
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
           REC: "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/",
         },
 
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
         postProcess: [addPlatformMaintainers],
         //Pointing to the 1.2 versions but should remove the version in the publishing branch
         xref: ["dom", "core-aam-1.2", "wai-aria-1.2", "infra"],
@@ -784,7 +785,15 @@ <h2>Substantive changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.1/">A
       <section class="appendix informative section" id="acknowledgements">
         <h3>Acknowledgments</h3>
         <p>The following people contributed to the development of this document.</p>
-        <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/aria-wg-active.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
+        <ul id="gh-contributors">
+          <!-- GitHub contributors go here -->
+        </ul>
+        <section class="section" id="ack_group">
+          <h4>ARIA WG participants at the time of publication</h4>
+          <ul>
+            <!-- List of participants is injected here -->
+          </ul>
+        </section>
         <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
       </section>
     </section>
diff --git a/common/script/participants.js b/common/script/participants.js
index a44728dfd..e161b31ab 100644
--- a/common/script/participants.js
+++ b/common/script/participants.js
@@ -8,43 +8,19 @@ function getParticipants() {
     // Define the ID of the list element where the user information will be inserted
     const LIST_ID = "ack_group";
 
-    /**
-     * Fetches users and their affiliations from the API and returns an array of user information.
-     * Each element in the array is an object containing the user's title and affiliation.
-     *
-     * @async
-     * @function getUsersInfo
-     * @returns {Promise<Array<{title: string, affiliation: string}>>} - A promise that resolves to an array of user information.
-     */
     async function getUsersInfo() {
-        // Send a GET request to the users endpoint
         const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/users`);
-        // Fetch the JSON data from the response
         const data = await response.json();
-        // Extract the list of users
         const users = data._links.users;
-
-        // Initialize an empty array to store user information
-        let usersInfo = [];
-        // Iterate over each user
-        for (const user of users) {
-            // Fetch the affiliation of the current user
+    
+        const usersInfo = await Promise.all(users.map(async (user) => {
             const affiliation = await getAffiliation(user);
-            // Push an object containing the user's title and affiliation to the usersInfo array
-            usersInfo.push({ title: user.title, affiliation: affiliation });
-        }
-        // Return the array containing information of all users
+            return { title: user.title, affiliation: affiliation };
+        }));
+    
         return usersInfo;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Fetches the affiliation of a given user from the API.
-     *
-     * @async
-     * @function getAffiliation
-     * @param {Object} user - The user object.
-     * @returns {Promise<string>} - A promise that resolves to the title of the user's affiliation.
-     */
+    
     async function getAffiliation(user) {
         // Send a GET request to the affiliations endpoint of the user
         const response = await fetch(user.href + "/affiliations/");
@@ -58,23 +34,18 @@ function getParticipants() {
         // Return the title of the affiliation
         return affiliation;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Fetches users and their affiliations, creates a list item for each user with their title and affiliation,
-     * and appends these list items to a specified list in the document.
-     *
-     * @async
-     * @function insertUsersInfoIntoDocument
-     */
     async function insertUsersInfoIntoDocument() {
         const usersInfo = await getUsersInfo();
         const usersList = document.querySelector(`#${LIST_ID} ul`);
-
-        for (const user of usersInfo) {
+        const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
+    
+        usersInfo.forEach(user => {
             const li = document.createElement("li");
             li.textContent = `${user.title} (${user.affiliation})`;
-            usersList.appendChild(li);
-        }
+            fragment.appendChild(li);
+        });
+    
+        usersList.appendChild(fragment);
     }
 
     insertUsersInfoIntoDocument();
diff --git a/core-aam/index.html b/core-aam/index.html
index 2cf9f5141..60a4cf249 100644
--- a/core-aam/index.html
+++ b/core-aam/index.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/utility.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/biblio.js" class="remove" defer></script>
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
 
     <link href="../common/css/mapping-tables.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <link href="../common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@
           REC: "https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/",
         },
 
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
         postProcess: [addPlatformMaintainers],
         xref: ["dom", "accname", "wai-aria", "infra"],
       };
@@ -11248,7 +11249,12 @@ <h3>Acknowledgments</h3>
       <ul id="gh-contributors">
         <!-- list of contributors will appear here, along with link to their GitHub profiles -->
       </ul>
-      <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/aria-wg-active.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
+      <section class="section" id="ack_group">
+        <h4>ARIA WG participants at the time of publication</h4>
+        <ul>
+          <!-- List of participants is injected here -->
+        </ul>
+      </section>
       <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
     </section>
   </body>
diff --git a/dpub-aam/index.html b/dpub-aam/index.html
index d8f2359b5..577d7c563 100644
--- a/dpub-aam/index.html
+++ b/dpub-aam/index.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
     <script src="https://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
     <link href="../common/css/mapping-tables.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <link href="../common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <script class="remove">
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@
           CR: "https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/",
           REC: "https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/",
         },
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
         postProcess: [],
         xref: ["core-aam", "wai-aria", "dom", "infra", "accname"],
         lint: {
@@ -2679,25 +2680,15 @@ <h4>Other substantive changes since <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/REC-dpub
         <h3>Acknowledgments</h3>
 
         <p>The following people contributed to the development of this document:</p>
-
-        <ul>
-          <li>James Craig (Apple Inc.)</li>
-          <li>Romain Deltour (DAISY Consortium)</li>
-          <li>Joanmarie Diggs (Igalia)</li>
-          <li>Matt Garrish (DAISY Consortium)</li>
-          <li>George Kerscher (DAISY Consortium)</li>
-          <li>Peter Krautzberger (W3C Invited Experts)</li>
-          <li>Charles Lapierre (Benetech)</li>
-          <li>Aaron Leventhal (Google)</li>
-          <li>Daniel Montalvo (W3C Staff)</li>
-          <li>James Nurthen (Adobe)</li>
-          <li>Scott O'Hara (Microsoft Corporation)</li>
-          <li>Gregorio Pellegrino (Fondazione LIA)</li>
-          <li>Tzviya Siegman (Wiley)</li>
-          <li>Avneesh Singh (DAISY Consortium)</li>
-          <li>Valerie Young (Igalia)</li>
+        <ul id="gh-contributors">
+          <!-- List of GitHub contributors goes here -->
         </ul>
-
+        <section class="section" id="ack_group">
+          <h4>ARIA WG participants at the time of publication</h4>
+          <ul>
+            <!-- List of participants is injected here -->
+          </ul>
+        </section>
         <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
       </section>
     </section>
diff --git a/dpub-aria/index.html b/dpub-aria/index.html
index 4012080dd..6e6114456 100644
--- a/dpub-aria/index.html
+++ b/dpub-aria/index.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <script src="https://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/biblio.js" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
     <link href="../common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <script class="remove" src="../common/script/ariaChild.js"></script>
     <script class="remove" src="../common/script/roleInfo.js"></script>
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
           CRD: "https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.2/",
           REC: "https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.2/",
         },
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
         postProcess: [ariaAttributeReferences],
         definitionMap: [],
         xref: ["core-aam", "accname", "wai-aria", "dom", "infra"],
@@ -4466,25 +4467,15 @@ <h3>Substantive changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/dpub-aria-1.0/"
       <h2>Acknowledgments</h2>
 
       <p>The following people contributed to the development of this document:</p>
-
-      <ul>
-        <li>James Craig (Apple Inc.)</li>
-        <li>Romain Deltour (DAISY Consortium)</li>
-        <li>Joanmarie Diggs (Igalia)</li>
-        <li>Matt Garrish (DAISY Consortium)</li>
-        <li>George Kerscher (DAISY Consortium)</li>
-        <li>Peter Krautzberger (W3C Invited Experts)</li>
-        <li>Charles Lapierre (Benetech)</li>
-        <li>Aaron Leventhal (Google)</li>
-        <li>Daniel Montalvo (W3C Staff)</li>
-        <li>James Nurthen (Adobe)</li>
-        <li>Scott O'Hara (Microsoft Corporation)</li>
-        <li>Gregorio Pellegrino (Fondazione LIA)</li>
-        <li>Tzviya Siegman (Wiley)</li>
-        <li>Avneesh Singh (DAISY Consortium)</li>
-        <li>Valerie Young (Igalia)</li>
+      <ul id="gh-contributors">
+        <!-- list goes here -->
       </ul>
-
+      <section class="section" id="ack_group">
+        <h4>ARIA WG participants at the time of publication</h4>
+        <ul>
+          <!-- List of participants is injected here -->
+        </ul>
+      </section>
       <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
     </section>
   </body>
diff --git a/graphics-aam/index.html b/graphics-aam/index.html
index 2d96b7cef..037ed677c 100644
--- a/graphics-aam/index.html
+++ b/graphics-aam/index.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <script src="https://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/biblio.js" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
     <link href="../common/css/mapping-tables.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <link href="../common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <!--<link href="css/dpub-aam.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>-->
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@
           PR: "https://www.w3.org/TR/graphics-aam-1.0/",
           REC: "https://www.w3.org/TR/graphics-aam-1.0/",
         },
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
         postProcess: [],
         definitionMap: [],
         xref: ["core-aam", "accname", "wai-aria", "dom", "infra"],
@@ -502,23 +503,7 @@ <h4>Participants active in the SVG accessibility task force at the time of publi
       <section class="section" id="ack_group">
         <h4>Participants active in the ARIA WG at the time of publication</h4>
         <ul>
-          <li>David Bolter (Mozilla Foundation)</li>
-          <li>Michael Cooper (W3C/MIT)</li>
-          <li>James Craig (Apple Inc.)</li>
-          <li>Joanmarie Diggs (Igalia)</li>
-          <li>John Foliot (Invited Expert)</li>
-          <li>Christopher Gallelo (Microsoft Corporation)</li>
-          <li>Bryan Garaventa (SSB BART Group)</li>
-          <li>Jon Gunderson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)</li>
-          <li>Matthew King (IBM Corporation)</li>
-          <li>Dominic Mazzoni (Google, Inc.)</li>
-          <li>Shane McCarron (Invited Expert, Aptest)</li>
-          <li>James Nurthen (Oracle Corporation)</li>
-          <li>Janina Sajka (Invited Expert, The Linux Foundation)</li>
-          <li>Stefan Schnabel (SAP AG)</li>
-          <li>Lisa Seeman (Invited Expert)</li>
-          <li>Alexander Surkov (Mozilla Foundation)</li>
-          <li>Jason White (Educational Testing Service)</li>
+          <!-- List goes here -->
         </ul>
       </section>
       <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
diff --git a/graphics-aria/index.html b/graphics-aria/index.html
index 141893a5b..7d52d5001 100644
--- a/graphics-aria/index.html
+++ b/graphics-aria/index.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <script src="https://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/biblio.js" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
     <link href="../common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <script class="remove" src="../common/script/ariaChild.js"></script>
     <script class="remove" src="../common/script/roleInfo.js"></script>
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@
           REC: "https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/",
         },
 
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
         postProcess: [ariaAttributeReferences],
         definitionMap: [],
         xref: ["core-aam", "accname", "wai-aria"],
@@ -1169,6 +1170,7 @@ <h2>Other substantive changes since the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-gr
     <section class="appendix informative section" id="acknowledgements">
       <h3>Acknowledgments</h3>
       <p>The following people contributed to the development of this document.</p>
+      <ul id="gh-contributors"></ul>
       <section class="section" id="ack_svga11y">
         <h4>Participants active in the SVG accessibility task force at the time of publication</h4>
         <ul>
@@ -1185,23 +1187,7 @@ <h4>Participants active in the SVG accessibility task force at the time of publi
       <section class="section" id="ack_group">
         <h4>Participants active in the ARIA WG at the time of publication</h4>
         <ul>
-          <li>David Bolter (Mozilla Foundation)</li>
-          <li>Michael Cooper (W3C/MIT)</li>
-          <li>James Craig (Apple Inc.)</li>
-          <li>Joanmarie Diggs (Igalia)</li>
-          <li>John Foliot (Invited Expert)</li>
-          <li>Christopher Gallelo (Microsoft Corporation)</li>
-          <li>Bryan Garaventa (SSB BART Group)</li>
-          <li>Jon Gunderson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)</li>
-          <li>Matthew King (IBM Corporation)</li>
-          <li>Dominic Mazzoni (Google, Inc.)</li>
-          <li>Shane McCarron (Invited Expert, Aptest)</li>
-          <li>James Nurthen (Oracle Corporation)</li>
-          <li>Janina Sajka (Invited Expert, The Linux Foundation)</li>
-          <li>Stefan Schnabel (SAP AG)</li>
-          <li>Lisa Seeman (Invited Expert)</li>
-          <li>Alexander Surkov (Mozilla Foundation)</li>
-          <li>Jason White (Educational Testing Service)</li>
+          <!-- List goes here -->
         </ul>
       </section>
       <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
diff --git a/html-aam/index.html b/html-aam/index.html
index 3941b0df8..284ace293 100644
--- a/html-aam/index.html
+++ b/html-aam/index.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/utility.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/biblio.js" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
-
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
     <link href="../common/css/mapping-tables.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <link href="../common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <link href="css/html-aam.css" rel="stylesheet" />
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         },
 
         xref: ["HTML", "core-aam", "accname", "wai-aria", "dom", "infra"],
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
         postProcess: [fixContributors],
         a11y: false,
       };
@@ -16656,17 +16656,15 @@ <h4>Substantive changes since moving to the Web Application Working Group (forme
       <section class="appendix informative" id="acknowledgements">
         <h3>Acknowledgments</h3>
         <p>The following people contributed to the development of this document.</p>
-        <div class="section" id="ack_group">
-          <!-- left in place to ensure deep links to ID remain functional -->
-          <ul id="gh-contributors"></ul>
-          <!-- list of contributors will appear here,
-					 along with link to their GitHub profiles -->
-          <!--
-          TODO:
-          Add listing of individuals who have providing meaningful
-          contributions through commenting that have impacted the specification.
-        --></div>
-        <div data-include="https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/../common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
+        <ul id="gh-contributors"></ul>
+        <section class="section" id="ack_group">
+          <h4>ARIA WG participants at the time of publication</h4>
+          <ul>
+            <!-- List of participants is injected here -->
+          </ul>
+        </section>
+        <!-- TODO:e Include people whose comments have added value to the specification -->
+        <div data-include="../common//acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
       </section>
     </section>
   </body>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e34de2631..09658898a 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 <link href="common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
 <script class="remove" src="common/script/aria.js"></script>
 <script src="common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
+<script src="common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
 <script class="remove">
 	var respecConfig = {
 		github: "w3c/aria",
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@
           "REC": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/"
         },
 
-	preProcess: [ linkCrossReferences ],
+	preProcess: [ linkCrossReferences, getParticipants ],
 	postProcess: [ ariaAttributeReferences ],
 	xref: ["dom", "accname-1.2", "core-aam-1.2", "infra", "HTML"],
 	definitionMap: []
@@ -14238,8 +14239,13 @@ <h3>Acknowledgments</h3>
 			<!-- list of contributors will appear here,
 					 along with link to their GitHub profiles -->
 		</ul>
-		<div data-include="common/acknowledgements/aria-wg-active.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
-		<div data-include="common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
+		<section class="section" id="ack_group">
+			<h4>ARIA WG participants at the time of publication</h4>
+			<ul>
+				<!-- List of participants is injected here -->
+			</ul>
+		</section>
+  <div data-include="common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
 	</section>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/mathml-aam/index.html b/mathml-aam/index.html
index 5712b940a..25ba9b839 100644
--- a/mathml-aam/index.html
+++ b/mathml-aam/index.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <script src="https://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/biblio.js" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
     <link href="../common/css/mapping-tables.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <link href="../common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <script class="remove">
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
           REC: "https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/",
         },
 
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
         postProcess: [],
         definitionMap: [],
         xref: ["dom", "core-aam", "accname", "wai-aria", "infra"],
@@ -1409,7 +1410,14 @@ <h2>Substantive changes since the creation of this specification</h2>
     <section class="appendix informative section" id="acknowledgements">
       <h3>Acknowledgments</h3>
       <p>The following people contributed to the development of this document.</p>
-      <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/aria-wg-active.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
+      <ul id="gh-contributors"></ul>
+      <section class="section" id="ack_group">
+        <h4>ARIA WG participants at the time of publication</h4>
+        <ul>
+          <!-- List of participants is injected here -->
+        </ul>
+      </section>
+
       <div data-include="../common/acknowledgements/funders.html" data-include-replace="true"></div>
     </section>
   </body>
diff --git a/svg-aam/index.html b/svg-aam/index.html
index aee78ef14..dea1af1bc 100644
--- a/svg-aam/index.html
+++ b/svg-aam/index.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <script src="https://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c-common" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
     <script src="../common/script/resolveReferences.js" class="remove"></script>
     <script src="../common/biblio.js" class="remove" defer="defer"></script>
-
+    <script src="../common/script/participants.js" class="remove"></script>
     <link href="../common/css/mapping-tables.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <link href="../common/css/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     <!--<link href="css/svg-aam.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>-->
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
           REC: "https://www.w3.org/TR/graphics-aam/",
         },
 
-        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences],
+        preProcess: [linkCrossReferences, getParticipants],
       };
     </script>
   </head>
@@ -3109,6 +3109,12 @@ <h3>Acknowledgments</h3>
           Diggs and other implementers who have offered feedback on the drafts and helped with testing.
         </p>
         <section class="section" id="ack_group">
+          <h4>ARIA WG Participants at the time of publication</h4>
+          <ul>
+            <!-- List is injected here -->
+          </ul>
+        </section>
+        <section class="section" id="ack_taskforce">
           <h4>Past participants in the SVG Accessibility Task Force</h4>
           <ul>
             <li>Amelia Bellamy-Royds</li>
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             <li>Jason White (Educational Testing Service)</li>
           </ul>
         </section>
+        <section class="section" id="ack_group">
+          <h4>ARIA WG Participants at the time of publication</h4>
+          <ul>
+            <!-- List is injected here -->
+          </ul>
+        </section>
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