Re: Fwd: W3C invites W3C Community Groups to meet at TPAC 2016

I don't expect I'll be able to make it out to Lisbon, but I would be 
pleased as punch if others in the group did meet. Maybe also I'll be 
able to attend remotely.
-Annette

On 2/19/16 7:25 AM, Tarik Zakaria Benmerar wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> I have received from W3C an email about TPAC 2016. Is there a way to 
> organize one for WebHPC please. I am very interrested in this 
> community, even though there are not a lot of activity. Is there any 
> chance to be on this event for our specific group ?
>
> Warm regards,
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Coralie Mercier* <coralie@w3.org <mailto:coralie@w3.org>>
> Date: Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 11:39 AM
> Subject: W3C invites W3C Community Groups to meet at TPAC 2016
> To: team-community-process <team-community-process@w3.org 
> <mailto:team-community-process@w3.org>>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> As part of an experiment, we are creating an opportunity for W3C 
> Community Groups to meet at the upcoming W3C TPAC, held in Lisbon, 
> Portugal, 19-23 September 2016.
>
> About TPAC:
> Since 2001, W3C has been hosting yearly TPACs [1].
> This five-day event allows Working Groups (WG) and Interest Groups 
> (IG) to hold their face to face meetings in one place, on 
> Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday, and have the opportunity to meet 
> and liaise with participants from other groups.
> A Technical Plenary meeting takes place on the Wednesday of that week, 
> most of which is organised as "camp-style" breakout sessions. You may 
> look at the TPAC 2015 site for more detail [2].
>
> CGs at TPAC experiment:
> * W3C Community Groups can hold 2-hour meetings on Monday, Tuesday, 
> Thursday, Friday.
> * We can accommodate 4 meetings per day, so 16 over the entire TPAC week.
> * The meeting room can accommodate 20 persons, classroom style, 
> equipped with a screen and video projector and speaker-phone on demand.
> * The daily TPAC 2016 registration fee (TBD) is the same; it includes 
> lunch, morning and afternoon coffee/tea break.
> * Outside of their Community Group meetings, non W3C-Member CG 
> participants may attend as observers those Working and Interest Groups 
> meetings who accept observers (some groups may not permit observers, 
> this is at the Chair's discretion.)
>
> Slot allocation:
> * The W3C Team will open the TPAC 2016 subscription of groups on 7 
> March 2016.
> * The W3C team will proceed with slot allocation, including selection 
> should there be more than 16 Community Groups subscribing.
>
> We are hoping this is an opportunity that you find appealing. Please, 
> discuss within your Community Group.
>
> Let us know if you have questions or need more information, by writing 
> to <team-community-process@w3.org <mailto:team-community-process@w3.org>>.
>
> Thank you,
> Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications
>
> [1] https://www.w3.org/2002/09/TPOverview.html
> [2] https://www.w3.org/2015/10/TPAC/
>
> -- 
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>
>
>
> -- 
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Annette Greiner
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