Future of Pointer Events WG?

Hi, folks–

Earlier this year, our current charter was extended until 09 November 
2015. We had just published the Pointer Events spec as a Recommendation, 
and the Community Group was formed, and wanted to figure out what our 
next steps are.

We need to decide if we're going to create a new charter for review by 
the Advisory Committee, and if so, what the deliverables would be, and 
what the timelines should be.

Right now, I'm not convinced we need a Working Group to continue in our 
current state. I think the Community Group might be enough for now; We 
need a Working Group to publish Rec-track documents, but we don't have 
any publications scheduled, and it's not certain when we will have.

This mailing list can remain for any necessary discussions.

Our occasional telcons are useful for keeping track of implementation 
progress and bug reports, but we can have those even without a formal 
Working Group.

In the Community Group, we can continue the discussions, and develop a 
new draft of the spec (or other specs); once we have a clearer idea what 
our charter should contain, we can recharter this WG, or charter a new 
WG with a broader scope, as needed.

I can continue to help out, as needed. I'm being pulled into other work 
(W3C is always understaffed, and the Web Payments work needs some 
resources), but I can always make time for this group.

Thoughts? Should we recharter in November, or should we close the 
Pointer Events WG and operate as a Community Group until we need to 
charter a formal WG again?

Regards–
–Doug

Received on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 17:28:45 UTC