New topics for the IG and rechartering

Hi all,
TPAC is approaching [0] and with TPAC our F2F. Given that all the active  
TFs have concluded their work, the main agenda item for the F2F will be to  
discuss which other topics (if any) IG participants have interest in  
working on. In other words, we should discuss about the future of this IG.

Please note that our charter [1] will soon expire (30 November 2012). Is  
important that we get this discussion started ahead of TPAC so we can  
start our F2F with some proposals on the table and make the best use of  
our time there. So we would require to send out your proposal in the  
**next two weeks**, to give the group enough time to discuss them ahead of  
the meeting.

About topics:
during last F2F several were mentioned by IG participants. They are listed  
on our wiki [2]. Removing the ones already addressed, the following are  
still open:

1. Social TV
2. Disaster prevention and response
3. Metadata
4. Accessibility and Usability
5. Parental Control
6. Profiling
7. Testing
8. API to access low level functionalities on TV devices
9. Best Practices for content Developers

The chairs are interested in hearing from IG participants:
- which of the above topics they are interested in *actively* contribute  
to.
- if there are other topics not listed above people would like to work on.

About the charter:
with the charter expiring in November, we have two possible way forward:
* ask for renewal of the charter (i.e. leave the charter as is and just  
extend it)
* do a re-chartering, i.e. change the content of the charter

Which options to go for depends on which topics this group intends to work  
on. But in general, chairs believe that a re-chartering is more  
appropriate at this stage, given that some of the topics above are not in  
scope for the current charter (e.g. profiling, testing). Anyway we are  
interested in hearing IG participants opinion on this.

Of course another option, not explicitly listed above, is NOT to re-new  
our charter and either consider the IG original mission concluded or keep  
working on some of the topics above under a different group, e.g. a  
Community Group or a Business Group (new or existing one). Before going  
for such option, though, we should ask ourselves if there is a real  
benefit in making this transition.

Regards,
Web&TV IG co-chairs.


[0] http://www.w3.org/2012/10/TPAC/
[1] http://www.w3.org/2010/09/webTVIGcharter.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/wiki/Main_Page#Work_in_Progress

Received on Monday, 24 September 2012 14:57:53 UTC