- From: Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:10:54 -0000 (GMT)
- To: "Evan Prodromou" <evan@status.net>
- Cc: "Andreas Kuckartz" <a.kuckartz@ping.de>, onesocialweb@googlegroups.com, "W3C Federated Social Web Incubator" <public-xg-federatedsocialweb@w3.org>, "Harry Halpin" <hhalpin@w3.org>
> Andreas, > > I would support the creation of a new FSW community group. > > However, I think Harry was planning to get it started. > > Can you coordinate with him first? It's better if a non-W3C staff hits the start button for community groups,as they are community driven. However, I'll make sure the migration to the new group works out once the group has been approved! > > -Evan > > On 01/11/2012 03:24 PM, Andreas Kuckartz wrote: >> The W3C Federated Social Web Incubator Group also is inactive since it >> ended on 15 December 2011. >> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/charter >> >> I am cross-posting to the still functioning W3C Federated Social Web >> Incubator mailing list. >> >> I remember that a decision was made a few months ago to create a W3C FSW >> community group. But as far as I know this has not yet been done. If >> there are no objections and no other volunteers I will attempt to do >> that next week. >> >> It would also be a good home for OneSocialWeb people. I do not think >> that it currently would make sense to create a separate OSW community >> group. >> >> The most appropriate home for the development of protocols such as XMPP >> XEPs might be xmpp.org. But that also requires people who contribute. >> >> Cheers, >> Andreas >> --- >> >> On 11.01.2012 18:08, Melvin Carvalho wrote: >>> On 7 January 2012 16:39, Daniel Appelquist<appelquist@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi all -- >>>> >>>> From a perspective of an ex-"product manager" on OSW I would love to >>>> see the protocol and code taken up and used by others. Everything is >>>> open source. However, if anyone would like to evolve the protocol >>>> significantly then I would like to recommend doing it within the >>>> context of a w3c community group: http://www.w3.org/community/ >>>> >>>> Community groups are a new process by which working groups can be spun >>>> up quickly with very little overhead and no cost - groups that anyone >>>> can participate in (not only people from w3c member organizations). >>>> Although I cannot offer much of my time right now I would definitely >>>> help set up the infrastructure and support for creation of such a >>>> group. >>>> >>>> </end-plug> >>> +1 to community group >>> >>> If someone wants to start one, I'd be happy to vote it up. I'm sure >>> it would not be an issue to get it approved ... >>> >>>> Thanks and best of luck, >>>> Dan > > >
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