Re: EPUB 3 Community Group teleconference: Thursday May 4 at 16:00 UTC

Hi all,
Last minute couldn't make this. Is there a recording or minutes? Should we
introduce ourselves via email?

-Greg


On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 10:27 AM, tey tag <teytag@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry… We could not connect to the webinar interface. So how can we get
> information about what is being discussed at the meeting? Is video
> recording done?
>
>
>
> *N. Erhan Uzumcu*
> Art Director and EPUB Developer
> W3C EPUB Community Group Member
> TEYTAG Founder
> (Turkish Electronic Publishing Desing and Research Group - Istanbul,
> Turkey)
> https://independent.academia.edu/NErhanÜzümc��
> http://teytagblog.blogspot.com.tr
> http://www.teyid.org/ePub3Lib/
> @ePub3Lib #teytag
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On May 1, 2017, at 5:49 AM, Dave Cramer <dauwhe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> We will have the first virtual meeting of the EPUB 3 Community Group
> on Thursday, May 4 at 1600 UTC, which is:
>
> 9AM in San Francisco
> 12 Noon in New York and Toronto
> 4PM in London
> 6PM in Paris and Amsterdam
> 9:30PM in Chennai
> 1AM Thursday in Tokyo (sorry!)
>
> The meeting will be one hour.
>
> ============================
> TELECONFERENCE INFORMATION
> ============================
>
> Meeting Number: 647 899 534
> Meeting Password: [note we can't put the password in this email, but
> it's a very simple one, consisting of the first five characters of
> this email's subject line, but all lowercase, and skipping spaces]
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!)
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 1. Go to https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=
> m2bea1546e476d0606bba69eb9ea79eed
> 2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
> 3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: (see above
> or ask on IRC)
> 4. Click "Join".
>
> To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link:
> https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=m61d1a4d1f85a5694a5e8ccec65fe2457
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> To join the audio conference only
> -------------------------------------------------------
> To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the
> meeting, or call the number below and enter the access code.
> US Toll Number: +1-617-324-0000 <(617)%20324-0000>
>
> Access code:647 899 534
> Mobile Auto Dial:+1-617-324-0000 <(617)%20324-0000>,,,647899534#
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> For assistance
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 1. Go to https://mit.webex.com/mit/mc
> 2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support".
>
> You can contact me at:
> iherman@mit.edu
> 1-951563749
>
> Add this meeting to your calendar (Cannot add from mobile devices):
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>
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>
>
> =========
> AGENDA
> =========
>
> [1] Introductions... We'd like people to introduce themselves, and
> give a brief description of their interests and goals for EPUB. If you
> don't feel like speaking up, or can't join the call, feel free to send
> an email to this group (public-epub3@w3.org) with the same
> information.
>
> [2] Work mode for the community group.  We are hoping to mostly work
> asynchronously, through GitHub, email, etc. But calls can be useful
> for achieveing consensus, talking through difficult issues, etc. Would
> one call a month be enough? Too much?
>
> [3] Topics and subgroups. We have lots of things to work on! Some
> potential topics are listed below, but a major goal of the call is to
> find out what people are interested in working on.
>
> [A] EPUB 3.1 Maintenance. We already have a few issues
> (https://github.com/IDPF/epub-revision/issues) on the 3.1 spec, and
> more will certainly appear.
>
> [B] Accessibility. We plan to continue work on the EPUB Accessibility
> spec (http://www.idpf.org/epub/a11y/accessibility.html).
>
> [C] The spec formerly known as EDUPUB
> (http://www.idpf.org/epub/profiles/edu/spec/). We’ve been discussing
> how to approach EPUB for Education . Some parts of the spec may be
> worked on in the Publishing Working Group, as part of future versions
> of (P)WP/EPUB4. Some parts might be integrated into EPUB 3.1.X, or
> become part of the EPUB Accessibility spec. LTI integration and such
> might be handled by IMS.
>
>
> [D] Rendering. We hope to work with reading systems to provide more
> and better options for displaying complex or highly-designed books.
> For example, we’d love to have images that “bleed”, or extend to the
> absolute edge of the screen on one or more sides. This will be both
> complicated and fun!
>
> [E] Testing and Validation. My ultimate goal is for EPUB to be as
> well-tested as web browsers, but we are a long way from that. We can
> figure out what the next steps are, however. We also need to work on
> EPUBCheck, which does not yet support EPUB 3.1.
>
>
> =========================================
> OTHER USEFUL (AND IMPORTANT) INFORMATION
> =========================================
> ------
> IRC
> ------
>
> W3C groups use IRC (Internet Relay Chat) during meetings to take
> minutes, manage the queue of people wishing to ask questions or make
> comments, providing useful links, etc.
>
> We will use the IRC channel #epub3cg:
>
> channel: #epub3cg
> server: irc.w3.org
> port: 6665 or 6667
>
> General information on IRC at W3C can be found at
> https://www.w3.org/Project/IRC/
>
> ------------
> GITHUB
> -------------
>
> We have a general repository for the community group at:
>
> https://github.com/w3c/pub-cg
>
> Ivan Herman has written up a helpful guide for newcomers to GitHub at
>
> https://github.com/iherman/misc-notes/blob/master/docs/
> BasicGitHubContributionIntro.md
>
> If you don't already have a GitHub account, you might want to set one
> up before the first call.
>
>
> Thanks very much, and please let us know if you have any questions.
>
> Dave Cramer
> Rachel Comerford
> Co-chairs, W3C EPUB 3 Community Group
> https://www.w3.org/community/epub3/
> public-epub3@w3.org
>
>
>


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