Re: Setting a Charter

I just posted about the games summit to the group:

http://www.w3.org/community/games/2011/10/14/w3c-games-community-group-summit-after-new-game/

Sign up here: http://newgame.eventbrite.com

Space is limited, so I hope everyone on this list signs up!

The Summit will run from 10am – 1pm and be graciously hosted by Zynga at
their new auditorium:

699 Eighth Street,
(corner of 8th and Townsend)
San Francisco, CA 94103

-Boaz
-- 
Boaz Sender
http://bocoup.com | 1-617-379-2752
355 Congress St, Boston MA, 02210


On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:16 AM, Conceiro Igueregui, Alexander <
alexander.conceiro@tecnalia.com> wrote:

> +1 Sounds good to me also.
>
> Off-topic: Boaz, more info on that games community group summit on 11/3
> we're staying a few more days after the event (newgameconf), and would like
> to attend. Thanks
>
> a.
>
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> ________________________________________
> De: public-games-request@w3.org [public-games-request@w3.org] en nombre de
> Boaz Sender [boaz@bocoup.com]
> Enviado el: viernes, 14 de octubre de 2011 7:20
> Para: Vincent Scheib
> CC: public-games@w3.org
> Asunto: Re: Setting a Charter
>
> +1
> I am organizing a games community group summit in San Francisco the day
> after new game on 11/3.
>
> I will add the development of a charter to the agenda for the forthcoming
> announcement.
>
> -Boaz
> --
> Boaz Sender
> http://bocoup.com | 1-617-379-2752
> 355 Congress St, Boston MA, 02210
>
> On Oct 14, 2011 1:07 AM, "Vincent Scheib" <scheib@google.com<mailto:
> scheib@google.com>> wrote:
> I'm pleased to see the creation of the Games Community Group, and
> appreciate the efforts by those behind it and the workshop[1]
> co-located with the onGameStart conference.
>
> May I open a discussion about what we can do with the Games Community
> Group?
>
> Before I explain my thoughts, let me give you context. I work at
> Google on the Chrome Games team. We are developing platform features
> into Chrome to improve its support for running games. Some of those
> features are being discussed in the W3C and will result in
> specifications. Mouse Lock and Gamepad are two examples which are
> included in the Web Events Working Group's new draft charter.
>
> We support the concept of the Games Community Group to foster
> discussion around a class of application needs for games.
>
> However, as a Community Group there are member requirements covered by
> the W3C Community Contributor License Agreement (CLA). The Games
> Community Group is currently unbounded in time and subject material.
>
> I propose that we set a charter for this group scoped to have
> informative discussions but not generate Specifications. When a topic
> is ready for specification I propose that we find an appropriate
> Working Group to adopt it, or create a narrowly defined Community
> Group with the explicit goal of developing that single Specification.
>
> I believe that leaves significant utility in this group to foster
> discussions of application needs, interoperability issues, informative
> use cases and examples, etc.
>
> Thanks, and glad to see you all here.
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/09/games/
>
>