Re: IndieUI Events publish request for 10 Jan 2013 (Was: IndieUI Events almost ready for FPWD; group members, please review.)

As far as publication steps go:

    * We are only allowed to publish on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
    * We have to send a formal publication request one day before
      publication.
    * Before we send the publication request, we have to get approval of
      a "transition request", which has to be sent with enough lead time
      to obtain the approval before we need to send the publication
      request, i.e., at least another day in advance.
    * We have to have a record of approval from the group to publish the
      document as a First Public Working Draft, in order to send the
      transition request.

Working these timings around group review cycle, I think we should aim
to get substantive input from the group by email as soon as possible,
with the goal of arriving at an editors' draft ready for approval at the
9 January 2013 teleconference. That is, however, too short of a lead
time to accomplish all the publication steps in time for 10 January, so
the next available date is Tuesday, 15 January 2013.

I therefore propose we set 15 January 2013 as the target publication
date. This schedule requires that substantive review on the editors'
draft arrive as soon as possible, so that there would not be any
outstanding substantive issues that would prevent the group at the 9
January teleconference from agreeing to publish.

Michael

James Craig wrote:
> I think I remember Michael mentioned publishing had to happen on a Thursday, which is why he proposed the 10th. Also, since we plan to tally a vote during the call on January 9th (one week from now), it may be more appropriate to request list responses by the time of that call. I'd prefer them as soon as possible, to me time to address any concerns prior to then.
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> FWIW, the document is pretty short (~11 pages printed), and will probably take each of you less than 1 hour to read critically. There were only a few edits in late December (mainly the non-normative intro and examples), and I called out each substantive edit explicitly on the list. 
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2013, at 3:27 PM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> James and All:
>>
>> We should probably provide a bit more time inasmuch as the proposed
>> Events FPWD was only made available late in December when many people
>> were off for the hollidays.
>>
>> Now that we've begun drifting back, may I propose end of business,
>> Boston Time, on Friday 11 January?
>>
>> If anyone has an objection to publishing the below identified document
>> as our FPWD for Events, please indicate by "Reply to All" on this
>> thread no later than end of business, Buston Time, Friday 11 January.
>>
>> Silence will be considered ascent, but positive consent would also be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> We will certainly discuss, and vote on a resolution to this effect at
>> our upcoming teleconference on 9 January.
>>
>> Janina
>>
>> James Craig writes:
>>     
>>> Happy New Year. To my knowledge, we're on target to publish a FPWD of IndieUI Events next week on Thursday, January 10th. 
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
>>>> Subject: IndieUI Events almost ready for FPWD; group members, please review.
>>>> Date: December 19, 2012 11:00:55 AM PST
>>>> To: "public-indie-ui@w3.org Force" <public-indie-ui@w3.org>
>>>>
>>>> We're planning to publish a first public working draft (FPWD) of "IndieUI Events 1.0" in early-to-mid January 2013. Note that the User Context draft is not yet ready, and will be published at a later date.
>>>>
>>>> I have completed all of the technical and normative edits the working group has deemed necessary for the FPWD. I am still working on the informative introduction, and there are remaining normative edits that will be added after FPWD (see the product issue tracker at <https://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/track/products/2>) I am seeking any and all comments, but especially those that clarify the concepts, or questions you may have that will help inform the informative introductory sections.
>>>>
>>>> IndieUI Events 1.0 Editor's Draft
>>>> <http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/IndieUI/raw-file/tip/src/indie-ui-events.html>
>>>>
>>>> Note: This editor's draft uses ReSpec.js for in-place generation of some features like the table of contents and WebIDL documentation. Please view it in a JavaScript-capable browser to see the entire content. If you want to save an offline, static copy that includes the generated content, press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S and find the "Save as HTML" button. This will load a new copy in your browser that you can save for offline viewing.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your time, and happy holidays.
>>>> James Craig
>>>>
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