Re: IXML user meetup - a proposal

That sounds great to me. John and David and I got a chance to do this
today.

On the off weeks means that we keep three slot occupied, which makes it
easier.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 18:38 Bethan Tovey-Walsh <bytheway@linguacelta.com>
wrote:

> Oh, I didn't say - I was thinking we could do this over Zoom every other
> Tuesday, on weeks when the CG isn't meeting. Same time as CG meetings, to
> keep it simple.
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> On 16 Jun 2026, at 17:28, Bethan Tovey-Walsh <bytheway@linguacelta.com>
> wrote:
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> Hi, iXMLers!
>
> I've been thinking for a while that it could be nice to have some kind of
> iXML user meetups, where we can discuss projects and grammars, ask
> questions and talk through problems, maybe do brief show-and-tell of what
> we're doing with iXML. It could also provide an opportunity to ask
> questions of the people who are actively working on the spec about what's
> in the works for v.Next of iXML, or to talk to implementers about how their
> processors work.
>
> (For me, I confess it would also provide better motivation to get stuff
> done between CG meetings - two weeks is eternity when you're as time-blind
> as I am!)
>
> To be clear - I'm not proposing an official Community Group meetup, and we
> wouldn't be discussing anything officially. It would just be an opportunity
> to chat, and share ideas, and maybe geek out a bit about grammars and
> parsing and ambiguity and all that good stuff.
>
> What do people think about this idea? Might you be interested in coming
> along? In particular, if you're an iXML user who doesn't regularly attend
> the CG meetings, might you be interested in a user meetup?
>
> Cheers,
>
> BTW
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> Dr. Bethan Tovey-Walsh
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> linguacelta.com
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> Golygydd | Editor geirfan.cymru
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> Croeso i chi ysgrifennu ataf yn y Gymraeg
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