Re: Planning to close OpenTrack due to inactivity unless we hear from you

Hi Martin,

Thank you for the updates. I have added a link to the forum [1] from your CG home page; that may help us detect activity.

Good luck with the event in October. That is around the time we’ll check back in with you, and until then we’ll leave the group open.

Thank you for using the CG blog to announce plans for the event [2].

All the best,

Ian

> On May 23, 2025, at 3:33 AM, Martin Alvarez Espinar <martinalvarez.espinar.ext@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear W3C Team,
> 
> Thanks for the heads up. We are exploring new activities for the digital transformation of the sport, including interoperability. We are considering new topics like sports credentials and data exchange, and we believe that W3C is the place to incubate these topics. However, still no concrete actions. 
> 
> We still have discussions in this forum [1].
> We are planning an event in October where we will touch these topics [2], but we are still collecting the topics.
> 
> I recommend to wait until this event and see if we should keep the CG open. Indeed, if there is positive reaction we can even propose activities in the TPAC.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Martin 
> 
> [1] https://forum.openathletics.net/
> [2] https://www.w3.org/community/opentrack/2025/04/22/standards-for-athletics-at-athtech-2025/ 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Team Community Process <team-community-process@w3.org> 
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 May 2025 20:05
> To: public-opentrack@w3.org
> Subject: Planning to close OpenTrack due to inactivity unless we hear from you
> 
> Dear participants in the
> 
>  OpenTrack
>  https://www.w3.org/community/opentrack/
> 
> In October 2024 we contacted you because your Community Group appeared to have become inactive (per [1]). Based on feedback in response to our message, we did not close the group, with the expectation that the group would soon become more active. Six months later, your group appears to still be inactive, and we are more inclined to close it unless we hear compelling reasons not to.
> 
> If your group is in fact active, we ask that you respond to this email with answers to these two questions:
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> * Is your group publishing any Specifications?
> * If so, what is the group expectation about future standardization of those Specifications at W3C or at some other standards body?
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> We also recommend the following:
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>  * Let us know where the activity is going on so that we can update our data and improve our tools.
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>  * Update your group home page with news of your activities. Chairs can use the group Wordpress instance of the group to post news; let us know if you have any questions.
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> If you are merely hopeful it will, or if you would like us to close the group, or if we do not hear from you in the next 30 days, we will plan to close the group.
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> 
> CG/BG System
> 
> [1] https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#close-inactive
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Received on Friday, 23 May 2025 17:40:00 UTC