Re: Next WG-CG call is tomorrow, plus minutes for May 1 call

Hello all,

I plan to attend the joint WG-CG call on May 21. I am interested in the 
"task force for the internationalisation of handles" topic.

As far as I understand the state of discussion, there are is a question 
of mandate and a question of leader duty. I described my interests in 
<https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2026May/0013.html>.

I hear two mandates being discussed: 1. work on architectural weaknesses 
related to handles, 2. work on internationalisation issues, some of 
which are non-technical, some of which are technical and involve 
handles. Can one task force take on both mandates? Should there be two 
task forces?  Can we collectively make progress on both at once? I 
suggest that this might be a possible discussion topic tomorrow.

I am willing to lead a task force which includes mandate #2, although 
with the reservation that I am new here and know little about this group 
and the Fediverse processes. I am willing to be a member of, but not a 
leader of, a task force which has mandate #1 but not #2. I will have a 
lot to learn about the architecture and its weaknesses. Who else are 
potential leaders, and task force members? This might also be a possible 
discussion topic tomorrow.

I look forward to talking to you all tomorrow.
      —Jim DeLaHunt

On 2026-05-20 13:16, emelia wrote:
> I thought I had formally proposed a handles taskforce, I just couldn't 
> lead it, but I could be a shadow lead to help a less experienced lead 
> with process/practice. There were iirc several others interested in 
> co-chairing?
>
> Emelia
>
>> On 20. May 2026, at 20:12, Darius Kazemi <darius.kazemi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Apologies for getting this to you so late but I have the minutes from 
>> the May 1 joint WG-CG call available here:
>>
>> https://github.com/w3c/socialwg/blob/main/meetings/2026/2026-05-01-CG-WG-joint.md
>>
>> Thanks again to Evan for scribing.
>>
>> Some highlights:
>>
>>  - Discussion around the legal issues w/r/t FEPs being used as inputs 
>> <https://github.com/w3c/socialwg/blob/main/meetings/2026/2026-05-01-CG-WG-joint.md#participation-without-cla> 
>> to W3C specs. There's now a related issue on the FEP repo 
>> <https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/issues/844>
>>  - Discussion of a proposal for formation of a task force for 
>> internationalization of handles 
>> <https://github.com/w3c/socialwg/blob/main/meetings/2026/2026-05-01-CG-WG-joint.md#task-force-for-internationalization-of-handles>. 
>> We need volunteers to step up and formally propose this on the CG 
>> mailing list who would also be interested in leading the task force.
>>
>> The May 21 joint call is tomorrow, and the agenda template is here:
>>
>> https://github.com/w3c/socialwg/issues/10
>>
>> Please comment on the issue if you'd like something added to the agenda.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Darius Kazemi
>> Chair, W3C Social Web WG
>>
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.    --Jim DeLaHunt @jdlh@mstdn.ca, Vancouver, Canada