- From: Jeff Schiller <codedread@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:45:40 -0500
- To: "Jonathan Chetwynd" <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
- Cc: "Doug Schepers" <schepers@w3.org>, public-svg-ig@w3.org
- Message-ID: <da131fde0806221045y28e74275ka8cd0d166e81b710@mail.gmail.com>
Joanthan, Can you clarify which wiki page? The list of members has always been here: http://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=42368 to the best of my knowledge. I do not really want to maintain a separate wiki page when something is already set up. Thanks, Jeff On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Jonathan Chetwynd < j.chetwynd@btinternet.com> wrote: > Doug, > please could you update the SVGIG members list as requested on the wiki. > alternatively rather than bcc members, at least at this stage copy members > in. > > I have no idea of any members beyond 3. > it would be helpful to know who the audience is.... > > brief introductory note to follow... > > regards > > ~:" > > <http://www.openicon.org> > > Jonathan Chetwynd > > j.chetwynd@btinternet.com > http://www.openicon.org/ > > +44 (0) 20 7978 1764 > > On 22 Jun 2008, at 05:00, Doug Schepers wrote: > > > Hi, SVG Fans! > > Jeff Schiller and I would like to welcome you to the SVG Interest Group. > Thank you very much for signing up for our little experiment in community > building. None of us quite know which directions the SVG IG will turn, but > we have some pretty clear ideas on how to get started. > > We'd like to have a teleconference on Thursday, June 26, from 11:00 to > 12:00 AM US East Coast time. Given that we are spread out across the globe, > it's always a challenge to find a suitable time that works for everyone, but > this is a pretty good compromise, I hope. We can plan a new time once we > get into the swing of things. > > This teleconference (or "telcon") will be to plan our first steps, and to > introduce ourselves and explain what our particular interests are. If > everyone could write a brief note to the list, that would be a great start. > > For those who don't know me, I'm Doug Schepers. My IRC nick is shepazu. > I've been an avid member of the SVG community since 2000, and for years I > built SVG Webapps as a contractor (and just for fun). My company, > Vectoreal, joined W3C as an affiliate member a few years ago to help move > the SVG spec in the directions we thought it needed to go. As of a year > ago, I was hired by W3C directly to serve as the Team Contact for the SVG, > CDF, and WebApps Working Groups. I am particularly interested in making SVG > a "smart" graphics format, with extensible semantics and rich > interactivity... I also like making it fun and pretty. > > I have always felt that W3C needed a better way to engage the community, > and to find out where the designers and authors and users wanted the > technology to move, not just leaving it in the hands of the browser vendors. > This Interest Group is our attempt to do just that. > > Again the telcon will be held Thursday the 26th, from 11:00 to 12:00 AM EST > (check the wiki for your local time). The phone bridge number is > +1.617.761.6200, conference 78444 ("SVGIG"). We will be meeting > concurrently in a chat room, on channel #svgig (irc://irc.w3.org, port > 6665); if you need help with IRC, just let me know. > > You can always find updated telcon information here: > http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/wiki/Main_Page#Communication > > Best Regards- > -Doug Schepers > W3C Team Contact, WebApps, SVG, and CDF > > >
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