Re: Planning to close Web Media Text Tracks Community Group due to inactivity unless we hear from you

That's a call out to others in the group to speak up please!

On Wed, 30 Oct 2024, 5:31 am Ian Jacobs, <ij@w3.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the update, Sylvia. Can you say more about who is using the
> specification?
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> Thank you,
>
> IAn
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> > On Oct 28, 2024, at 2:15 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Most of the work of this group has moved to the the Timed Text Working
> Group by now, particularly the development of the WebVTT standard.
> >
> > This group was working on publishing a specification at
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/text-tracks/raw-file/default/608toVTT/608toVTT.html
> which hasn't seen any recent improvements but it's being used in practice.
> It's unclear who will continue its development.
> >
> > The group had lacked leadership in recent years.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Silvia.
> >
> > On Tue, 29 Oct 2024, 4:58 am Team Community Process, <
> team-community-process@w3.org> wrote:
> > Dear participants in the
> >
> >    Web Media Text Tracks Community Group
> >    https://www.w3.org/community/texttracks/
> >
> > Your Community Group appears to have become inactive (per [1]).
> >
> > If your group is in fact active, we ask that you respond to this email
> > with answers to these two questions:
> >
> > * Is your group publishing any Specifications?
> > * What is the group's expectation about future standardization of
> >   those Specifications at W3C or at some other standards body?
> >
> > We also recommend the following:
> >
> > * Let us know where the activity is going on so that we can update our
> >   data and improve our tools.
> >
> > * 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.
> >
> > If you would like us to keep the group open because you expect it to
> > become active in the near future or for other compelling reasons, just
> > let us know.
> >
> > If you would like to schedule a call to discuss the current status of
> > your group, your plans, and any obstacles to success, or you simply
> > have questions about the CG program, please let us know.
> >
> > If 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.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > CG/BG System
> >
> > [1] https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#close-inactive
> >
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