Re: Call for Consensus for transferring ownership of the WebVTT spec to be wholly owned by the TTWG

Hi Silvia,

Yes, I believe it's effectively owned by the TTWG, but this serves as a
chance to formalize the ownership transfer. I'm not sure that the TTCG is
active anymore, and there was a separate question on whether the TTCG
should be shut down, due to inactivity, in the TTWG call yesterday.

Thanks,
Gary.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Gary,
>
> It's effectively been owned by TTWG already, hasn't it?
> What would be the difference?
>
> Are there any contributors left that are just on the TT Community Group?
>
> Thanks,
> Silvia.
>
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM Gary Katsevman <me@gkatsev.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As discussed during yesterday's TTWG call, I'm sending out a Call for
>> Consensus based on the proposal:
>>
>> Proposal: Transfer ownership of the WebVTT specification to be wholly
>> owned by the Timed Text Working Group rather than jointly owned with the
>> Text Track Community Group.
>>
>> This will simplify maintenance of the spec a bit particularly as we look
>> towards updating it to a Candidate Recommendation Snapshot and ultimately a
>> Technical Recommendation.
>>
>> Please indicate your position by replying to this message (either to all
>> or directly to me).
>>
>> The review period for this CfC ends on Friday, April 10th, to allow a bit
>> more time for this.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Gary.
>>
>>