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

Ah, sorry I mixed that up.

Do go ahead.

Cheers,
Silvia.


On Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 8:49 AM Gary Katsevman <me@gkatsev.com> wrote:

> Oh, there was another timed-text CG? I think the CG that the WebVTT spec
> is tied to is the text-track CG: https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/texttracks/,
> which seems to still be open.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> According to the Website: https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/timed-text/
>>
>> "The Timed Text Community Group was closed on 7 April 2023."
>>
>> So I'm not quite sure why there's concert or effort spent on this. :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Silvia.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 8:38 AM Gary Katsevman <me@gkatsev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>