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

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.
>>>>
>>>>