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

Thanks, Silvia. It's definitely confusing with a bunch of things that have
practically the same name.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>