Re: [MINUTES] VCWG Spec Refinement 2026-01-07

As long as the recording and automatic transcription follow the Process, I
don't have an opinion:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#meeting-recording

As mentioned in the meeting, if following the Process causes problems,
those can be used as grounds for proposing changes to the Process.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 8:16 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM <meetings@w3c-ccg.org> wrote:
> > The audio recording is intended to be deleted after minutes are
> published, to align with traditional meeting minute practices.
>
> I just remembered the reason why the audio/video recording probably
> shouldn't be deleted. The transcription isn't always accurate, and
> things can be transcribed incorrectly that might have negative legal
> consequences for those speaking. In that event, we can always fall
> back to the recording to see what the person actually said. I believe
> this is the same policy that IETF uses for their auto-transcription
> mechanism.
>
> Yes, in theory we circulate the minutes and ask people for
> corrections, but let's be realistic -- hardly any of us have time to
> read through the entire transcript and request fixes for every little
> transcription mistake that exists with this new technology (or really,
> even with human scribes). I think W3C Process should drop that charade
> and admit that we are all very busy people and we don't have the time
> to read every word of every transcript to make corrections.
>
> Therefore, archiving the audio/video is crucial to reduce workload on
> everyone involved.
>
> > No way to say stuff off the record
>
> There is a way to say stuff off of the record, and that's to type it
> into the chat window (which is not archived).
>
> > Manu Sporny: I think it should be an option for the working group to
> continue and that party to not say anything or for the working group to say
> that sorry this is the way we operate. my concern here is that you can have
> one person throw off the entirety of the meeting,…
>
> Another option here is: If you are going to object, then you have to
> scribe the meeting.
>
> -- manu
>
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> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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>
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