Re: W3C anniversaries task force update

Hi Marilyn,

Confirming I will attend the call next Friday, 28 June at 10:30am EDT.

Karen

On 6/21/2013 3:22 PM, Marilyn Siderwicz wrote:
>
> Dear W3C anniversaries task force members,
>
> I would like to update you on three quick items, including an 
> invitation to our next conference call on Friday, 28 June:
>
> 1)My anniversaries task force presentation at the Advisory Committee 
> Representatives (W3C's AC Rep Meeting) in Tokyo went well last week. 
> However, as the presentation was presented at a breakout session, I 
> did have some strong competition with competing topics. Reps from 
> Boeing, Adobe, NEC, Panasonic, and the Japanese government were in my 
> session, as well as W3C Office managers from Spain, Brazil, India, the 
> UK, and Japan. My presentation is available on our task force wiki 
> <http://www.w3.org/wiki/Headlights2013/Anniversaries>. The session 
> produced a lot of discussion about W3C's brand and the anniversaries, 
> but I received no new direction or funding resources as a result.
>
> Note the slides at the end of the presentation reference a recent 
> Coca-Cola campaign promoting "global connections". Ian and I are in 
> discussions with that campaign's Creative Director and Digital Design 
> Director to explore a potential link with Coke for our anniversary 
> celebrations too---although the discussions are very preliminary and 
> may/may not bear fruit. (A couple of AC Reps at my Tokyo session 
> expressed some concern about such a partnership too.)
>
> As a reminder, the (final?) anniversaries task force proposal and 
> presentation to W3M (W3C management team) is scheduled for July 18. So 
> now is the time to make your voices heard!
>
> 2)I'd like to welcome two new members to the anniversaries task force 
> from Google.
>
> -Jesse Friedman, Google Marketing (I have added you, so please let me 
> know if you're having any access troubles)
>
> -Derek Slater (Derek, to add you to this listserv and for wiki access, 
> please first create a W3C account <https://www.w3.org/accounts/request> )
>
> (Dillon Mann, I believe you and Derek already know each other and have 
> had some conversations about The Web We Want.)
>
> I hope we can continue to add new task force members, especially from 
> W3C member companies! Feel free to share potential invitees on the 
> wiki, via the listserv, or with me directly.
>
> 3)I propose our next task force discussion take place on Friday, 28 
> June at 10:30 a.m. ET. (Please RSVP to me <mailto:msiderwicz@w3.org> 
> by Wednesday EOD.) Conference bridge call in number is 617 761 6200. 
> When prompted, please enter code 2668, then #. Those on IRC can follow 
> on #ANNIV. I apologize that the date/time may not be convenient for 
> everyone; we have task force members from many different time zones. 
> I'll follow up with an agenda next week, but suffice to say we need to 
> wrap up our planning.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marilyn Siderwicz
>
> W3C Marketing and Communications Strategist
>


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