Re: Planning to close Web Components Community Group due to inactivity unless we hear from you

Repositories:

   - w3c/webcomponents-cg <https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents-cg>
   - WICG/webcomponents <https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents>

Github Organizations:

   - https://github.com/webcomponents/
   - https://github.com/webcomponents-cg

Discord: https://discord.gg/YmrNQ4rYJz

On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi Lea,
>
> Thank you for the update.
>
> This is the GitHub repo we have a link to:
>  https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents-cg
>
> Is there another repo where there is more activity?
>
> Also, do you have a link to discord conversations that we could add to our
> list of tools for the CG?
>
> We won’t close the group for now. Anything you can suggest to help make it
> easier for people to find out
> where the group activity is would be welcome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ian
>
> > On Apr 2, 2026, at 1:32 PM, Lea Verou <lea@verou.me> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > The group is most certainly not inactive, and there is plenty of
> activity in its Discord and GitHub.
> > While the group itself is not currently publishing specifications, it is
> used for coordination around ensuring that specifications developed in
> other groups meet the needs of web component authors.
> > Group participants are meeting semi-regularly and are actively engaged
> in developing specifications in relevant working groups, such as WHATWG and
> CSS WG.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Lea Verou, PhD
> > Product, web standards, usability, and everything in between
> > 👩🏽 (she/her)
> >
> > 🔗 https://lea.verou.me
> > 🐦 @leaverou
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 2, 2026, at 10:52, Team Community Process <
> team-community-process@w3.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear participants in the
> >>
> >>   Web Components Community Group
> >>   https://www.w3.org/community/webcomponents/
> >>
> >> Your Community Group appears to have become inactive (per [1]).
> >>
> >> If your group is in fact active, we ask that you respond to this email
> >> with answers to these two questions:
> >>
> >> * Is your group publishing any Specifications?
> >> * What is the group's expectation about future standardization of
> >>  those Specifications at W3C or at some other standards body?
> >>
> >> We also recommend the following:
> >>
> >> * Let us know where the activity is going on so that we can update our
> >>  data and improve our tools.
> >>
> >> * Update your group home page with news of your activities.  Chairs
> >>  can use the group Wordpress instance of the group to post news; let
> >>  us know if you have any questions.
> >>
> >> If you would like us to keep the group open because you expect it to
> >> become active in the near future or for other compelling reasons, just
> >> let us know.
> >>
> >> If you would like to schedule a call to discuss the current status of
> >> your group, your plans, and any obstacles to success, or you simply
> >> have questions about the CG program, please let us know.
> >>
> >> If would like us to close the group, or if we do not hear from you in
> >> the next 30 days, we will plan to close the group.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> CG/BG System
> >>
> >> [1] https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#close-inactive
> >>
> >
>
> --
> Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
> https://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
> Tel: +1 917 450 8783
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