Re: F2F straw poll (was: ATypI and TPAC)

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Levantovsky, Vladimir <
Vladimir.Levantovsky@monotype.com> wrote:

> Hello WG,
>
> Thank you Chris for sending the links with event descriptions and dates.
>
> Like we discussed during the last telcon, because of the proximity of two
> ATypI and W3C TPAC events both in time and in space (see details below) we
> have a lot more flexibility this year regarding the timing and the venue
> for the WG face-to-face meetings. In order to be able to plan ahead our
> face-to-face meeting(s) this year, I would like to ask every WG participant
> to reply to this email with your responses (yes, likely, possibly, no) to
> the following questionnaire:
>
> 1) Do you plan on attending the ATypI 2016 conference in Warsaw (Sep.
> 13-17)?
> [ATypI has been our F2F host since 2010 and offered a great opportunity to
> have WG meetings on a budget, without having to make a dedicated trip to
> attend. It would be great to keep this tradition, especially if TPAC
> attendance is limited.]
>

Yes.



> 2) Do you plan on attending the W3C TPAC meetings in Lisbon (Sep. 19-23)?
> [TPAC offers unique opportunities to collaborate with many W3C members and
> have joint cross-WG meetings when it is necessary. We had utilized TPAC as
> a F2F venue only a couple of times, the TPAC 2016 offers us a chance to do
> it again with minimal additional effort if you're attending ATypI, as far
> as travel is concerned.]
>

Not unless F2F is to be held there.  I never attended TPAC, so like the
opportunity to attend and sync up with others who work on font-related
parts of the web.  In particular, in light of font variations coming to
OpenType soon, there's a lot to be sorted out on the CSS level.

behdad


> 3) Will you be attending both events?
>
> Thank you,
> Vlad
>
> P.S. My response to this questionnaire is "yes, I will be attending ATypI
> and I am likely be attending both events".
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Lilley [mailto:chris@w3.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 11:48 AM
> To: WebFonts WG
> Subject: ATypI and TPAC
>
> Hello WebFonts,
>
> Given today's discussions about meetings, these links have further info.
>
> ATypI is in Warsaw, Poland on 13-17 September 2016
> http://www.atypi.org/conferences/atypi-warsaw-2016
>
> TPAC is in Lisbon, Portugal on 19-23 September 2016
> https://www.w3.org/2016/09/TPAC/
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Chris  Lilley
>  Technical Director, W3C Interaction Domain
>
>
>