Conference call next week

Hello WG,

I've been cancelling our scheduled conference calls for the last few weeks due to a lack of topics to discuss, and I am getting good at it (at canceling, i.e.).
To break this developing habit, I'd like us to have the call next week to discuss where we are with things, in particular:


-          What has happened with WOFF2 (it is almost a Rec!)

The final call for approval of WOFF2 has closed on Feb. 18, and we've got 11 "yes" votes and 5 abstentions. Among those members who voted "yes" are Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Monotype, and Mozilla - thank you all who contributed _and_ voted to approve the final promotion!

Mozilla included a comment as part of their response, where they raised a question about one particular item in the implementation report [1]. They noted that :

"... the implementation report explains the User Agent non passing tests "The remaining nonpassing tests are believed to be fixed by ...", it would be good if the implementation report also explained why "validation-off-012" [2] appears to have no passing implementation (is it an optional feature? waiting for libraries to be updated? etc.) " - this would be a good topic for a final WOFF2 discussion next week.



-          What lies ahead?

We've been dreaming of times when font data streaming (i.e., dynamic font subsets and dynamic incremental updates delivered just in time to make any content readable, with yet to be defined levels of native / API support for this functionality) may become a reality one day, and where all web developers and users can get any font they want delivered to a browser with minimal delays, regardless of languages used, font size, etc. Some members have expressed their desire to contribute their time and effort (and relevant IP, if applicable) to make this happen, but in order to gain more confidence that this activity has a fighting chance of success we need to hear at least a preliminary commitment from all major potential contributors - let's use the call next week to chat about it and see where we are today!

Looking forward to speaking with you all next week! If, for any reason, the call next week on Wednesday, Feb. 28th at our regularly scheduled time (7 am PST / 10 am EST / 4 pm CET) isn't feasible (scheduling conflicts, life events getting in the way, etc.) - please let us know ahead of time. I will be traveling the week after next, and won't be able to join the call on March 7, so we'd have to postpone it until March 14, if next week doesn't work for you.

Thank you,
Vlad

[1] http://www.w3.org/Fonts/WG/WOFF2/Implementation.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/Fonts/WG/WOFF2/Decoder_results.html