[MPEG-OTSPEC] Proposal to discontinue the AdHoc Group

[Behdad Esfahbod]

Hi William,

I'm currently unemployed. I want the same as you. All I'm saying is that
the independent voice, or any voices outside MS, are not heard equally.

behdad
http://behdad.org/


On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 4:15 AM William_J_G Overington <
wjgo_10009 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> I am retired, I never been employed as a typographer, I make a few fonts
> of my own, use them, publish them on the web, deposit them at The British
> Library, and try to take an interest in font technology. I do not purport
> to be an expert on font technology.
>
>
> Yet I am made welcome here and can contribute if I so choose, my ideas
> going to the top experts in the field.
>
>
> If this group goes and it is only representatives of national standards
> bodies that are involved, then I and many others, now and in the future,
> will not be able to participate.
>
>
> The thing is, sometimes, maybe rarely, an outsider makes a good suggestion
> that might not have occurred to anyone else.
>
>
> This can happen. I suggested telesoftware to broadcasters in the 1970s and
> it got taken up.
>
>
> Pulling up the ladder on who can participate can lead to long-term
> stagnation.
>
>
> How will new people get to join in the future?
>
>
> First get a job with a company, wait years, maybe ...
>
>
> So my opinion is to keep this group and its openness attitude going please.
>
>
> William Overingon
>
>
> Saturday 19 September 2020
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> http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/
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> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "MURATA Makoto" <eb2m-mrt at asahi-net.or.jp>
> To: "mpeg-otspec" <mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at>
> Sent: Saturday, 2020 Sep 19 At 03:12
> Subject: Re: [MPEG-OTSPEC] Proposal to discontinue the AdHoc Group
>
> Just a procedural comment.
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>
>
> The duration of this AHG is until the first
>
> SC29WG3 meeting (October 2020).
>
> SC29/WG3 might want to reestablish
>
> it by consensus. But if no decisions are
>
> made, it will be gone and WG3 will directly
>
> handle OFF.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Makoto
>
>
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> 2020年9月17日(木) 5:16 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at behdad.org>:
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>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I like to propose to the ISO WG overseeing this group to acknowledge that
> the AdHoc model has NOT worked for many in the industry and discontinue
> this model.
>
>
>
> Vlad, can you please add this to agenda for the next meeting of the WG?
>
>
>
> behdad
>
> http://behdad.org/
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