[foms] Proposing sessions for FOMS

[Victor Carbune]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer
<silviapfeiffer1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj at opera.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer
>> <silviapfeiffer1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> FOMS is now only a bit over 2 weeks away!
>>>
>>> I. Session Proposals
>>>
>>> At this stage I'd like to encourage you to step forward and propose
>>> topics for discussion. Be prepared to also be the moderator of a
>>> session.
>>>
>>> We're doing this to get a good idea of the topics that we will need to
>>> schedule. It also allows people to suggest topics about which they
>>> would like to share some information. In general, we prefer sessions
>>> not to have slides, but to gather discussion points at the beginning
>>> of the session from everyone present and then go through these points.
>>>
>>> If, however, you would like to give a presentation on a topic that is
>>> of general interest, do not hesitate to propose this, too. We can
>>> accommodate different types of sessions.
>>
>> I'm interested in the WebVTT evolution session, and can take on some
>> responsibility is required.
>
> Thanks. I expect there will be a follow-up session on WebVTT /
> captioning after the evolution session, considering there is so much
> to discuss. Would be great to share the effort. We'll also need
> somebody to take notes, so maybe we can alternate.

I personally think there's a need for at least two different ones: one
focused on the spec itself (could be this one) and one focused
exclusively on engines implementing it, their current state and future
plans.

Victor