Re: W3C and XML mailing list status

This email list is hosted by OASIS, not W3C, so I expect there will be no
repercussions there. The news about W3C is disturbing, nonetheless.

https://www.xml.org/xml-dev

cheers,

Lauren

On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 at 16:14, Marcus Reichardt <[email protected]> wrote:

> Reaching out here to those on the list with ties to W3C (Liam, Michael,
> others?) if there are news to share regarding the continued activity of W3C
> in general, W3C's involvement as a major sponsor for markup conferences,
> and maybe the hosting of this mailing list (we do know that W3C's XML
> activity has stopped years ago). The twitter below left me a bit worried.
>
> As you may recall: • MIT partly hosts W3C, but withdraws Dec 31 • A W3C
> nonprofit needs to take over on Jan 1 • MIT has assets (dues, contracts,
> IP…) to transfer to new W3C • I was elected to the W3C Board & in the
> negotiations Two weeks from cutover it's going… poorly. 🧵
> [image: twitter.2.ico]
> <https://twitter.com/robinberjon/status/1603834995830816769>
> Robin Berjon | @[email protected] auf Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/robinberjon/status/1603834995830816769>
> twitter.com <https://twitter.com/robinberjon/status/1603834995830816769>
> <https://twitter.com/robinberjon/status/1603834995830816769>
>
> Best,
> Marcus Reichardt
> sgml.io
>