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- Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:39:01 +0000
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The following answers have been successfully submitted to 'Survey of W3C Community and Business Groups' (public) for Roger Cutler. --------------------------------- Overall Experience ---- Please rate your overall experience according to the following aspects: * Your overall experience with Community Groups and Business Groups.: [ 3 +++ ] * Have you found the Community Groups and Business Groups documentation adequate (FAQ, policy summaries, etc.)?: [ 2 ++ ] Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): I've found the documentation to be a bit sketchy, sometimes not correct, and somewhat difficult to find things. I am not experienced as a Chair and I had a tough time getting into the role. Also -- some of the documentation has not been accessible by a person who is not a member of the W3C. On the other hand, W3C staff has responded wonderfully to my somewhat doofus problems, and in particular their upgrade of the Trackbot function has been very helpful. I cannot give the "overall experience" higher than a 3 because the group has been kind of marginal in its effectiveness so far. That, however, is OUR fault, not yours. --------------------------------- Work Flow ---- Questions 4 through 9 focus on work flow. --------------------------------- Discovery ---- Did you find it easy to discover groups of interest to you? * (x) Yes * ( ) No If not, why? (or any other comments): It has been easy because W3C staff and experienced W3C members have been personally helpful. I have not been very successful and "discovery" without human assistance. As always, however, the W3C family has been very helpful and kind. --------------------------------- Group Type Comparison ---- If you have experience in both Working Group and Community or Business Group, what advantages do you see for Working Groups? for Community or Business Groups? Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): WG - More W3C involvement is very useful, stricter process focuses effort BG - Availability to non-members is KEY, looser process allows more flexibility --------------------------------- Decision-making ---- How is your Community or Business Group organized to make decisions? Have you reached decisions on challenging problems? We'd love to hear your successes or obstacles you've faced. Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): Too early to have any big decisions, but we seem to be successfully focusing our scope onto a particular use case. Process is modeled after W3C norms and tradition as much as possible. That is, reach for consensus. So far no huge controversies, but we may have one coming up re relevance of an ISO standard and activity in another organization and how involved we should be with that activity. We shall see how this plays out, but hopefully it will be done with civility and reasonable consensus. --------------------------------- Ensuring Progress ---- Are you satisfied with how the Community or Business Group makes progress? What would enable you to make better progress? Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): Modestly satisfied with modest progress. Limiting factors are the limited time and effort the participants are willing/able to put into the job and -- big factor -- lack of participation from key industry segments. That is, we have no representation from the tech services sector, which is really important in our industry. Again, our fault not yours. --------------------------------- Transition to Working Group ---- Do you expect to advance Community or Business Group deliverables to a W3C Working Group? Please use the comment field for any information about the transition (time frame, perceived obstacles or challenges). * ( ) Yes * (x) No * ( ) In discussion but not decided * ( ) No idea Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): We expect to advance deliverables to suitable industry standards groups for further development and support. Details of how this handoff will work are as yet a bit murky, but there seems to be a consensus that this is more or less how it should work. --------------------------------- Process, Patent and Copyright Policy, Contribution Agreements ---- Do you have any suggestions for changes to the Community Groups and Business Groups process, Contributor Agreement, or Final Specification Agreement that would facilitate participation? Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): No. --------------------------------- Overall User Interface ---- Please rate the usability of the following aspects: * The home page of your Community or Business Group: [ 3 +++ ] * Other parts of the Community and Business Group Web site.: [ 3 +++ ] Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): The Web tools provided on the group site are excellent. We have not, however, really developed the site very effectively. Once again, it's us not you. --------------------------------- User Accounts ---- Please rate the usability of any of the following actions you carried out. * Requesting an account (if you did so just for Community Groups and Business Groups): [ 3 +++ ] * Updating your affiliation in your account (if you were asked to do so): [ No opinion ] Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): I have had significant difficulties because my user account does not have enough privilege to access resources that would be useful or necessary. W3C staff has been very cooperative and helpful in this, and it appears to me that y'all are beginning to get the access control profiles defined more appropriately. That is, things seem to be working better. --------------------------------- Joining a Group ---- Please, select the case that applies to you and comment on your experience joining a group (via the click-through form). * (x) I joined as a W3C Member employee, my request was processed by my organization's Advisory Committee Representative * ( ) I joined as a non-W3C Member employee, after getting my organization's patent and copyright commitment * ( ) I joined as an individual, unaffiliated with any organization Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): I joined as a member employee but became an unaffiliated (and unemployed) individual after joining. Joining is very easy via the click-through and has not been, to my knowledge, a problem for any of our group members. --------------------------------- Creating a Group ---- If you created a group, rate the usability of the following aspects: * Clarity of the process for proposing a group: [ 5 +++++ (highest) ] * Clarity of the process by which people express support for a group: [ 4 ++++ ] Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): --------------------------------- Group Operations ---- Rate the usability of any of the following operations you have carried out. * Choosing a chair (via checkboxes on the participants page): [ 5 +++++ (highest) ] * Publishing a draft specification (available to Chairs only): [ No opinion ] * Publishing a final specification (available to Chairs only): [ No opinion ] * Making a final specification commitment (through the click-through form): [ No opinion ] Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): --------------------------------- Suggestion Box ---- What can we do to improve the experience of participating in a Community Group or Business Group, tools you would find useful, or changes to enable you to work more effectively? Feedback: More appropriate access controls for non-members. --------------------------------- Testimonial ---- To help W3C spread the word about Community and Business Groups, we invite you to provide a 1-paragraph testimonial about your Community Group or Business Group experience that you authorize us to publicize. This is purely optional. Comments (or a URI pointing to your comments): The Oil, Gas and Chemicals Business Group is an experiment and definitely a work in progress. We do not know at this time how successful it will be, but our initial efforts have been encouraging. W3C staff have been incredibly helpful and patient. These answers were last modified on 1 August 2012 at 15:38:01 U.T.C. by Roger Cutler Answers to this questionnaire can be set and changed at https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/2012CGBGsurvey/ until 2012-09-30. Regards, The Automatic WBS Mailer
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