Re: Overall structure of the W3C

On 1 Aug 2014, at 11:45 pm, Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org> wrote:

> In 2008-2009 a task force recommended an ultimate goal to create a legal 
> entity, and a short-term step along the way to create a lightweight HQ 
> function.  Since 2010, we have had a lightweight HQ at MIT.  There are 
> ongoing discussions about what an ultimate structure for a legal entity 
> would look like and what would be the appropriate timing for this.
> 
> The Steering Committee has not met for several years, mostly due to 
> turnover of the Host leadership at the various Hosts.  There is an 
> expectation that the Steering Committee will meet this fall.

Thanks, Jeff, that’s useful context. Would be great to hear more about the path towards a legal entity when the time is right.

Cheers,

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Mark Nottingham    mnot@akamai.com   http://www.mnot.net/