Was this proposal ever actually sent to the Advisory Committee? > --- Resolution --- > > Dear members of the W3C Advisory Committee: > > Please join me in sending the following resolution to the Director > with your name appended below to indicate your approval. > > Whereas, the W3C suffers from a lack of transparency due to early > concerns about membership competition; > > whereas, this lack of transparency impedes the accountability, > credibility, and effectiveness of the W3C; > > whereas, the W3C has long recognized and allowed without > objection "invited experts," who are given full participation > rights within subgroups of the W3C; > > whereas, the W3C aspires to construct recommendations of use to > all people in general, > > whereas, the W3C has long recognized, allowed, and encouraged the > invitation of experts to attend and participate within groups of > the W3C at no cost; > > whereas, the results of end users are the final authority on > issues such as accessibility, usability, and problem > identification and solving; > > whereas, the W3C would thus benefit from the inclusion and > participation of all, so > > therefore, be it resolved that we, as designated below, ask the > immediate inclusion of all people as invited experts in all > groups organized within the W3C. We respectfully ask that the > W3C leadership approve this invitation without delay, and provide > for unrestricted access to all W3C "members only" archives and > discussion groups, and announce the availability of this > information and participation opportunity through the customary > communication channels and on http://w3.org. Thank you. > > James Salsman, Mountain View, CaliforniaReceived on Saturday, 16 February 2002 12:49:19 GMT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0+W3C-0.50 : Tuesday, 27 October 2009 08:38:46 GMT