Re: changing this group from CG to IG

Please look at the links I provided. Ian is indeed correct noting that Interest Groups don’t develop specifications for the W3C Recommendation track - that’s what Working Groups are for. Community Groups on the other hand can provide a forum for incubating specifications prior to transfer to a Working Group.  The W3C Process and Patent Policy sets out more details, see:

 https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20170801/ <https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20170801/>
 https://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/summary/ <https://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/summary/>


> On 24 Nov 2019, at 07:29, Paola Di Maio <paoladimaio10@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks-
> Dave, is there a page with all these rules? 
> what you mention seems to differ a bit from what Ian Jackobs shared a few months ago -
> 
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 3:04 AM Amirouche Boubekki <amirouche.boubekki@gmail.com <mailto:amirouche.boubekki@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Since I am not a W3C member I don't know how to join the interest group.
> 
> Le sam. 23 nov. 2019 à 11:47, Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org <mailto:dsr@w3.org>> a écrit :
> >
> > As background:
> >
> > W3C Community Groups are free for anyone to join.
> > W3C Interest Groups are free for W3C Members to join.
> >
> > W3C Interest Groups and Working Groups have attached W3C staff contacts and access to a wider set of resources than Community Groups, see:
> >
> > https://www.w3.org/2019/Process-20190301/#GroupsWG <https://www.w3.org/2019/Process-20190301/#GroupsWG>
> > https://www.w3.org/Consortium/membership.html <https://www.w3.org/Consortium/membership.html>
> > https://www.w3.org/Consortium/fees <https://www.w3.org/Consortium/fees>
> >
> > On 23 Nov 2019, at 02:32, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com <mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings folks
> >
> > according to Ian at W3C, the main difference between between a CG and an IG is
> >
> > Community Groups often produce specifications (called Community Group Reports). Interest Groups typically do not; they focus on discussion.
> >
> > I hope this group can produce a report, but because we have not seen enough contributions
> > since the group started, and I am really busy working on research papers and talks, and I am going to be for the next few months despite my wish to produce something for this group I am struggling to keep up, I wonder if we should
> > a) wait until someone perks up to contribute to write a group report,
> > b)  change this group to an interest group at some point soon
> >
> > Thoughts? Objections?
> > Have a great weekend
> >
> > PDM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org <mailto:dsr@w3.org>> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett <http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett>
> > W3C Data Activity Lead & W3C champion for the Web of things
> >
> >
> >
> 
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