- From: Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:39:46 +0100
- To: Tobie Langel <tobie@unlockopen.com>
- Cc: public-invited-experts@w3.org
Hi Tobie, all, > On 10 Jan 2019, at 15:15 , Tobie Langel <tobie@unlockopen.com> wrote: > > Thanks for finally acknowledging the existence and importance of invited experts. It's late and not very much, but it's a step in the right direction, and that's worth mentioning. > > See a few comments inline. > >> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 2:45 PM Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org> wrote: >> A) Identity program >> =================== >> To help W3C Invited Experts organize as a group of disparate individuals who may want to use a united voice to speak about some topic or other, we have created: >> >> 1) A public directory of W3C Invited Experts >> <https://www.w3.org/participate/invited-experts/list> >> >> That page exposes a combination of W3C database information and information you may enter via your W3C profile: >> * First and Last Name >> * Group(s) in which each IE is invited >> * Photo >> * GitHub icon linking to your Github profile >> * Title >> * Biography >> >> Note: Except the first two items, you may customize and update information in your W3C profile (<https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile>). > > While it's great to have something which shows how large of a group invited experts are and how important they are to W3C, I think it's be a good idea to allow opting out of the list. Not everyone is comfortable with having a public profile. We could implement that but it may not be as trivial as it sounds. In order to implement opt-out, we’d need to hear whether some in the group wants an opt-out. > >> B) Designated observer at W3C Advisory Committee Meetings >> ========================================================= >> >> W3C Invited Experts may designate one individual amongst themselves (volunteer? elect?) to attend as an observer the W3C Advisory Committee Meetings [1] which take place twice a year. That non-voting individual represents the interests of W3C Invited Experts and is allowed to summarize and bring back information that is not member-confidential. >> >> To that effect, a straw-man proposal is for the designated Invited Expert self-declares to <ie-contact@w3.org> who subscribes them to w3c-ac-forum [2], the list for discussion among W3C Advisory Committee Members and the Advisory Board on matters of relevance to W3C. > > Will W3C cover the travelling expenses of this IE observer and wave AC meeting fees if there are any? Or this another case of expecting IE to self-fund? I’ll get back to you on this as soon as I can. Coralie > > Thanks, > > --tobie -- Coralie Mercier - W3C Marketing & Communications - https://www.w3.org mailto:coralie@w3.org +337 810 795 22 https://www.w3.org/People/Coralie/
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