- From: Clint Hill <clint.hill@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:32:56 -0700
- To: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>, François REMY <francois.remy.dev@outlook.com>
- CC: Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com>, "public-nextweb@w3.org" <public-nextweb@w3.org>
Well - I was only in it for the shirt - so never mind. On 4/29/13 9:24 AM, "Marcos Caceres" <w3c@marcosc.com> wrote: > > > >On Monday, April 29, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Marcos Caceres wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Monday, April 29, 2013 at 4:56 PM, François REMY wrote: >> >> > > I've been an IE for about 6 years on and off - and sure, it looks >>nice on my LinkedIn while I'm unemployed; but in practice I've found it >>really makes no difference than just subscribing to the public mailing >>list. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks for the insight. There's a difference, though, if you have the >>opportunity to attend telcons & some real-life meetings. Real-life >>discussion beats by a large marge any mail you could send ;-) >> >> Nothing stops you from showing up to any W3C meeting. 99% are open to >>the public and would welcome anyone's input (you certainly don't have to >>be an IE to attend them). >Same applies with the teleconfs, btw (few groups actually ever hold >teleconfs, and the ones that do - like HTML- don't care who shows up). If >there was a perceived problem, then you could get transitioned, but that >is rare. > >In other words, you should really transition to an IE if you are editing >specifications or doing some significant undertaking in a WG (e.g., I >edit a bunch of specs for the SysApp WG, so it makes sense for me to be >an IE; I created a bunch of test suites for DAP, and edited a bunch of >specs for WebApps also as an IE). If your are just reviewing specs and >advocating certain things, then doing it as a public participant is fine. > > >I'm not saying you guys should not push to become IE's in WGs if you >want. I'm just saying that you don't get any benefits out of if (not even >a lousy t-shirt!:)). > >-- >Marcos Caceres > > >
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