Re: Group status...

Got it, thanks for the nice explanation =)


Kay


On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com> wrote:

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> On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 8:49 AM, François REMY wrote:
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> > If you join as an individual, you are directly responsible for what you
> say. If you join as a rep of your company, your company controls the
> membership.
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> Well, kinda. Depends on the company. While most people work as a company,
> it is usually taken that a person speaks as an individual unless stated
> otherwise. For example, look at the DRM discussions: guys from Google are
> vocally fighting for and against. As a general rule, people's views are
> taken as their individual view and not the one of their company (unless
> stated otherwise).
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> > There are also differences in the Intellectual Property Rights handling
> of what you may say or contribute to the group.
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> Yep.
> > Since this group does not produce any normative content, this does not
> really apply to us.
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> Correct.
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> > If your company isn’t a W3C member, the question does not even arrive
> anyway because you can’t register as a rep of your company under those
> conditions.
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> I think that is correct.
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> > If we were a Working Group, it would be more difficult to join as an
> individual
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> The WG Chair would need to justify why the Invited Expert is needed and
> make a case as to why their employer won't pay for to join the W3C.
> > but much simpler to join as a Member company representative, if I
> understood the discussion correctly.
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> You have.
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> Marcos Caceres
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