- From: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:52:56 -0400
- To: Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm>
- CC: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
On 8/19/2013 9:42 PM, Duncan Bayne wrote: >> Members of W3C pay according to a well defined schedule which gives them >> full Membership privileges. No extra money has been paid for anything >> related to EME. >> >> W3C Director, Tim Berners-Lee decides on the scope of Working Groups. I >> find it pretty offensive that someone would suggest that he makes these >> decisions based on money paid. > I'm sorry if my post seemed to be making that claim. That was > definitely not my intent. I appreciate the clarification. I apologize if I over-reacted. > > Rather, I was claiming that the richer, more prominent members of the > W3C seem to have a disproportionate influence in such scope decisions. > I'm not saying that they are literally paying for influence; I don't > believe that either you or the Director would stand for that. > > What I'm saying is that - by virtue of their wealth and influence in the > industry - they appear to have set the terms of this work & the > surrounding discussion from the outset. > > This is the 'crisis of representation' that was discussed in the article > I linked to in my post. > > The same thing plays out in other organisations; even without 'campaign > donations', the CEO of a billion-dollar company is going to be able to > talk personally with the Prime Minister, and as the founder of a two-man > startup, I'm not. >
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