Re: Applied invited experts

It may be partly my fault.  I may have gotten lost and could have been
misdirecting people to the wrong step.  If I did that, I apologize.

Regardless, would be good to correct.

Ben writes:

> I followed http://www.w3.org/wiki/Socialwg#How_to_participate and had
> little trouble with the process.  It is one of the first things on the
> front page of the WG wiki.
>
> Ben.
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Christopher Allan Webber
> <cwebber@dustycloud.org> wrote:
>> Sandro Hawke writes:
>>
>>> On 12/12/2015 10:46 AM, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
>>>> Jason Robinson writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> We have four people in the "Applied for Membership" section in the wiki
>>>>> (https://www.w3.org/Social/WG#Applied_for_Membership).
>>>>>
>>>>>   From my part, I would really encourage inviting especially Michael
>>>>> Vogel of Friendica and Frank Karlitschek of ownCloud. Is there a process
>>>>> that the WG follows regarding timetable to process applicants?
>>>> Seconded.
>>>
>>> I just looked at the four entries.  One (Rene) was accepted some time
>>> ago; I removed that entry.  One (Tibor) is confusing; it's more than a
>>> year old, and I can't find a record of what happened with it.
>>> Hopefully one of the chairs can.   The other two (Frank and Michael) do
>>> not appear to have filed applications.  I've added a note to this effect
>>> and asked that submission dates be put there so it's easier to
>>> cross-check in the future.    (The application software is ancient and
>>> annoying, but I haven't seen it drop anything yet.)
>>>
>>>        -- Sandro
>>
>> Figuring out how to apply is confusing from that page.  I don't even
>> remember what I did.  I guess it's the process at the top of this:
>>
>>   http://www.w3.org/2004/08/invexp.html
>>
>> ... but that isn't on the wiki, in either of the places invited experts
>> are listed.  I suspect people are adding themselves to the wiki and
>> assuming that's all they have to do.
>>
>> Is there any intentional reason there aren't specific instructions on
>> that page?  Should I update with that link?  Or is there another link I
>> should put on there?
>>
>>  - Chris
>>

Received on Monday, 14 December 2015 21:32:13 UTC