Re: What about CGs? re Reminder of Patent Policy for Non-member Contributions

On Oct 3, 2013, at 11:06 AM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com> wrote:

> On 10/3/13 10:47 AM, ext Ian Jacobs wrote:
>> On Oct 3, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com> wrote:
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>>> On 10/3/13 9:23 AM, ext Ian Jacobs wrote:
>>>> On Oct 3, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> it is by design that CGs do not set expectations for airtight record-keeping, just good enough record keeping.
>>> It seems like what you say above contradicts with this requirement:
>>>>> [[
>>>>> <http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> * the history of Contributions (as defined under the CLA)mustbe
>>>>>   archived permanently on the W3C Web site.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ]]
>> We want to be able to track the source of contributions. We also recognized when we drafted the policy that the cost of tracking word levels to a perfect granularity would be very high. Therefore we are relying on groups archiving their work, and when needed, we will scour it to find the source of contributions.
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>>> Who is responsible for making sure this requirement is met?
>> The Chair [1]:
>> 
>>  "Each Community Group must have at least one Chair who is responsible for ensuring the group fulfills the requirements of this document as well as the group’s operational agreements."
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> OK, so you convinced me all CG Chairs should receive a similar Reminder.

I am working on improving the CG experience. One idea is that when chairs are selected, they receive a welcome message. This message could include or point to this sort of information (e.g., "Getting started" guide).

Would that work for you?

Ian

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> I created [Action-11] for this.
> 
> -Thanks, AB
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> [Action-11] <https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/actions/11>
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