OK, so here is a proposal to resolve the issue. We should replace the text between the section 2.2 heading, and the section 2.2.1 heading (Team submissions) with the following:
 
[[[
The Team consists of the Director, CEO, W3C paid staff, interns, and W3C Fellows (see the W3C Fellows Program [PUB32]). The Director MAY delegate responsibility (generally to other individuals in the Team) for any of his roles described in this document.

Team administrative information such as Team salaries, detailed budgeting, and other business decisions are Team-only, subject to oversight by the Host institutions.

W3C is not incorporated. For legal contracts, W3C is represented by its "Host" institutions, according to a set of joint sponsorship contracts.
]]]
 
Notes:
 
The Team, and The Director, are the people in the Process with formal responsibility for doing things, so it seems that clarifying that the Director can delegate those responsibilities is sufficient to make the process match reality.
 
The CEO does not have a formal role in the Process - indeed, is not even mentioned, although various roles assigned to the W3C Chair are obvious things the CEO has been doing.
 
In particular, "The Director, W3C Chair, and COO have the role of assessing consensus within the Advisory Committee". - Section 3.3, para 1
 
This is the only formal responsibility of the W3C chair, although there is also a statement that that the W3C chair is "generally" chair of the AB (historically that is nonsense) and along with the COO generally chairs the AC meeting.
 
There is also a statement in the current section 2.2 that "The W3C Chair leads Member relations, and liaisons with other organizations, governments, and the public". Which is what CEO's generally do, but doesn't actually specify particular tasks.
 
I think (as per issue 145) we should try and remove the general statements about the W3C chair and COO where possible, since they are effectively management details of the Team, and the Team governs itself.
 
cheers
 
11.11.2014, 19:51, "Stephen Zilles" <szilles@adobe.com>:

Since W3C is referenced in the Process Document, there should be a description/definition of W3C in the Process Document. There is currently a Note in section 2.2. There has been discussion of whether the Note should remain. I believe the current consensus is that some description of what W3C is is needed, in particular because the W3C is not an incorporated organization. W3C was established by contracts among a set of Host institutions. It has been noted that because the list of Host institutions changes over time (albeit slowly, one change in the last 15 years), the set of Host Institutions should not necessarily be listed in the Process Document.

 

There is a Web Page on the Public Site that, among other things, lists the Host institutions. This is:

http://www.w3.org/Consortium/facts.html#org

 

Perhaps having a link to this page within a revision of the Note in 2.2 (and removing the “Note”) such as,

““W3C is not incorporated. For legal contracts, W3C is represented by a set of "Host" institutions. Within W3C, the Host institutions are governed by joint sponsorship contracts; the Hosts themselves are not W3C Members.”

would suffice.

 

Steve Z

 
 
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