- From: Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:40:01 +0200
- To: timeless <timeless@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-w3process <public-w3process@w3.org>
Hi Josh, Thanks for the comments! I'll look to see how this can be improved. Coralie On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:08:36 +0200, timeless <timeless@gmail.com> wrote: > Normal members can easily visit the W3 home page [1], scroll to the > bottom, and click Member-only Home [2]. Helpless souls can click Get > Member Account [3]. That [3] has a link to Participate [4]. > > That page you actually want (W3C » Participate » Groups » > Instructions for non-Members (Invited Experts) [5]) isn't obviously > reachable from the top of Participate [4]. > > If you manage to get to (W3C » Participate » Groups [6]), it's linked > from a right-sidebar under How to join * Member Employees * Invited > Experts [5] > > Alternatively, from [4], if you jump to the bottom: >> Questions About Participation? [7] >> Please consult the W3C Participation FAQ for answers to questions such >> as: >> Can I participate "as an individual" in a W3C Group? > > sort of works. > >> From Participate [4], at the bottom, Public Accounts * My Account [8] > will take you to your account... > > But you can't get from there to a dbwg view [9]. In fact, I can't find > any particularly good way to get to a dbwg view as an IE. One thing I > long for is to get to my account [8] from dbwg [9] as well as the > reverse. > > If you're an IE, and you somehow manage to get to a dbwg view [9], WBS > [10] takes you to an error page. > > Also, if you as an IE have been invited to finalize joining [11], > those items don't show up your your profile [8]. I'm told this might > be fixable... > > The other fairly stale edge as an IE is FAQ | Community and Business > Groups [12]: > >> Prior to Community Groups, W3C did not maintain affiliation information >> for Invited Experts; >> those accounts are simply noted as being non-Member accounts. >> However, for Community Groups, in the interest of transparency about >> the source of contributions to a Specification, >> we are requiring people with Invited Expert accounts to update their >> affiliation information. >> In the near future, > ** near future ** >> people will be able to update their accounts themselves (and maintain >> accurate information as affiliations change). >> However, as of the August 2011 launch, we do not have that tool in >> place and so the W3C staff is processing affiliation changes. >> There may be a delay of at most 1 day before your request is processed. > > The launch was 4 years ago... > > Anyway, if someone could please add me as an IE to all the places > where I'm a CG member (e.g. here), I'd appreciate it :) > > > [1] http://www.w3.org/ > [2] http://www.w3.org/Member/ > [3] https://www.w3.org/accounts/request > [4] http://www.w3.org/participate/ > [5] http://www.w3.org/2004/08/invexp > [6] https://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities > [7] www.w3.org/participate/faq > [8] https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile > [9] > https://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=43696&public=1&order=org > [10] https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/ > [11] https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/.../join > [12] > https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#i-am-already-an-invited-expert-in-a-working-group-why-do-i-need-to-update-my-account > -- Coralie Mercier - W3C Marketing & Communications - http://www.w3.org mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/
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