Close of Initial Review Period, W3C Process2015

On March 6th, you were asked [1] to review the current draft of Process2015 [2] and respond by 31 March. That Review officially closes today, but comments received by the end of this week will be considered.

[1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2015JanMar/0044.html
[2] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/68f2be460152/cover.html<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/default/cover.html<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/68f2be460152/cover.html%3chttps:/dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/default/cover.html>>

Comments should be sent to public-w3process@w3.org
<mailto:public-w3process@w3.org> and may be copied to any list you think
relevant to the comment. There is a diff document showing changes from Process2014 at:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3process/2015Mar/att-0024/DiffProcess2015.html

A number of comments have been received to date. Some of the key comments are at:

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-forum/2015JanMar/0088.html
begins a discussion of restructuring and/or re-examing the TAG both in terms of its structure and scope of work. Also useful is
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-forum/2015JanMar/0101.html

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3process/2015Mar/0023.html
has a number of editorial comments and introduces (Comment 9) the topic of fixing up "bugs" in the Appeal process. The Process Document Task Force has viewed this as too big a topic to do piecemeal and proposes this be a discussion topic for Process 2016.

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3process/2015Mar/0068.html
raises two issues: (1) whether the Chair of the AB or TAG can ask a member to resign without having a cause for that request and (2) whether there is an inconsistency between sections 2.5.3 and 3.4 on requirements for voting rules in charters.

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3process/2015Mar/0063.html
expands on a discussion of rules for Charter Extensions.

There is also one open issue, Issue-152, which has a note in the Document [2 above]
https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/152

Steve Zilles
Chair, Process Document Task Force