Fwd: 2021 Process Document operational

> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org>
> Subject: 2021 Process Document operational
> Date: 2November, 2021 at 04:57:27 PDT
> To: W3C Members <w3c-ac-forum@w3.org>
> Cc: chairs@w3.org, "ab@w3.org Board" <ab@w3.org>, tag@w3.org
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> 
> Dear Advisory Committee representative,
> Chairs, AB, Technical Architecture Group,
> 
> Further to the 23 July 2021 call for review [1], I am pleased to announce the approval of the 2021 Process Document. 
> 
>  World Wide Web Consortium Process Document
>  2 November 2021
>  https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/
> 
>  Editors:
>  Elika J. Etemad / fantasai (Invited Expert) 
>  Florian Rivoal (Invited Expert)
> 
> This document takes effect today, 2 November 2021. 
> Groups may publish under the new Process beginning 2 November 2021; infrastructure changes are being deployed. The W3C Process Document approved in 2020 is now superseded.
> 
> Major changes include:
> * Registries Track: Introduced a specialized track for maintaining Registries at W3C.
> * W3C Statements: Notes endorsed by W3C as a whole, through an Advisory Committee Review.
> * TAG and AB Publications: The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) and Advisory Board (AB) are now allowed to publish Notes.
> * Track Separation: Recommendations, Notes+Statements, Registries are on separated publication tracks to make it easier to know what the intended end-state of a document might be. 
> * Tooling Policy: Defined guidelines for the tools that groups use for publication and collaboration, to ensure llong-lived access to W3C publications, and to enable access and effective participation by anyone.
> 
> All of the changes since the 15 September 2020 Process Document are documented in the changes section [2].
> A complete disposition of comments is available [3].
> A diff is also available [4].
> 
> Please send comments on the new Process Document as issues in the w3c/w3process GitHub Repository [5], or if you are unable to do so you may send them in email to <public-w3process@w3.org> (publicly archived [6]) or to process-issues@w3.org (Member-only archive [7]).
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> The 2021 Process Document was developed by the W3C Advisory Board working with the Revising W3C Process Community Group. The document was reviewed by the W3C Membership; see below for information about the review.
> 
> Congratulations to the community for their work on this update!
> 
> This announcement follows section 11 ("Process Evolution") of the 2020 Process Document:
>  https://www.w3.org/2020/Process-20200915/#GAProcess
> 
> For Jeff Jaffe, CEO;
> Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications
> 

David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple

singer@apple.com