For your information: Fwd: VOTE by 2023-05-24/25: Proposed W3C Process 2023

Dear Members of the W3C Process Community Group, 

For your information, Process 2023 is under review (vote) by the W3C Advisory Committee until May 24/25. 

 Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications

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> From: Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org>
> Subject: VOTE by 2023-05-24/25: Proposed W3C Process 2023
> Date: 12 April 2023 at 15:44:10 CEST
> To: W3C Members <w3c-ac-members@w3.org>
> Message-Id: <EA2C49BC-1F58-4B42-B36B-21C8A02FAA8E@w3.org>
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> Dear Advisory Committee representative,
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> The Advisory Board (AB) is pleased to propose W3C Process 2023:
>  https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/snapshots/2023-04
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> Please indicate whether you endorse it as operative Process Document, or object to its advancement, via this form:
>  https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/33280/Process-2023/
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> The deadline for responses is 03:59 UTC on 2023-05-25 (23:59, Boston time on 2023-05-24).
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> This revision of the Process is not meant to be the final answer to all relevant questions. We do anticipate continued discussions will raise additional desirable improvements, and that we will continue to improve. The question put to the Advisory Committee is therefore not whether this document is perfect, but whether it is enough of a step forward, without any major regression, that we can take that step and then continue to iterate.
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> The primary focus of this cycle has been the “director-free” set of adjustements, aiming to remove the Process dependency on the Founding Director Tim Berners-Lee, and to rebalance those responsibilities onto other parts of W3C better suited for this next Member-led phase of W3C.
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> The most notable of these changes is the handling of Formal Objections (FO), which this update assigns to a W3C Council, combining the AB, TAG (Technical Architecture Group), and CEO to find the best way forward when consensus eludes us. We have been practicing this Council process under delegation from the Director, and evolving the corresponding Process proposal in response to those experiences over the past couple of years, and the AB and Process Community Group feel ready, with your approval, to roll it out. You can read about the design of the Council in:
>  FO section of the draft Process: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/snapshots/2023-04#addressing-fo
>  FO Council guide: https://www.w3.org/Guide/council/council
>  Council design FAQ: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/snapshots/2023-04-faq#q1
>  Experimental Council reports: https://beta.w3.org/about/council/
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> Several of the Director's other responsibilities have been reassigned to the Team, with additional guidance and restrictions compared to what the Director could do. These are documented in:
>  Changes list: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/snapshots/2023-04#dirfree-changes
>  Director-free FAQ: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/drafts/snapshots/2023-04-faq#q4
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> As part of this update we have tightened up the definitions around filing objections, what constitutes an editorial change for non-REC-track documents, and what are the acceptable outcomes to AC Review inputs.
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> This revision also adjusted the Process to match the new reality of a standalone W3C, as opposed to the previous Hosted model, though the impacts of that are very limited on the Process itself.
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> An exhaustive disposition of comments is available, including comments about issues that were closed in a way that does not satisfy the person who reported them:
>  https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/issues-20211102
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> SUMMARY OF 2023 PROPOSED PROCESS MATERIALS:
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> Process draft:
>  https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/snapshots/2023-04
> Changes list:
>  https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/snapshots/2023-04#changes
> Diff (against Process 2021):
> https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FConsortium%2FProcess%2FDrafts%2Fsnapshots%2F2023-04
> Design considerations FAQ:
>  https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/snapshots/2023-04-faq
> Council guide:
>  https://www.w3.org/Guide/council/council
> Disposition of comments
>  https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Drafts/issues-20211102
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> Thank you,
> 
> For the W3C Advisory Board,
> Elika Etemad, Editor, W3C Process Document,
> Florian Rivoal, Editor, W3C Process Document;
> Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications

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Coralie Mercier  -  Head of W3C Marketing & Communications 
mailto:coralie@w3.org - https://www.w3.org/People/Coralie/

Received on Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:50:07 UTC