(Fwd) 2025 Process Document operational

Dear W3C Process Community Group members,

For your information, the 2025 Process Document is now in effect as of 
18 August 2025. Additional information is available in the W3C homepage 
news item:
https://www.w3.org/news/2025/w3c-updates-its-process-document/

Kind regards,
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:  2025 Process Document operational
Date:  Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:04:50 +0800
From:  Xueyuan Jia <xueyuan@w3.org>
To:  w3c-ac-members@w3.org


Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
[This announcement will be sent to Chairs, AB, TAG]

Further to the 24 June 2025 call for review [1], W3C is pleased to 
announce the approval of the 2025 Process Document, effective immediately.

   W3C Process Document
   18 August 2025
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/

The document was reviewed by the W3C Membership and concluded [2] with 
23 votes in support. Editorial changes were made as a result of AC 
Review comments [3].

As a reminder, the new W3C Process Document was presented at the last AC 
meeting, including how it affects the Advisory Committee [4,5].

Changes affecting the Advisory Committee from the new Process Document 
have been implemented:

- Operational impact of proposed Process 2025 change for Good Standing
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2025JulSep/0009.html

- Advisory Committee representative may formally request that the 
Technical Strategy Team initiate charter refinement
https://www.w3.org/guide/process/charter.html#charter-refinement

This announcement follows section 5.7.2 "Determining the W3C Decision" 
and section 10 "Process Evolution" of the W3C Process Document:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#ACReviewAfter
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#GAProcess

Thank you,

For Ralph Swick, COO
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications

[1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2025AprJun/0067.html
[2] https://www.w3.org/wbs/33280/Process-2025/results/
[3] 
https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fpolicies%2Fprocess%2Fdrafts%2Fsnapshots%2F2025-06&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fpolicies%2Fprocess%2F20250818%2F
[4] https://www.w3.org/2025/Talks/AC/process-cg-update/#for-ac1
[5] https://www.w3.org/2025/04/AC/talk/process-cg-update#talk