Re: Request to Review Web Payments Steering Group Charter

Hi Gerard,

thank you for your comment.

I believe that what you mention is more a use-case than a specific work 
focus. My feeling is that the corresponding work items are 
micro-payments and cross-boundaries/international payments. what do you 
think? I'm happy to mention these topics in the sue-cases section.

best
Stephane
Le 27/05/2014 16:14, Gerard P. Hammarlund a écrit :
> Hell Manu,
>
> What we were trying to say is we like the suggested change to the scope of
> the charter put forth by one of the commenters, which included B2B, B2B2C
> and P2P. We added that we think it would be nice if the P2P would include
> Diaspora payments, meaning, low value, potentially high volume transactions,
> being conducted by a sender in one country back to their home country to
> support their family.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> gph
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manu Sporny [mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com]
> Sent: 27 May 2014 4:01 PM
> To: Gerard P. Hammarlund
> Cc: Stephane Boyera
> Subject: Re: Request to Review Web Payments Steering Group Charter
>
> Hey Gerard, thanks for the input. I'm cc'ing Stephane from the W3C, he's in
> charge of drafting/revising the charter.
>
> I need to clarify a few things with you:
>
> On 05/27/2014 07:18 AM, Gerard P. Hammarlund wrote:
>> Here are out comments:
>
> Make sure to send your comments to:
>
> public-webpaymentsigcharter@w3.org
>
> This way, the entire group that is putting the charter together can see
> them.
>
>> We like the proposed change
>
> Did you mean "proposed change" or "proposed charter"?
>
>> but think it should go one step further to include the Diaspora.
>> Suggestion: "and person-to-person (P2P) transactions including the
>> Diaspora,". This is a very important topic and these new standards
>> could play a very important role in helping the movement of these
>> funds to where they are needed; local communities and businesses.
>
> By "Diaspora" you mean the international remittance market, right? Could you
> please define exactly what you mean by Diaspora in your comments.
> For example, do you mean Diaspora within a non-native nation? Diaspora
> across international boundaries? etc.
>
>> One further point is, we think a clause should be added that outlines
>> how and why this Charter may be amended and what percentage of a vote
>> it will require to amend. Typically, this would be by 2/3rds or 3/4ths
>> of a quorum.
>
> W3C Charters are always developed via a consensus-based multi-stakeholder
> approach. Input is typically given by the W3C membership (392+ companies)
> via the Advisory Committee and the organization always strives to seek
> consensus:
>
> http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Process-20040205/process.html#AC
>
> You can read more about the W3C voting process here:
>
> http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Process-20040205/process.html#ReviewAppeal
>
> All that to say that there is already a well documented and approved W3C
> process in place to modify any W3C charter.
>
> -- manu
>
> --
> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny)
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> blog: The Marathonic Dawn of Web Payments
> http://manu.sporny.org/2014/dawn-of-web-payments/
>

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