[EMOXG] First draft of a new Charter

Dear all,

still in the middle of the summer, here comes a first draft of a new 
Charter for the second-and-final year as an incubator group. I have 
created it using the W3C Charter generator, and filled in the content in 
a way that I think is in line with what we had agreed in May/June.

Comments on this draft are welcome!

The list of sponsors (initial supporting W3C members) is currently based 
on the feedback I received in spring when asking group members to 
indicate whether and how they would like to continue the work. I am sure 
it is incomplete, so please get back to me if you would like to see your 
institution added. Please note that at this stage, we need support only 
from *W3C members*; we can (re-)invite "Invited Experts" once the group 
is created.

IMPORTANT: For each W3C Member Institution, the AC Representative needs 
to support the sponsorship. If you are unsure whether your institution 
is a W3C member, see [1]; if you don't know who is your AC 
Representative, see [2]. Please *contact your AC Rep* and show them this 
Charter draft -- ask them whether they are happy to support this.

The intention is to formally propose the group in early September, so 
that it would run until September 2008. That seems to be a better idea 
than a group ending in July or August, during which period many people 
will be on holidays.

Best regards, and looking forward to continuing our work together,
Marc

[1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List
[2] http://www.w3.org/Member/ACList (you need a w3c account to access 
this list)



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