On 2025/03/22 19:47, Marco Neumann wrote: > On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org> wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 10:37 Marco Neumann > <marco.neumann@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Now, and this may go beyond the thread but while reading a bit > more about the current and former W3C recommendation process, > I noticed that the W3C director can decide a process decision > or community opinion (even though it implies that a consensus > has been reached) and act unilaterally. Is this "presidential" > or somewhat autocratic option still at the W3C director's > disposal? > > > What director? > > https://www.w3.org/about/leadership/ > > https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#decisions > > The process has been directorless for a while (and not to be > confused with the new Delaware nonprofit umbrella org which has > directors). > > Ah, yes, okay. I see I have mixed that up with the Delaware W3C, > Inc. 2023 director status in the USA. > Right. The vocabulary is confusing. "The Director" used to mean Tim Berners Lee, and yes, he used to have some sweeping powers (though he was very restrained in how he used them). He no longer does. "Directors" now mean members of the board of W3C Inc. Directors have responsibility over the management of the corporation, but do not have any decision power whatsoever on the content of Recommendations, Notes, Charters, or other things covered by the W3C Process. —Florian
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