Media Advisory: First Board of Directors to initiate critical functions of W3C, Inc.

Dear friends of W3C,

Today, W3C is pleased to announce elections to its initial Board of Directors (Board) as the governing body of the W3C public-interest non-profit organization.

11 members are seated on the initial Board: 7 voting seats elected by the W3C Membership to bring a diverse multi-stakeholder perspective from the W3C Membership, and 4 voting seats representing the current Hosts institutions to ensure a global focus in the organization.

The following 7 people have been elected by W3C Membership to the initial Board: Robin Berjon, Koichi Moriyama, Mark Nottingham, David Singer, Eric Siow, Léonie Watson and Hongru (Judy) Zhu.

They will join representatives from our current Host institutions (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; ERCIM, France; Keio University, Japan and Beihang University, China). The Host representatives on the Board will be announced shortly.

As Founding Director, Tim Berners-Lee will act as a non-voting, honorary, permanent Board member. Two additional seats will be filled by the Board to provide critical diversity, skill, or multi-stakeholder needs in the Board.

All Board terms are for two years, starting 1 October 2022 until 30 September 2024.

The W3C Board of Directors will be the governing body of the Consortium, have ultimate authority on its strategic direction, have a legal obligation to ensure that W3C implements its mission to lead the Web to its full potential, and have fiduciary responsibility over W3C as a whole. Learn more about the W3C Board of Directors Responsibilities.

Electing a Board of Directors is the latest step in the Web Consortium’s transition to a legal entity  and will put governance at the center of the new organization to achieve clearer reporting, accountability, greater diversity and strategic direction, better global coordination.  The launch of W3C as a new legal entity in January 2023 preserves the core mission of the Consortium to shepherd the web by developing open standards with contributions from W3C Members, staff, and the international community.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any quesitons or would like to schedule an interview at <w3t-pr@w3.org>.

Thank you.

best,
Amy van der Hiel
W3C Media Relations Coordinator


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Amy van der Hiel
W3C Media Relations Coordinator
W3C/MIT
32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA USA
email: amy@w3.org
phone: +16172535628
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Received on Friday, 23 September 2022 14:44:42 UTC