- From: Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG <rscano@iwa-italy.org>
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:08:59 +0100
- To: <gdeering@acslink.net.au>, "Joe Clark" <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Cc: "WAI-GL" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Deering" <gdeering@acslink.net.au> To: "Joe Clark" <joeclark@joeclark.org> Cc: "WAI-GL" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 3:11 AM Subject: Re: Participation in good standing I can't get on this list even though I am trying to make a contribution, yet I know others on this list I sincerely doubt are fulfilling anywhere near these requirements. I'm not trying to make an issue, just a point. As an independant developer, I would have to pay the cost of so many international phone calls to participate. I don't mind the WAI-GL participants structure, but if it becomes more and more difficult to contribute then I can probably better invest my energies elsewhere, and you'll tend to find those of us, who are independant developers, who have a unique perspective on these issues, will just drop away. Roberto Scano: I wanna remember to all that all the working group are organized by a Charter that follow the guideline of the W3C Process Document that the AC Representative (i'm also the AC Representative for IWA/HWG), that represent the W3C Member, has approved and has been updated on 18th June 2003 [1] and there are some news about the member and non-member partecipation that must be updated inside the Charter of the working group [2] (this is also because the charter of this working group is under re-chartering). "There are four types of participants in a Working Group: the Chair, Member representatives, invited experts, and Team representatives (including the Team Contact)." Read point 6.2.1.3: Invited Expert in a Working Group "The Chair MAY invite an individual with a particular expertise to participate in a Working Group. This individual MAY represent an organization in the group (e.g., if acting as a liaison with another organization)." MAY is in CAPS put not by me but by the document editor, and the MAY must also follow the requirements put in the 6.2.1.3 paragraph. For close the discussion, the document clear explain what means Member in Good Standing [3] and what are the requirements of the charter [4]. Hope this helps to clarify. I agree with Geoff Deering that teleconferences and F2F are expensive for non-USA people and I think that in the future W3C AB must propose the change of the meeting mode (eg: using IP phonecall, etc.). Roberto Scano (rscano@iwa-italy.org) IWA/HWG International Project Manager and EMEA Coordinator International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild W3C Advisory Commitee Representative for IWA/HWG W3C WCAG Working Group Member - W3C ATAG Working Group Member http://www.iwanet.org - http://www.hwg.org E-Mail: emea@iwanet.org - w3c-rep@iwanet.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/ [2] http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/groups.html#group-participation [3] http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/groups.html#good-standing [4] http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/groups.html#WGCharter
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