- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 22:08:02 +1000
- To: Marc Fawzi <marc.fawzi@gmail.com>
- Cc: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@gmail.com>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>, "www-archive@w3.org" <www-archive@w3.org>
On 1 Jul 2014, at 3:34 pm, Marc Fawzi <marc.fawzi@gmail.com> wrote: > As a user of many web standards, and a reader of this list, the deeper question is why the election of members isn't open to all members of the web development community. It feels a little _old school_ to have members elected by anyone other than the people who do the actual work of building the web. > > I don't doubt that it's very naive, but it's a question that might as well be asked... since "voting" and membership has been brought up. Personally, I think it’s a very topical question, but one without an easy answer. Membership fundamentally defines the nature of the W3C; this is oft-discussed. To their credit, the W3C team and management have made many efforts to improve things over the year and counterbalance the effect of Members; more will hopefully be forthcoming. Cheers, -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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