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the <a href="/2002/ab/">W3C Advisory Board</a> and the <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">Revising
W3C Process Community Group</a> and adopted as the currently operative
Process. </p>
- <p>In <em>this draft</em>, there is a loosening of the restriction that if
- a TAG member is employed by a company who already employ a TAG member, one
- of them must resign. A <a href="#changes">change history</a> compared to
- the 2014 Process Document forms part of the draft.</p>
+ <p>In <em>this draft</em>, there is a loosening of restrictions on TAG
+ membership, and the "W3C Chair" has been changed to "CEO" (to match the
+ reality of the last dozen years). A <a href="#changes">change history</a>
+ (compared to the 2014 Process Document) forms part of the draft.</p>
<p>During the rest of 2014 the document will be developed in preparation for
adopting a revised process in 2015.</p>
<p>Public comment is invited on the draft. Please send comments about this
@@ -595,9 +595,8 @@
<h5>2.1.3.2 <a id="ACMeetings">Advisory Committee Meetings</a></h5>
<p>The Team organizes a <a href="#ftf-meeting">face-to-face meeting</a>
for the Advisory Committee <span class="time-interval">twice a year</span>.
- The Team appoints the Chair of these meetings (generally the <a href="#def-W3CChair">W3C
- Chair</a> or <a href="#def-COO">Chief Operating Officer</a>). At each
- Advisory Committee meeting, the Team <span class="rfc2119">SHOULD</span>
+ The Team appoints the Chair of these meetings (generally the <a href="#def-W3CChair">CEO</a>).
+ At each Advisory Committee meeting, the Team <span class="rfc2119">SHOULD</span>
provide an update to the Advisory Committee about:</p>
<dl>
<dt><em>Resources</em></dt>
@@ -638,30 +637,28 @@
meetings</a> [<a href="#ref-ac-meetings">MEM5</a>] is available at the
Member Web site.</p>
<h3>2.2 <a id="Team">The W3C Team</a></h3>
- <p>The Team consists of the W3C paid staff, unpaid interns, and W3C
- Fellows. <a id="fellows">W3C Fellows</a> are Member employees working
- as part of the Team; see the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Recruitment/Fellows">W3C
- Fellows Program</a> [<a href="#ref-fellows">PUB32</a>]. The Team
- provides technical leadership about Web technologies, organizes and
- manages W3C activities to reach goals within practical constraints (such
- as resources available), and communicates with the Members and the
- public about the Web and W3C technologies.</p>
- <p>The Team is led by the Director, W3C Chair, and Chief Operating
- Officer. These individuals <span class="rfc2119">MAY</span> delegate
+ <p>The Team consists of the <a id="def-Director">Director</a>, <a id="def-W3CChair">CEO</a>,
+ W3C paid staff, unpaid interns, and W3C Fellows. <a id="fellows">W3C
+ Fellows</a> are Member employees working as part of the Team; see the
+ <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Recruitment/Fellows">W3C Fellows
+ Program</a> [<a href="#ref-fellows">PUB32</a>]. The Team provides
+ technical leadership about Web technologies, organizes and manages W3C
+ activities to reach goals within practical constraints (such as
+ resources available), and communicates with the Members and the public
+ about the Web and W3C technologies.</p>
+ <p>The Director and CEO <span class="rfc2119">MAY</span> delegate
responsibility (generally to other individuals in the Team) for any of
their roles described in this document.</p>
- <p>The <a id="def-Director">Director</a> is the lead technical architect
- at W3C and as such, is responsible for assessing <a href="#def-Consensus"
- id="DirectorDecision">consensus</a> within W3C for architectural
- choices, publication of <a href="#Reports">technical reports</a>, and
- new activities. The Director appoints group <a href="#GeneralChairs">Chairs</a>
+ <p>The is the lead technical architect at W3C and as such, is
+ responsible for assessing <a href="#def-Consensus" id="DirectorDecision">consensus</a>
+ within W3C for architectural choices, publication of <a href="#Reports">technical
+ reports</a>, and new activities. The Director appoints group <a href="#GeneralChairs">Chairs</a>
and has the role of "tie-breaker" for questions of <a href="#good-standing">Good
Standing</a> in a Working Group or <a href="#WGAppeals">appeal of a
Working Group decision</a>. The Director is generally Chair of the <a
href="#TAG">TAG</a>.</p>
- <p>The <a id="def-W3CChair">W3C Chair</a> leads Member relations, and <a
- href="#Liaisons">liaisons</a> with other organizations, governments,
- and the public.</p>
+ <p>The leads Member relations, and <a href="#Liaisons">liaisons</a>
+ with other organizations, governments, and the public.</p>
<p>The <a id="def-COO">Chief Operating Officer</a> (<abbr>COO</abbr>)
leads the operation of W3C as an organization: a collection of people, <a
href="#hosts">Host institutions</a>, and processes.</p>
@@ -718,7 +715,7 @@
<h4>2.3.1 <a id="ABParticipation">Advisory Board Participation</a></h4>
<p>The Advisory Board consists of nine elected participants and a Chair.
The Team appoints the Chair of the <a href="#AB">Advisory Board</a>,
- who is generally the <a href="#def-W3CChair">W3C Chair</a>.</p>
+ who is generally the <a href="#def-W3CChair">CEO</a>.</p>
<p>The remaining nine Advisory Board participants are elected by the W3C
Advisory Committee following the <a href="#AB-TAG-elections">AB/TAG
nomination and election process</a>.</p>
@@ -1095,9 +1092,8 @@
others (e.g., another W3C group, a group in another organization, or the
general public). Decisions <span class="rfc2119">MAY</span> be made
during meetings (<a href="#ftf-meeting">face-to-face</a> or <a href="#distributed-meeting">distributed</a>)
- as well as through email. <strong>Note:</strong> The Director, W3C
- Chair, and COO have the role of assessing consensus within the Advisory
- Committee.</p>
+ as well as through email. <strong>Note:</strong> The Director, CEO, and
+ COO have the role of assessing consensus within the Advisory Committee.</p>
<p>The following terms are used in this document to describe the level of
support for a decision among a set of eligible individuals:</p>
<ol>
@@ -3251,7 +3247,13 @@
<p>This document is based on 1 August 2014 Process. <a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/">Detailed
change logs</a> are available.</p>
<p>The notable changes include:</p>
- <h3><span style="color: black;">Current Editor's draft</span></h3>
+ <h3>Current Editor's draft</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Loosen requirement on multiple employees of one member on TAG -
+ section 2.5.1</li>
+ <li>Replace "W3C Chair" with "CEO"</li>
+ </ul>
+ <h3>Previous Editor's drafts</h3>
<ul>
<li>Remove section <span id="three-month-rule">6.2.7 "Heartbeat"
publishing requirement</span></li>