Added new date, made change for TAG restriction in 2.5.1 - relates to issue-133
--- a/cover.html Wed Oct 22 00:56:18 2014 +0200
+++ b/cover.html Tue Dec 16 14:33:20 2014 +0300
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
<div class="head"><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home"
height="48" width="72"></a>
<h1>W3C Draft Process Document</h1>
- <h2 class="notoc">21 Otober 2014 Editor's Draft</h2>
+ <h2 class="notoc">16 December 2014 Editor's Draft</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Latest Editor's version:</dt>
<dd> <a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/default/cover.html">https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/default/cover.html</a></dd>
@@ -63,15 +63,16 @@
<h2 class="notoc"><a id="status">Status of this Document</a></h2>
<p>W3C, including all existing chartered groups, follows the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/">most
recent operative Process Document</a> announced to the Membership.</p>
- <p>This is the 21 October 2014 Editor's draft for the proposed next version
- of the W3C Process Document. This document is based on 30 September review
- draft, itself based on the 1 August 2014 Process, developed between the <a
- href="/2002/ab/">W3C Advisory Board</a> and the <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">Revising
+ <p>This is the 16 December 2014 Editor's draft for the proposed next version
+ of the W3C Process Document. This document is based on the 30 September
+ review draft, itself based on the 1 August 2014 Process, developed between
+ 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>, Section 6.2.7 "Heartbeat" requirement has been
- removed. 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 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>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
@@ -825,18 +826,21 @@
order to ensure that the diversity of W3C Members is represented:</p>
<ul>
<li>A Member organization is permitted at most one participant on the
- TAG.</li>
+ TAG except when having more than one participant is caused by a change
+ of affiliation of an existing participant. At the completion of the
+ next regularly scheduled election for the TAG, the Member organization
+ MUST have returned to having at most one participant.</li>
<li>A Member organization is permitted at most one participant on the
AB.</li>
<li>An individual <span class="rfc2119">MUST NOT</span> participate on
both the TAG and the AB.</li>
</ul>
<p>If, for whatever reason, these constraints are not satisfied (e.g.,
- because a TAG or AB participant changes jobs), one participant <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span>
- cease TAG or AB participation until the situation has been resolved. If
- after <span class="time-interval">30 days</span> the situation has not
- been resolved, the Chair will declare one participant's seat to be
- vacant. When more than one individual is involved, the <a href="#random">verifiable
+ because an AB participant changes jobs), one participant <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span>
+ cease AB participation until the situation has been resolved. If after <span
+ class="time-interval">30 days</span> the situation has not been
+ resolved, the Chair will declare one participant's seat to be vacant.
+ When more than one individual is involved, the <a href="#random">verifiable
random selection procedure</a> described below will be used to choose
one person for continued participation.</p>
<h4>2.5.2 <a id="AB-TAG-elections">Advisory Board and Technical