Removed the 60-day FPWD/CR publishing blackout when new charters propose to continue work, per feedback from the Advisory Committee.
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@@ -1350,13 +1350,6 @@
issue a Call for Participation to the Advisory Committee. Charters <em class="rfc2119">may</em> be amended based on
review comments before the Director issues a Call for Participation. </p>
- <p>If a charter includes deliverables that continue work on a document for which a Reference Draft or
- <a href="#last-call">Candidate Recommendation</a> has previously been published (i.e there has been an
- Exclusion Opportunity per <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy/#sec-exclusion-with">section 4.1</a>
- of the <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy">W3C Patent Policy</a>
- [<a href="#ref-patentpolicy">PUB33</a>]), the Director <em class="rfc2119">must not</em> issue a Call for Participation
- less than 60 days after the beginning of the Advisory Committee Review of the charter.</p>
-
<p>For a new group, this announcement officially creates the group. The announcement <em class="rfc2119">must</em>
include a reference to the <a href="#WGCharter">charter</a>, the name(s) of the group's
<a href="#GeneralChairs">Chair(s)</a>, and the name(s) of the <a href="#TeamContact">Team Contact(s)</a>.</p>
@@ -1451,10 +1444,6 @@
the <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy">W3C Patent Policy</a> [<a href="#ref-patentpolicy">PUB33</a>],
this potentially means that exclusions can only be made immediately on joining a Working Group.</p>
- <p>The Director <em class="rfc2119">must not</em> issue a call for participation less than 60 days after the beginning of
- an Advisory Committee Review for a charter that continues work on a document that has had a Reference Draft or
- Candidate Recommendation published.</p>
-
<p id="ig-charter-participation">An Interest Group charter <em class="rfc2119">may</em> include provisions regarding
participation, including specifying that the <dfn id="ig-mail-only">only requirement for participation (by anyone) in
the Interest Group is subscription to the Interest Group mailing list</dfn>. This type of Interest Group