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       <h5 id="MemberConsortia">2.1.2.1 Membership Consortia</h5>
 
-      <p>If the Member is itself a consortium, user society, or otherwise has members or sponsors, as described in paragraph 5g of
-        the <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Agreement/Member-Agreement">Membership Agreement</a> and hereafter called a 
-        "<dfn>Member Consortium</dfn>" the rights and privileges of W3C Membership granted by W3C Process extend to the the
-        organization's paid staff and Advisory Committee representative.</p>
+      <p>A "Member Consortium" means a consortium, user society, or association of two or more individuals, companies,
+        organizations or governments, or any combination of these entities which has the purpose of participating in a
+        common activity or pooling resources to achieve a common goal other than participation in, or achieving certain goals in,
+        W3C. A joint-stock corporation or similar entity is not a "Member Consortium" merely because it has shareholders or
+        stockholders.  If it is not clear whether a prospective Member qualifies as a Member Consortium, the Director may
+        reasonably make the determination. For a Member Consortium, the rights and privileges of W3C Membership described in the
+        W3C Process Document extend to the Member Consortium's officers and staff, including their 
+        Advisory Committee representative.</p>
 
       <p>Member Consortia <em class="rfc2119">may</em> also designate up to four (or more at the Team's discretion) individuals
         who, though not employed by the organization, <em class="rfc2119">may</em> exercise the rights of