#social 2023-09-21

2023-09-21 UTC
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capjamesg Hello everyone! We have written up some FAQs that cover questions about the CG and the WG. I would love feedback on what questions have come up about the work we do so I can document them!
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capjamesg https://www.w3.org/wiki/SocialCG/FAQ
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capjamesg Wiki edit access is limited but I am happy to collaborate on changes with everyone.
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capjamesg Thus far we address questions like who can participate in the CG/a prospective WG, what powers the CG has to amend standards, and more.
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tantek capjamesg, these look reasonably good. the "What is a Working Group" would be better answered by first linking to the W3C Process, and then noting it is composed of Members who decide to join, one or more (co-)chairs appointed by the W3C Team (usually with strong input from the community which the Team typically follows), and then Invited Experts that the Chair(s) agree (reach consensus) to invite typically based on some sort of open & reasonable[CUT]
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tantek that is, it's not accurate to list (and thus emphasize) Invited Experts first in the description here https://www.w3.org/wiki/SocialCG/FAQ#What_is_a_Working_Group.3F
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capjamesg Thank you for the feedback!
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capjamesg I have amended the page!
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tantek Much better.
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tantek This isn't strictly accurate: "When the WG has completed its scope, the group is closed." in many ways
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tantek In practice most WGs stay open to do maintenance on specs, especially these days.
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tantek WGs are typically closed for other reasons these days, like lack of interest in participation, or in particular, lack of Member support for charter renewal
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tantek anyway I would just drop "When the WG has completed its scope, the group is closed." as it doesn't really add anything helpful to the summary FAQ
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capjamesg Done!
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tantek much better. I noticed a dangling clause with "implementers of standards relevant to a group, and"
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tantek very last line of the "What is a Working Group?" section
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capjamesg Fixed.
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capjamesg tantek++
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