Expand and clarify the 'personal capacity' aspect of AB/TAG participation #191
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…tion This change separates the 'personal capacity' statements in the AB/TAG Participation section from the statement about delegation of seats, and also spells out the three scenarios for AB/TAG participation via election and appointment and how 'personal capacity' differs from the stated affiliations of participants.
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| are expected to participate regularly and fully. Advisory Board and TAG participants <em class="rfc2119">should</em> | |||
| attend <a href="#ACMeetings">Advisory Committee meetings</a>.</p> | |||
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| <p>Individuals elected to the Advisory Board act in their personal capacity on the Board, in spite | |||
| of being Member representatives, and in spite of any parallel involvement in other W3C activities as Member | |||
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I like the direction of this change. I would prefer wording like "rather than representing the member who nimonated them", and being more explicit about acting in the interests of the Consortium/Web...
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Thanks, I'll make another round of improvements. The current version also doesn't contemplate Invited Experts being on the AB, but of course they can be (and we have one now!) so I need to work that into the text as well. That will simplify it a bit. |
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Actually I think if the text is clear that AB/TAG are not representing an employer or nominating member, but the organisation as a whole, we cover IEs and member employees. Although if you decide it is clearer eplicitly separating the cases, I am not going to argue very hard against it :) |
Simplify wording and ensure that Invited Experts on the AB are not accidentally left out of the text.
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This looks good to me. I think you could combine the two paragraphs with "TAG or AB", but I am not sure if it is necessary. (My own preference is to get the document smaller, but that sometimes makes it harder to be clear. I'll leave it to the editor...) |
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| <p>Individuals elected or appointed to the TAG act in their personal capacity in the TAG, to serve the needs of the | ||
| W3C membership as a whole, and the Web community. If they are Member representatives or Invited Experts, their | ||
| activities in those roles are separate and distinct from their activities in the TAG.</p> | ||
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These two paragraphs are almost identical. I suggest merging:
Individuals elected or appointed to the TAG or the Advisory Board act in
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distinct from their activities on the TAG or the Advisory Board.
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I tried that, but there are no appointments to the AB, so 'elected or appointed to the TAG or AB' is technically incorrect. To correct that, it would have to be "elected to the AB, or elected or appointed to the TAG", which is cumbersome. |
so "or appointed to' applies to a null set of cases unless we change the way the AB members are determined. However it is still logically true. On that basis I think it's OK to say it... |
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Fair enough. Will update the PR later today. |
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LGTM |
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LGTM3 |
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This change separates the 'personal capacity' statements in the AB/TAG Participation section from the statement about delegation of seats, and also spells out the three scenarios for AB/TAG participation via election and appointment and how 'personal capacity' differs from the stated affiliations of participants.