From 603f09cabcb43410a2b3cef0031b5af815e47d47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 18:12:04 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 1/9] Consolidate discipline-related text Addresses #418 --- index.bs | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index f969d67f..c35b964c 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -328,12 +328,8 @@ Rights of Members The rights and benefits of W3C membership are contingent upon conformance to the processes described in this document. - The vast majority of W3C Members faithfully follow the spirit as well as the letter of these processes. - When serious and/or repeated violations do occur, - and repeated attempts to address these violations have not resolved the situation, - the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action. - Arbitration in the case of further disagreement is governed by paragraph 19 of the Membership Agreement [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]]. - Refer to the Guidelines for Disciplinary Action [[DISCIPLINARY-GL]]. + Arbitration is governed by paragraph 19 of the Membership Agreement [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]]. + Disciplinary action for anyone participating in W3C activities is described in [[#discipline]].

Member Consortia and Related Members

@@ -986,6 +982,9 @@ General Policies for W3C Groups

Individual Participation Criteria

+

+Expectations and Discipline

+ There are three qualities an individual is expected to demonstrate in order to participate in W3C:
    @@ -1008,10 +1007,14 @@ Individual Participation Criteria “Disclosure” in the W3C Patent Policy [[!PATENT-POLICY]]. - The [=Director=] may suspend or remove for cause - a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]), - where cause includes failure to meet the requirements of this process, - the membership agreement, or applicable laws. + When serious and/or repeated violations do occur, + including failure to meet the requirements of this process, + the membership agreement, or applicable laws, + and repeated attempts to address these violations have not resolved the situation, + the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, + including suspending or removing for cause + a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]). + Refer to the Guidelines for Disciplinary Action [[DISCIPLINARY-GL]].

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    From 03e0822db2121a182ae757704a562dd1c6ae8272 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:42:28 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 2/9] Remove link to obsolote guideline Part of #418 Closes #274 --- index.bs | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index c35b964c..f413255d 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1014,7 +1014,6 @@ Expectations and Discipline the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, including suspending or removing for cause a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]). - Refer to the Guidelines for Disciplinary Action [[DISCIPLINARY-GL]].

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    @@ -5020,11 +5019,6 @@ Changes since earlier versions "title": "How to send a Submission request", "publisher": "W3C" }, - "DISCIPLINARY-GL": { - "href": "https://www.w3.org/2002/09/discipline", - "title": "Guidelines for Disciplinary Action", - "publisher": "W3C" - }, "ELECTION-HOWTO": { "href": "https://www.w3.org/2002/10/election-howto", "title": "How to Organize an Advisory Board or TAG election", From 480b61709c1ed7d245b2fb7fe724272d8d7ac5d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 11:48:53 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] Simplify disciplinary text Describing the escalation process for disciplinary action isn't necessary, and it may act as a constraint against swift action against egregious cases. --- index.bs | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index f413255d..dee3f058 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1010,7 +1010,6 @@ Expectations and Discipline When serious and/or repeated violations do occur, including failure to meet the requirements of this process, the membership agreement, or applicable laws, - and repeated attempts to address these violations have not resolved the situation, the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, including suspending or removing for cause a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]). From 52f40abec19a7798e6baa351596eb5f441145192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:56:00 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 4/9] Phrasing adjustement --- index.bs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index dee3f058..f8194ad7 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ Expectations and Discipline When serious and/or repeated violations do occur, including failure to meet the requirements of this process, - the membership agreement, or applicable laws, + or violation of the membership agreement or applicable laws, the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, including suspending or removing for cause a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]). From 64b0349db72c82d8cba9e43d51a7999af4c0a234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Coralie Mercier Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 22:19:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 5/9] Update index.bs This proposed commit reinstates a reference in the Process Document to the details about the implementation and Director delegation of the W3C Process Document mandate to suspend or remove participants from groups. Outstanding: I do not know how to add to the bibio, nor whether this would be a normative or informative reference. --- index.bs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index f8194ad7..f6b5c085 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ Expectations and Discipline or violation of the membership agreement or applicable laws, the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, including suspending or removing for cause - a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]). + a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]). Refer to the Guidelines to suspend or remove participants from groups.

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    From 5bc8c39da12153fcfd18e3e7569e8226d09fd77b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 09:59:21 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 6/9] minor phrasing tweak --- index.bs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index f6b5c085..fa2be090 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ Expectations and Discipline “Disclosure” in the W3C Patent Policy [[!PATENT-POLICY]]. - When serious and/or repeated violations do occur, + If serious and/or repeated violations do occur, including failure to meet the requirements of this process, or violation of the membership agreement or applicable laws, the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, From dfb6da6c5d6613e30d31552e7bf1a528a97f58b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 09:59:38 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 7/9] minor phrasing tweak --- index.bs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index fa2be090..94e7b125 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ Expectations and Discipline in the W3C Patent Policy [[!PATENT-POLICY]]. If serious and/or repeated violations do occur, - including failure to meet the requirements of this process, + such as failure to meet the requirements of this process, or violation of the membership agreement or applicable laws, the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, including suspending or removing for cause From 384b85b416978cb3a59bb91032d87962e1c29b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 23:50:09 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 8/9] take in suggestion from Wendy --- index.bs | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index 94e7b125..d921bb4d 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ Rights of Members On the Team, as W3C Fellows. - The rights and benefits of W3C membership are contingent upon conformance to the processes described in this document. - Arbitration is governed by paragraph 19 of the Membership Agreement [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]]. + The rights and benefits of W3C membership [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]] + are contingent upon conformance to the processes described in this document. Disciplinary action for anyone participating in W3C activities is described in [[#discipline]].

    From 944776287ae9aa82592c4504e2f03c7f43218e06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 23:57:50 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Take in rewording from fantasai --- index.bs | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index d921bb4d..b97da144 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1007,12 +1007,15 @@ Expectations and Discipline

    “Disclosure” in the W3C Patent Policy [[!PATENT-POLICY]]. - If serious and/or repeated violations do occur, - such as failure to meet the requirements of this process, - or violation of the membership agreement or applicable laws, - the [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, + The [=Director=] may take disciplinary action, including suspending or removing for cause - a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]). Refer to the Guidelines to suspend or remove participants from groups. + a participant in any group (including the [=AB=] and [=TAG=]) + if serious and/or repeated violations, + such as failure to meet the requirements of this process + (where repeated attempts to address these violations have not resolved the situation) + or violation of the membership agreement or applicable laws, + occur. + Refer to the Guidelines to suspend or remove participants from groups.

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