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Tantek: /* Ways to participate */ link to Roles for more special roles

2025-12-09T20:29:20Z

Ways to participate: link to Roles for more special roles

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	#* Edit your [https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile/connectedaccounts Connected Accounts] and link up your GitHub account. This will allow you to view W3C Member-only repositories, e.g. https://github.com/w3c/AB-memberonly/issues		#* Edit your [https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile/connectedaccounts Connected Accounts] and link up your GitHub account. This will allow you to view W3C Member-only repositories, e.g. https://github.com/w3c/AB-memberonly/issues
	# Contact Mozilla's [[#Advisory_Committee_Representative\|Advisory Committee Representative]], confirm you have read this page and have your manager’s approval to participate, and ask the AC Rep to approve your request to join.		# Contact Mozilla's [[#Advisory_Committee_Representative\|Advisory Committee Representative]], confirm you have read this page and have your manager’s approval to participate, and ask the AC Rep to approve your request to join.

			==== Editor and more special roles ====
			See: [[Standards/Roles]]

	== Suggestions for participation ==		== Suggestions for participation ==

Tantek: link roles

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link roles

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	If Tantek is OOTO or otherwise unreachable for any urgent W3C related matter, you may escalate any AC Rep related questions or requests to:		If Tantek is OOTO or otherwise unreachable for any urgent W3C related matter, you may escalate any AC Rep related questions or requests to:
	* <span class="h-card">[[User:Mthomson\|Martin Thomson]]</span> (Alternate AC Rep)		* <span class="h-card">[[User:Mthomson\|Martin Thomson]]</span> (Alternate AC Rep)

			== See Also ==
			* [[Standards]]
			* [[Standards/Roles]]

Tantek: Tantek moved page Standards/Participating in a W3C Working Group to Standards/Participating in a W3C Group: applies to all W3C Groups with particular attention to WGs

2025-12-09T00:12:25Z

Tantek moved page Standards/Participating in a W3C Working Group to Standards/Participating in a W3C Group: applies to all W3C Groups with particular attention to WGs

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Tantek: /* Ways to participate */ note good to be familiar with WG dynamics

2025-12-09T00:11:58Z

Ways to participate: note good to be familiar with WG dynamics

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	== Ways to participate ==		== Ways to participate ==

	W3C groups have a defined membership: people can become a member of a Working Group (WG), Interest Group (IG), or Community Group (CG) by being nominated by a W3C member company, by being invited by the chairs of the group (an invited expert), or by being a W3C staff member placed on the group by the W3C.		W3C groups have a defined membership: people can become a member of a Working Group (WG), Interest Group (IG), or Community Group (CG) by being nominated by a W3C member company, by being invited by the chairs of the group (an invited expert), or by being a W3C staff member placed on the group by the W3C.

			Whether CG, IG, or WG, it is best to be familiar with the the most formal of those (WGs) works, because many CGs and IGs work with WGs, and thus even as a CG or IG member it is likely you will be invited to participated in a joint meeting with a WG, either as a one-off or potentially as an ongoing relationship between CG/IG and a WG.

	Most W3C Working Groups have most of their technical discussion on public mailing lists or on GitHub, which means that non-members can participate in many of the activities of most WGs. When you approach a WG, you could decide to do so by becoming a member of the group or just by joining the public mailing list and participating in the discussion.		Most W3C Working Groups have most of their technical discussion on public mailing lists or on GitHub, which means that non-members can participate in many of the activities of most WGs. When you approach a WG, you could decide to do so by becoming a member of the group or just by joining the public mailing list and participating in the discussion.

Tantek: /* Suggestions for participation */ direct Mozilla position questions to s-p

2025-11-27T07:08:10Z

Suggestions for participation: direct Mozilla position questions to s-p

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	* Avoid making promises you can't keep, even if pressured to do so.		* Avoid making promises you can't keep, even if pressured to do so.
	* Try to avoid speaking on behalf of Mozilla. If the process or other participants in the working group want you to speak on behalf of Mozilla, question such process or participants. However, rather than staying silent in such a situation, it's probably a good idea to both state your position and clearly state how much Mozilla consensus there is behind that position. Though it's not an ideal situation, it's ok for Mozilla's employees to disagree with each other on the best way to move the Web forward and implement Mozilla's mission.		* Try to avoid speaking on behalf of Mozilla. If the process or other participants in the working group want you to speak on behalf of Mozilla, question such process or participants. However, rather than staying silent in such a situation, it's probably a good idea to both state your position and clearly state how much Mozilla consensus there is behind that position. Though it's not an ideal situation, it's ok for Mozilla's employees to disagree with each other on the best way to move the Web forward and implement Mozilla's mission.
			* Direct specific questions about "What is Mozilla’s position on this specification, technology, feature?" to '''[https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/ Mozilla Standards Positions]'''
	Read '''https://wpc.guide/''' to get a good "here's how to guide for beginners" perspective that may be useful in W3C related conversations.		Read '''https://wpc.guide/''' to get a good "here's how to guide for beginners" perspective that may be useful in W3C related conversations.

	== Technical tips ==		== Technical tips ==

Zcorpan: Undo revision 1253843 by Zcorpan (talk) This page is about W3C

2025-04-16T08:26:41Z

Undo revision 1253843 by Zcorpan (talk) This page is about W3C

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	* [https://www.w3.org/Consortium/cepc/ W3C Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct]		* [https://www.w3.org/Consortium/cepc/ W3C Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct]

	== ~~W3C~~ Advisory Committee Representative ==		== Advisory Committee Representative ==
	Mozilla’s ~~W3C~~ Advisory Committee Representative:		Mozilla’s Advisory Committee Representative:
	* <span class="h-card">[[User:Tantek\|Tantek Çelik]]</span>		* <span class="h-card">[[User:Tantek\|Tantek Çelik]]</span>
	If Tantek is OOTO or otherwise unreachable for any urgent W3C related matter, you may escalate any AC Rep related questions or requests to:		If Tantek is OOTO or otherwise unreachable for any urgent W3C related matter, you may escalate any AC Rep related questions or requests to:
	* <span class="h-card">[[User:Mthomson\|Martin Thomson]]</span> (Alternate AC Rep)		* <span class="h-card">[[User:Mthomson\|Martin Thomson]]</span> (Alternate AC Rep)

	~~== WHATWG Steering Group Representative ==~~
	~~Mozilla’s WHATWG Steering Group Representative:~~
	* <span class="h-card">[[User:Tantek\|Tantek Çelik]]</span>
	~~If Tantek is OOTO or otherwise unreachable for any urgent WHATWG related matter, you may escalate any SG Rep related questions or requests to:~~
	* <span class="h-card">[[User:Zcorpan\|Simon Pieters]]</span> (Alternate SG Rep)

Zcorpan: /* Advisory Committee Representative */ WHATWG SG

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Advisory Committee Representative: WHATWG SG

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	* [https://www.w3.org/Consortium/cepc/ W3C Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct]		* [https://www.w3.org/Consortium/cepc/ W3C Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct]

	== Advisory Committee Representative ==		== W3C Advisory Committee Representative ==
	Mozilla’s Advisory Committee Representative:		Mozilla’s W3C Advisory Committee Representative:
	* <span class="h-card">[[User:Tantek\|Tantek Çelik]]</span>		* <span class="h-card">[[User:Tantek\|Tantek Çelik]]</span>
	If Tantek is OOTO or otherwise unreachable for any urgent W3C related matter, you may escalate any AC Rep related questions or requests to:		If Tantek is OOTO or otherwise unreachable for any urgent W3C related matter, you may escalate any AC Rep related questions or requests to:
	* <span class="h-card">[[User:Mthomson\|Martin Thomson]]</span> (Alternate AC Rep)		* <span class="h-card">[[User:Mthomson\|Martin Thomson]]</span> (Alternate AC Rep)

			== WHATWG Steering Group Representative ==
			Mozilla’s WHATWG Steering Group Representative:
			* <span class="h-card">[[User:Tantek\|Tantek Çelik]]</span>
			If Tantek is OOTO or otherwise unreachable for any urgent WHATWG related matter, you may escalate any SG Rep related questions or requests to:
			* <span class="h-card">[[User:Zcorpan\|Simon Pieters]]</span> (Alternate SG Rep)

Zcorpan: /* Suggestions for chairing */ Add deep link to wpc.guide

2025-04-16T07:03:10Z

Suggestions for chairing: Add deep link to wpc.guide

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	== Suggestions for chairing ==		== Suggestions for chairing ==

	If you end up as the chair of a group, you should become more familiar with the process, since you'll sometimes be responsible for enforcing them (along with a team contact, if the group is a working group). Some documents that are helpful are:		If you end up as the [https://wpc.guide/paths-for-growth/#become-a-working-group-chair chair of a group], you should become more familiar with the process, since you'll sometimes be responsible for enforcing them (along with a team contact, if the group is a working group). Some documents that are helpful are:
	* [https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/ W3C Process] (for working groups)		* [https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/ W3C Process] (for working groups)
	* [https://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/#cgroups community group process] (for community groups)		* [https://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/#cgroups community group process] (for community groups)

Zcorpan: /* Join mailing list */ Many groups have moved discussion to github

2025-04-16T06:56:24Z

Join mailing list: Many groups have moved discussion to github

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	When you decide you want to participate:		When you decide you want to participate:
	==== Join mailing list ====		==== Join mailing list ====
	For ~~most~~ Working Groups you may consider just joining the '''[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ public mailing list]''':		For Working Groups where the canonical place for discussion is the mailing list, you may consider just joining the '''[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ public mailing list]''':
	# Send an email to "list-name-request@w3.org" with the subject "subscribe". (Don't forget to add the "-request" to the end of the list name.)		# Send an email to "list-name-request@w3.org" with the subject "subscribe". (Don't forget to add the "-request" to the end of the list name.)
	# Reply to the automated reply.		# Reply to the automated reply.

	==== Join a group ====		==== Join a group ====
	If you want to become a member of a WG, IG, or a CG, and you work for Mozilla:		If you want to become a member of a WG, IG, or a CG, and you work for Mozilla:

Zcorpan: /* Ways to participate */ Discussion and work happens in GitHub for some groups these days

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Ways to participate: Discussion and work happens in GitHub for some groups these days

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	W3C groups have a defined membership: people can become a member of a Working Group (WG), Interest Group (IG), or Community Group (CG) by being nominated by a W3C member company, by being invited by the chairs of the group (an invited expert), or by being a W3C staff member placed on the group by the W3C.		W3C groups have a defined membership: people can become a member of a Working Group (WG), Interest Group (IG), or Community Group (CG) by being nominated by a W3C member company, by being invited by the chairs of the group (an invited expert), or by being a W3C staff member placed on the group by the W3C.

	Most W3C Working Groups have most of their technical discussion on public mailing lists, which means that non-members can participate in many of the activities of most WGs. When you approach a WG, you could decide to do so by becoming a member of the group or just by joining the public mailing list and participating in the discussion.		Most W3C Working Groups have most of their technical discussion on public mailing lists or on GitHub, which means that non-members can participate in many of the activities of most WGs. When you approach a WG, you could decide to do so by becoming a member of the group or just by joining the public mailing list and participating in the discussion.

	How should one choose between these alternatives? While there's a good bit of variation between groups depending on the [http://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities charter] of the group, its chair(s), and the other participants in the group, we suggest considering the following factors:		How should one choose between these alternatives? While there's a good bit of variation between groups depending on the [http://www.w3.org/Consortium/activities charter] of the group, its chair(s), and the other participants in the group, we suggest considering the following factors:
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	* Some mailing lists may require being a member of the group to subscribe (this is true for all Community Groups for example), even when the archives are publicly viewable		* Some mailing lists may require being a member of the group to subscribe (this is true for all Community Groups for example), even when the archives are publicly viewable
	* Becoming a member of a WG involves making some patent commitments, which may make other participants more comfortable accepting your contributions		* Becoming a member of a WG involves making some patent commitments, which may make other participants more comfortable accepting your contributions
			* If you want to contribute normative spec changes, you must be a member
	* Other members of the group may expect somebody representing Mozilla is responsible for implementation work / decisions in Gecko; if you're not, you may wish to consider being extra clear about what your role is		* Other members of the group may expect somebody representing Mozilla is responsible for implementation work / decisions in Gecko; if you're not, you may wish to consider being extra clear about what your role is