TAG By-Election: 2015

The Technical Architecture Group normally holds an election every year for seats that have come to the end of their elected terms. However, under certain circumstances, the TAG must run a special election (sometimes referred to as a by-election). Such a special election is now taking place, to fill the vacated seat of David Herman of Mozilla. We're lucky enough to have an impressive slate of candidates for this option position: David Baron of Mozilla, Andrew Betts of Pearson/The Financial Times, Sergey Konstantinov of Yandex (already a TAG alumnus) and Bryan Sullivan of AT&T.  All the candidate statements may be found on the official W3C election announcement.

Now comes your part. The election process behind the TAG helps us to set our priorities and agenda and helps us to understand the mandate by which the W3C membership wants us to work. But this only works if the as many as possible of the W3C's 397 members participate in the election by casting their vote. If you work for, or are affiliated with, a W3C member company or organization, find out who your W3C Advisory Committee (AC) representative is and encourage them to vote. If you don't have such a direct relationship with the W3C, then encourage people you know who do work for W3C member companies to use their vote. The TAG has a responsibility to help guide the activities of the W3C and to help set the architectural vision for the evolving web. As we execute that mission, we want to be as responsible to the larger web community as possible. With your help, we can ensure that we achieve this goal.