- From: Léonie Watson <lwatson@paciellogroup.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:20:40 -0000
- To: "'Revising W3C Process Community Group'" <public-w3process@w3.org>
> w3process-ISSUE-158 (New or continued WG?): Does rechartering extinguish > a WG or continue it? [Process Document] > http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/158 > > Raised by: Charles McCathie Nevile > On product: Process Document > > Sections 6.2.4 and 6.2.5 <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw- > file/default/cover.html#cfp> describe the process of extending charters. > > It is unclear whether a Working Group that is rechartered is the same > Working Group, or a different one - which has an impact on how the Patent > Policy works, since commitments are to things produced by a particular > Working Group. > > We can clarify that a Working Group whose charter is revised is the same, or > a different Working Group. It is probably worth asking the AC to express a > preference one way or another before we decide it here. A recharter seems to imply the continuation of an existing thing, as opposed to the formation of a new thing. What are the criteria for making that choice within W3C in the first place? Léonie. -- Senior Accessibility Engineer, TPG @LeonieWatson @PacielloGroup
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