AB/2019 - New Work

The Big Idea

This comes from AB/2019_Priorities#New_work_areas, and the task is to determine what role the AB should take in

identifying topics
getting members involved
reaching out to non-Members

Which other bodies are involved in these activities? Which should be involved?

Method

Look at the theory (Process, Guide, etc) and practice (what really happens)
Identify gaps in what we want to achieve
Look for ways to effectively fill those gaps
Question the proposals for unintended consequences

This should be in the form of edits to this page, whether by AB members or others. These can be in the form of "case studies", as well as answers for each issue.

Identifying topics

There are several mechanisms available to propose areas of work:

Member submissions: W3C Members can make a submission, which explicitly provides a mechanism to propose new areas of work.
WG/IG/CG/BG Proposals: WIthin a W3C group anyone can propose a work item, and suggest that it be taken up as chartered work.
WICG proposals: "Anyone" can create a WICG discourse account and make a proposal.
Strategy Funnel: This is W3C's record of what is on the horizon. WICG is one source of input. How do members get something into the funnel?

How do these work out in practice?

Getting Members Involved

Suggested at the 2018 TPAC AC meeting: present highlights of the strategy funnel to members regularly - e.g. as part of the public newsletter? Does that get read - would having such information make it more likely to be read?

A staff contact should have the connections to ask the team about potential interest from other members, whom and how to approach potentially interested participants. In starting any work, or moving it along the funnel, this information should be maintained internally - is it?

Reaching out to Non-members

W3C workshops are a mechanism for getting both members and non-members interested in new work items, and exploring how to take up the work within W3C structures.