Hosts and Offices

• Hosts and Offices have different roles and responsibilities!
• Hosts (MIT, ERCIM, Keio):
  • are the administrative and financial centers of W3C, they manage
    • W3C member contracts
    • membership fees and W3C's operational budget
  • are the copyright holders for W3C Recommendations
  • W3C team is bound to (and mostly employed by…) hosts:
    • coordination of all technical work within W3C
    • management of the W3C Web site
    • primary press contacts, press releases
    • software development
    • etc
  • real “homes” of W3C
• Offices: local representation of W3C