Role of offices

• First point of contact locally (organizationally, technically)
• Education and outreach
  • sponsorship of events
  • shepherding translations
  • forum for regional discussions
  • localized promotional activities
  • conduit for W3C communications and press releases
• Regional input to W3C (eg, internationalization)
• Channel for national level funding schemes
• Advocacy for W3C in the region
• Building contacts on governmental levels
• Local recruiting
• etc