Election!

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By design, five of the participants on the TAG are elected by the members of W3C. That means that the membership of W3C have a direct influence over the composition of the TAG and therefore over its technical direction, priorities and mandate. In practice, this has meant that in the past couple of years we have had a significant shift of focus, as W3C membership has chosen to elect candidates whose area of expertise is more oriented around the browser, who have more of an interest in the intersection between JavaScript and other Web technologies, who have been signatories to the Extensible Web Manifesto and who have had a strong belief that the TAG can play a constructive role in connecting the developer community with standards. We've taken this mandate seriously and embarked in a program of activities these past two years that have included developer outreach events, “summits,” new findings such as the Promises Guide and guidelines on the use of Capability URLs as well as working on API design with such efforts as Web Audio, EME, Responsive Images and the Push API.

Now an election cycle is starting and four of our seats are up for election. You now have another opportunity to shape the work of the TAG. And by “you” I do not only mean the 401 W3C members as represented by its august Advisory Committee. I mean “you” the web community at large. The nominees are put forward and the votes are cast by W3C members. So if you work for, or are associated with, one of these then you have an opportunity to influence this process via your Advisory Committee representative. If you would like to put yourself forward for the TAG election, or if you have opinions on the the slate of candidates, let that A.C. representative know. If you are not associated with a W3C member you can still get involved. Reach out to someone you know who is associated with a W3C member to let them know what you think is most important for the long-term direction of the Web or to put yourself forward for nomination. Write a blog post. Tweet and mention @w3ctag. Get involved in our discussions on our public mailing list and on Github. The W3C, as a trustee of web technologies and standards holds this position in trust of the wider web community, and the TAG, as steward of Web architecture needs to do so as well.

The nomination period ends on the 30th of November and the election itself will take place in late December and early January. Thanks for your help and support!

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