Conflict of Interest Policy Comment

From Revising W3C Process Community Group

Comment

3.1.1 Conflict of Interest Policy
 "The ability of an individual to fulfill a role within a group 
 without risking a conflict of interest is clearly a function of the 
 individual's affiliations."
 Here, "clearly a function of the individual's affiliations", sounds
 more editorial than necessary.
 Proposed sentence replacement:
  "The ability of an individual to fulfill a role within a group
  without risking a conflict of interest depends significantly on the
  individual's affiliations."
 Discussion
 CMN: I don't think so. I think it is a function of the individual's 
 interests. But I don't particularly object to changing this text.
 Left this alone for now. Feel free to discuss further.
 IJ: Let me rephrase the comment: the word “clearly” is very 
 conversational and feels out of place here. Another solution is to 
 delete the word “clearly.”
 SZ Assessment: The change to drop "clearly" or change 
 "is clearly a function of" to "depends significantly on" is editorial.
 Changing "affiliations" to "interests" is substantive. Either editorial
 change makes sense.
 Accept the editorial change