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SUMMARY:For Everyone: Towards a Sustainable Future for Independent Standard
 s Work
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20251112T083000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20251112T093000
DESCRIPTION:https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/2107ef50-86f2-47b9-9b4e-a36c
 f0e3015a/\n\nThe bulk of today’s web platform design is done in-house at
  major browser vendors. This deprives the Web of vital **diversity of pers
 pective** and naturally favors work with visible short-term impact over th
 e **exploratory\, bigger picture R&D** needed to tackle deeper architectur
 al issues.\n\nFor most other web stakeholders\, the standards process rema
 ins an intimidating black box — so rife with misconceptions and barriers
  to entry that **spending millions on workarounds** can seem easier than f
 ixing shortcomings at the source.\n\nAnd for most other web standards desi
 gners\, it is a labor of love\, disincentivized by employers or as an unpa
 id side project.\nThe web platform is one of the most impactful products i
 n the world. \nShaping its evolution requires a rare combination of **deep
 \, broad\, and interdisciplinary expertise**. When the few who can do it w
 ell are driven away from it in order to make ends meet\, **the entire Web 
 loses**.\n\nThese issues are intertwined. To make independent standards wo
 rk sustainable\, we need to **expand the pool of available funding** — a
 nd the only lasting way to do that is by helping more organizations see we
 b platform design as a path to solving their own problems.\n\n**Goal(s):**
 \nThis session aims to explore potential structures\, governance models\, 
 and outreach strategies for a _new\, independent entity_ with the mission 
 of addressing both issues.  The goal of this new entity is **not to compet
 e with any existing organization**\, but to strengthen the entire ecosyste
 m by increasing awareness and abstracting the complexity of the standards 
 process.\n\nAgenda\n\n**Materials:**\n- [Session proposal on GitHub](https
 ://github.com/w3c/tpac2025-breakouts/issues/63)
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CREATED:20251028T131532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T071259Z
SEQUENCE:4
ORGANIZER;CN=W3C Calendar;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;ROLE=NON-PARTICIPANT:mailto:nor
 eply@w3.org
LOCATION:Floor 4 - 402
CATEGORIES:TPAC 2025,Breakout Sessions
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