IRC log of tagab on 2017-11-08

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Chair: Natasha
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Scribe: sangwhan
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<missed minutes, scribe was decided a bit too late>
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natasha: Dan, will present slides about the TAG
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dka: I gave slides during the AC meeting yesterday, you can look at those slides directly
22:11:04 [sangwhan]
...just to re-iterate, the tag is chartered to deal with general architecture of the web
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(reading straight off of slides)
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... more elected than appointed
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... reflects the makeup of w3c's technical community
22:11:38 [sangwhan]
... everyone in this room knows what we've been doing
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... majority of our time is doing technical reviews
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... which is done via GH
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... we have been getting lots of positive feedback
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... in some cases we are just another pair of eyes
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present+
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... looking at stuff outside of the w3c
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... and being a liaison etc
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hadleybeeman: the tag is a small group of people looking at a big chunk of the web
22:13:50 [sangwhan]
... but to have a better perspective we need more diversity
22:14:14 [sangwhan]
tantek: what does it take to be on the tag?
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natasha: first, can you give me a overview of the ab?
22:14:36 [sangwhan]
tantek: i am a elected member of the ab
22:14:49 [sangwhan]
... anything that has to do with ip, licensing, other topics
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... e.g. how do we run w3c as a community
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... sometimes deal with funding issues
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cwilso: in particular the ab is the owners of the process document
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... in practice it is lead by a cg
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tantek: a lot of w3c is a bit secretive
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... quite a bit of the resources are member only
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... we have been trying to make the work a bit more transparent
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hadleybeeman: tag does most of the work in the open
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cwilso: we try to be open, but some bits can't be open
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.. e.g. ip issues
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natasha: let's discuss the logistics
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... in the ab everyone is elected aside from jeff
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bkardell_: you don't have to be a member to be a member
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present+
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dbaron: you need a member to nominate you though
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s/member/member of the W3C/
22:18:40 [sangwhan]
natasha: there are members of the tag who are appointed
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plinss: 3 seats are appointed
22:19:16 [natasha]
q?
22:19:19 [sangwhan]
natasha: jeff is the chair of the ab, and tim is the chair of the tag, but there are two chairs for the tag
22:19:40 [tantek]
Natasha said Jeff's name and here he is!
22:19:46 [sangwhan]
dka: tim is active within the tag, but the defacto chairs are peter and me
22:19:50 [tantek]
present+ jeff
22:20:36 [sangwhan]
tantek: small correction about appointing the chair, ab chair is appointed by the ceo, appointed himself
22:20:54 [sangwhan]
bkardell_: maybe we should bring up affiliation changes
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natasha: there can't be two people from the same organization on both the ab and tag
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michael: if the affiliation changes, it is possible to continue until your term is over
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cwilso: however the chair can chose to eject a member given a potential conflict of interest
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dbaron: the tag rules have been softened up a bit
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This is described in https://w3c.github.io/w3process/#AB
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natasha: some people in the tag have a particular expertise
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present+ aboxhall
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present+ michaelchampion
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present+ natasha
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present+ sangwhan
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dka: security is one of the fields of expertise
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present+ torgo
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... yan is one example
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present+ hadleybeeman
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... sometimes it is goo to have broad exposure
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present+ dbaron
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present+ cwilso
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present+ plinss
22:25:15 [jeff]
q+ to talk about hats
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... e.g. chairs of WGs, or people who have knowledge in a wide range of topics
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... but good to have a mix
22:26:00 [sangwhan]
... when I joined the TAG, I recall having a discussion about qualifications
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... but there are not a set of hard qualifications
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q?
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q+
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natasha: no need to be uncomfortable because you lack expertise in a particular field
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q+ to follow-up to torgo then what motivated you to run for the tag
22:27:42 [sangwhan]
... we need to diversify our higher level groups
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... understanding the languages around the world, how the web is used around the world
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... the commitment is one issue
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ack jeff
22:28:13 [Zakim]
jeff, you wanted to talk about hats
22:28:33 [sangwhan]
jeff: dan was talking about computer science phds
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(was a weird joke, skipping minutes on that)
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... when i discuss with the ac they expect us to be bringing the web to it's full potential
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q+ to ask jeff a question about setting the direction for the AC
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... what is nice about the ab, they take off their corporate hats
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... and operate as individuals
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... and not represent their employers
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... same goes for tag
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... diversity is important because we need a bunch of different perspectives
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ack t
22:30:31 [Zakim]
tantek, you wanted to follow-up to torgo then what motivated you to run for the tag
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tantek: asking dka why he ran for the tag
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dka: (is thinking)
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... think it is about making a difference
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present+ mdadas
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... the primary goal is to be a steward for the web, on behalf of the webdev community
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... and i saw the tag as a place to do a leadership role of this
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present+ dka
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q?
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ack hadleybeeman
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hadleybeeman, you wanted to ask jeff a question about setting the direction for the AC
22:33:19 [sangwhan]
hadleybeeman: yesterday ralph presented work on i18n
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... is that a strategic decision
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... how was that made?
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jeff: in this case i didn't need the ab's input on this
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... i was asked by many members to look into this
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... so we setup a tf to look into this
22:35:40 [natasha]
sangwhan: I represent the hardware api, device api community
22:37:03 [hadleybeeman]
sangwhan: The TAG meets four times a year, which is a lot of travel
22:37:11 [natasha]
... travel 4 times a year, work depends on what spec you're looking at
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... 1 full day of work a week
22:37:45 [tantek]
q+ to ask wait does every TAG member go to all 4 meetings a year? or is there an acceptable level of # of f2f meetings to participate in?
22:38:21 [hadleybeeman]
natasha: the AB also meets face-to-face four times a year. We each take on projects as well
22:38:36 [hadleybeeman]
...I do them in the evenings.
22:38:55 [hadleybeeman]
...David Singer probably does more because he looks after the Process CG as well, so his will be closer to 2 days/week
22:39:22 [natasha]
mike: we're working on the process document right now, so work is going into that
22:40:02 [natasha]
... other things involve working with w3c management on coaching, or other relevant topics
22:40:07 [jeff]
q+ to comment on AB generically
22:40:50 [tantek]
I'll note that the AB priorities (that cwilso mentioned) are on our public wiki page: https://www.w3.org/wiki/AB
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q+
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ack tantek
22:40:55 [Zakim]
tantek, you wanted to ask wait does every TAG member go to all 4 meetings a year? or is there an acceptable level of # of f2f meetings to participate in?
22:41:15 [natasha]
cwilso: we choose priorities, and work on these
22:41:34 [natasha]
tantek: some TAG and AB members sometimes do 3/4 meetings a year
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q?
22:43:00 [natasha]
dka: another motiavator is a career motivator
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ack jeff
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jeff, you wanted to comment on AB generically
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q?
22:45:00 [natasha]
jeff: w3c is and sdo, also a community where people come together, team turns to the AB as to how people communicate across boundaries and how we help that
22:47:15 [natasha]
natasha: dka, how did you get your boss to agree to working on TAG?
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dka: helps to have an understanding boss!
22:48:26 [natasha]
... also the amount you get out of it, knowledge, information
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ack bkardell_
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q+
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present+ barryleiba
22:53:13 [natasha]
bkardell_: nomination requires an AC member to nominate, we need to find people and then convince them to run. They also need to be able to fund or get funding. Can we do something about this?
22:53:24 [natasha]
natasha: yes, we should discuss this in AB
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q?
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q+ michaelchampion
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ack jeff
22:54:00 [natasha]
barryleiba: ADs in IETF take so much time, almost 100% for some people
22:54:59 [natasha]
jeff: we need to do some more work to get people involved
22:55:59 [natasha]
barryleiba: you need enough people, and good ones also.
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q?
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ack michaelchampion
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q+ to answer bkardell_ remark about people from same org
22:58:27 [natasha]
mike: tag used email, people could see this, what do you use now?
22:58:28 [natasha]
dka: all our work now on github, people can watch this
22:58:52 [cwilso]
zakim, close the queue
22:58:52 [Zakim]
ok, cwilso, the speaker queue is closed
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ack t
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tantek, you wanted to answer bkardell_ remark about people from same org
22:59:22 [natasha]
tantek: terms limits, we could make sure people do turn over, even within the same org
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travisleithead: mentoring opportunity
23:01:21 [tantek]
thank you natasha !
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