Meeting minutes
Seth: Hello everyone. Please take your seats and we'll get under way
… Just to say welcome everyone and thanks for coming to TPAC this week and this session
… it's been great to meet a bunch of you so far. great conversations, hearing about everything
… my 1st TPAC. even despite the power outage, carrying on even outside.
… there's been a lot of work
… Great thanks to our sponsors. thanks to Amazon Web, Google and Igalia.
… thanks for sponsoring us.
… we're doing a Plenary. we decided to make short plenary session
… a lot of material will be in the same session. I'm here to share info for everyone.
… a few items. For the technical agenda from the TAG and Team
… technical interest and upcoming events. Then finance and some info from our membership survey
… Then I'll talk about the New Board of Directors
… For the technical stuff, for those here, bigger picture items.
… the TAG continues design review, documents and supporting poople and developers
… i want to emphasize the Ethical Web principles. they are an important aspect of what we do
… they help align all that we do and underline the TAG's work. there's a lot of work going into making it to Statement
… I want to talk about Security and Privacy. the population of online users increases
… .it creates also desire to put the web to misuse. How do people ensure there's no misinformation, etc.
… How do we ensure safety? "Society relies on the integrity of public info so we have a responsibly to maintain infuriation.
… This is a big challenge. There's so much change. the web is a massive target
… we've had several sessions in the past year. it wouldn't be a tech conference in 2024
… w/out mentioning AI. there are threats and AI is accelerating many o those
… the are positives bu there are many threats. copyright, mis and disinformation
… and fakes gets good. and how AI code generation can help attackers faster even as we try to make a softer web
… thinking of misformatino and disinformation. we have a GH discussion on this.
… i encouraged you to join if you have interest. Earlier this year Leonard @ at Adobe presented on provenance and scale
,.. to trace the origin of media. these are well alighned w/ W3C work
… we had a breakout on authenisticy on the web. there are good resources there
… for Digital identity. they increase in scope and scale. DI have been in development fo rdecades
… governments are now more interested in both providing and consuming this info
… this means digital identity as we know it may change
… this impacts our web, including privacy, means we need balance of security and privacy
… with convenience and we need to land in the righ place
… Simone is an excellent author of a document on Idenity and talks about conflicting needs
… .helps to understand the impacts. Also web platform incubator CG talks about user agents to mediate access to and presetanion of ids, like gov ids cards
… last is FIWG and a charter is in process. This will allow users to authenticate. in a way that's compatible with/ protocols but also secure in how decisions are made
… safety and privacy needs to be top of mind. working on mechanism and allowing th user to select ids for assertions and creteinals
… but also for proveders to be as secure as possible. there are many stakeholders
… we're not alone in this, including ISOC IETF but the web platform later needs to be standardized
… we need a privacy standards doc which works w/ this in collaboration w/ peer orgs
… i talked about gov identity. worth thinking about. if we think about gov identity , drivers license etc
… there are benefits alongside from gov use, what if gov could
… access credentials, there's a lot of ease. it requires identity security for you (you are who you say you are) and them
… (they are who they say they are). but also privacy. there's a lot of info on ids. that you may not want to share
… we want targeted control. a dual national may want to share only one aspect of...
… if you share id for alchohol ou may not want to also share address w/ age
… we need privacy principles which keeps people at the center of what gets shared
… a .lot of work to do. TAG released statement on 3rd party cookies
… .a lot is about the user experience and making sure user privacy is respected
… they suggest using tech designed for purpose. the've cited FedCM on this
… also that APIs and solutions amy provide minimal risk surface
… but also be thoughtful in disparate development communities don't allow them to be exploited
… ti's complex to think about APIs
… this goes w/ Privacy principles. it starts w/ what do we mean by privacy
… and outlines design pricinples. then web developers to ensure we get privacy in the work we do
… w/ Tara Whalen we're poised to go more work on privacy
… for Tech updates. on i18n there's not big news, just a lot of important work
… layout requiremetns. we've done this for 35 languages. including Lao, aboriginal syllabics and others
… .for WAI we're submitting WCAG to ISO
… this is importatnt because several countries can use ISO but not W3C
… they are also looking forward to WICT? in October to show how it links w/ document software
… this will help support orgs w/ a11y requirements to meet their needs
… . in AI and accessibility there's work there for ML and AI
… for staffing we've been building up team, for WG support but broader mission
… to progress the standards and excel at mission critical work like translations to support orgs around the world
… thanks to a11y groups around the rowrld
… On Advance APIs, the TAG is working to be sure they get multiple implementors
… to help give features that are "webby" to be open and interoperable and across horizationals
… there are a lot of ways ot be involved. across horizaitonals and be aware of work
… we can't talk about everything in a short plenary but this is some of the key work
… if you have thoughts or want to get involved, reach out to Team or tAG.
… .one important way to get involved is the TAG election
… we bell vie more candidates means better outcomes. we feel diversity is important
… we want the TAG to represent the web users themselves. if you have questions about the TAG talk to DanA
… he's happy to talk. while there's commitment they do a lot of work to get the best work out of everyone
… there are 4 seats open so opportunity for everyone
… For corporate updates. I shared a detailed report to the Consortium but some top of the wave stuff
… .overall we're fianancially healthy
… we have a growing surplus. TPAC is our biggest expense. we have surplus to meet this. our revenue exceeded budget
… thanks to all for that, esp those who joined
… we have fewer expenses, we paused on hiring a bit to see where we were
… next is how we understand our reserves. we end the year at 8.9 months.
… this says if we stopped getting $ how long could we run. typical is 6 months so we're healthy
… this is a strong place. next is programatic.
… this is important to us as 501c3
… programatic measures for every $ given how much is spent in benefit. vs. admin
… most grant making like to see 75% or higher. we match that so that's good for us and you too
… we have an audit in process. i'm excited. i'm one of the few people to say that
. ..the audit committee did a great job in finding an auditor
… they've looked at 2022 and are now going on to 2023
… once it's finalized i can release that so we have a solid foundation for future
… .last update for BoD our budget was approved.
… we're looking at conservative budget for 2025 for economic headwinds
… .to plan accordingly. expenses will be up. we're hiring. so some will be seeing hiring hitting buget
… and events like TPAC. we'll still be at surplus. so all that is great shape
… .2024 hires. if you'r ein the room we start w/ Simone Onofri
… .Ken Franqueiro is not here but we're happy to have him
… Tamsin Ewing, Sylvia Cadena, Tara Whalen, Tzviya Siegman
… a few part time hires. CFO Ken Traoshinsky, Emma Fraser who does Board and AB work
… great new team this year. I"m near completion for director of legal and compliance
… .hepfully to make cycles faster. i'm excited about that and we have great candidates.
… Membership, as w/ Tzivya we're trying to invest more into member relations.
… building into North America. if those who have not seen Tzviya yet, please reach out
… we want closer relationship and closer community
… so we have better relations w/ member and community
… we sent a survey, we sent 824 mail and got 1200 results
… that's orders more than expected. we have brief data. there's a lot more to come
… .but a tip of the info we're garnering. 75% male, 50% developers
… 4-% in orgs w/ 10 or fewer employees. 55% started W3C in last 10 years. 40% in last 4 years. that keeps us vital and moving foward
… .38% only work w/ W3C but many work w/ other SDOs
… ,..many felt we compared w/ other SDOs. strongest was "openness" "fairness, quality of standards and overall perception
… that's really great and that's everyone here
… tahnks to everyone who participated. we have more to do, more insights
… we
… will use key insights to embrace changes based on feedback. this will not be the last time we survey.
… an annual survey. new topics, critical areas and we'll continue dialogue
… for those excited bout BoD. the election is completed
… one more thing before I name names. i want to thank everyone who ran. the commitment
… just being on a Board is a thankless job. so thank you to everyone who was willing to be on the Board so thank you everyone
… I'd like to welcome newly elected or re-elected Board
Koichi Moriyama
… Chris Needham
… Florian
… Eric Siow
… Leonie Watson
… Chris Wilson
Hongru Zhu
I look forward o working w/ all of you. thank you
… I want to thank the outgoing board for all they've done. it's been grueling few years
… the impact made i hope it makes it worth it. it's been great to work wit you all and the drive for the good of the org
… esp before i arrived w/ the corp entity. and your insight too has made joingin great
… .i want to thank those stepping down
… Mark Nottingham
… Robin Berjon
… Thanks to all you've done. it's been a pleasure
… and of course David Singer!
(many in the crowd put on bow ties)
… to those who don't know David is retiring from W3C and Apple
… he's been here so long. i want to thank you. taking on the chair of thankless jobs. but one of the most essential.
… we face existential challenges and i've appreciated knowing you and i personally thank you
… i want to ask a few colleagues to join
(Chris Wilson, Leonie Watson and Tess Hober join)
Leonie: I don't remember when i 1st met David, he's one of the most erudite and egalitarian people i've met
… .and i'm glad to call him a friend. David it's been a privilege and an honor so thank you so much
Chrs: I want to add, i stated on the AB 10 years ago. it's always been a privilege to work with/ you
… paritcilary when i disagree. but in the most respective and admirable wya. i want thank you for all you've done for W3c
Tess: I'm Tess, Apple AC rep and David's colleague. i tthougt about it and realized I couldn't summarize David
… .all he has done. I've learned more from David, how to do this, standards work, find consensus than anyone sel.
… i know this is true for many here. ask him about MK, Unicode, about why apple has a Class A subnet
… why there's a piano in aisle 4. late night compromises and getting stubborn engineers to talk
… all the work across continents. you won't regret it. he might also recommend a great restaurant. it's been my great pleasure to work with/ you
Seth: we want to present you with a token of appreciation and i won't 'ask you to peek
David: so many have used honor and privilege but that has been mine
… i have felt so supported and it's been the greatest work of my life. thank you so much
Seth: thank you for joining. outsize impact. i appreciate all you've done
Seth: thanks to the team who has made this possible
… i'll say all the names (says names)
… a big thank you to them. an even bigger thank you to Vivien and system and IT support
… fabulous job and great work. w/ additional noise. as i fi it's not hard enough to come into a new hotel.
… last but not least absolutely is Alex
… the fact that you deal with things / aplomb, construction, power outages. thanks for the work you do to bring order to it
… wrapping it up we'll have the 30th anniversary. others will join us
… we'd like everyone to be seated by 6pm. we'll close the doors at 8:10
… Chris will guide us through. thank you eveybody