TAG/MeetCandidates2023

Meet the 2023 TAG Candidates Questionnaire

W3C is conducting its annual TAG election until midnight in Boston on Tuesday 12 December. This wiki collects together questions to and answers from the candidates. See also

• Election Announcement
• Nomination Statements
• Ballots

Live Session Minutes

W3C hosted a series of “Meet the Candidates” zoom calls on Tuesday 5 December (Boston Time). The minutes of these sessions are available; however note this is not a transcript and may not thoroughly capture the candidates’ statements.

Answers

• Martin Thomson
• Daniel Clark
• Dapeng (Max) Liu
• Daniel Appelquist
• Jeffrey Yasskin
• Peter Linss
• Matthew Atkinson

Questions

Collected from those asked at the “Meet the Candidates” sessions on December 5th.

• What's an interesting question about how the Web’s architecture should evolve that you've come across recently?
• What are the technical trends you notice are happening on the Web, and what implications do you see for the work of the W3C?
• What should the TAG's role be in reviewing WG charters?
• What do you think about adding maps to the Web Platform?
• How do you think the appointed TAG seats should be used?
• Has the TAG been taking the wrong approach in any of its recent activities, and if so, what would you change?
• What can the TAG and W3C do about the environmental and social impacts of the Web?
• How do you see the TAG filling a gap in technical leadership?
• What is the most important problem the Web Platform faces that the TAG could reasonably address?
• What values will you bring to the TAG that other candidates might disagree with?
• What do you see as the role of the TAG in relation to regulators?
• What are examples of W3C work that's not really in scope, and of work elsewhere that could be in W3C's scope?
• What specific things did you accomplish in your previous TAG term, or plan to accomplish in your first TAG term?
• What is your experience/expertise on browser-based front-end and server-backed or back-end standards?
• What organizational or technical skills will you bring to the TAG?

History

See Proposed Questions for the original list of questions collected by the AC, which fed into the live session on December 5th.

See Also

• AB/MeetCandidates