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<h3 id="Members">
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Members</h3>
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W3C Members are primarily represented in W3C processes as follows:
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<dfn lt="W3C Member|Member">W3C Members</dfn> are
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organizations subscribed according to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Agreement/Member-Agreement">Membership Agreement</a> [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]].
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They are represented in W3C processes as follows:
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<ol>
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The <dfn export lt="Advisory Committee|AC">Advisory Committee</dfn>
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is composed of one <dfn export lt="Advisory Committee representative| AC representative">representative</dfn>
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from each Member organization
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(refer to the [=Member-only=] list
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of <a href="https://www.w3.org/Member/ACList">current Advisory Committee representatives</a>. [[CURRENT-AC]])
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The Advisory Committee:
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<ul>
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reviews plans for W3C at each <a href="#ACMeetings">Advisory Committee meeting</a>;
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<li>
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reviews formal proposals from the W3C:
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<a href="#CharterReview">Charter Proposals</a>,
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<a href="#RecsPR">Proposed Recommendations</a>,
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and <a href="#GAProcess">Proposed Process Documents</a>.
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elects the <a href="#AB">Advisory Board</a> participants other than the Advisory Board Chair.
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elects a majority (6) of the participants on the <a href="#TAG">Technical Architecture Group</a>.
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</ul>
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[=Advisory Committee representatives=] <em class="rfc2119">may</em> initiate
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an <a href="#ACAppeal">Advisory Committee Appeal</a> in some cases described in this document.
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One representative per Member organization particiaptes
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in the [=Advisory Committee=]
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which oversees the work of the W3C.
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Representatives of Member organizations participate
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in <a href="#GAGeneral">Working Groups and Interest Groups</a> and
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author and review <a href="#Reports">technical reports</a>.
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Representatives of Member organizations participate
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in <a href="#GAGeneral">Working Groups and Interest Groups</a>,
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where they author and review <a href="#Reports">technical reports</a>.
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<p id="MemberSubscription">W3C membership is open to all entities,
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as described in “<a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/join">How to Join W3C</a>” [[JOIN]];
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(refer to the public list of <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List">current W3C Members</a> [[MEMBER-LIST]]).
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Organizations subscribe according to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Agreement/Member-Agreement">Membership Agreement</a> [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]].
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The <a href="#Team">Team</a> <em class="rfc2119">must</em> ensure
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that Member participation agreements remain <a href="#Team-only">Team-only</a>
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and that no Member receives preferential treatment within W3C.
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<h3 id="AC">
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The Advisory Committee (AC)</h3>
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<h4 id=ac-role>
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Role of the Advisory Committee</h4>
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<p id=ReviewAppeal>
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The [=Advisory Committee=] <a href="ACReview">reviews proposals</a> from the [=Director=]
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and [=Advisory Committee representatives=] may initiate an [=Advisory Committee Appeal=]
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The <dfn export lt="Advisory Committee|AC">Advisory Committee</dfn> represents
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the [=Members=] of the W3C at large.
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It is responsible for:
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<ul>
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<li>
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reviewing plans for W3C at each <a href="#ACMeetings">Advisory Committee meeting</a>.
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<li>
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<a href="ACReview">reviewing formal proposals</a> of the W3C:
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<a href="#CharterReview">Charter Proposals</a>,
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<a href="#RecsPR">Proposed Recommendations</a>,
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and <a href="#GAProcess">Proposed Process Documents</a>.
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<li>
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electing the <a href="#AB">Advisory Board</a> participants other than the Advisory Board Chair.
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<li>
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electing a majority (6) of the participants on the <a href="#TAG">Technical Architecture Group</a>.
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</ul>
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[=Advisory Committee representatives=] <em class="rfc2119">may</em> initiate
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an <a href="#ACAppeal">Advisory Committee Appeal</a>
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of a [=W3C decision=]
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or [=Director=]'s decision.
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See also the additional roles of [=Advisory Committee representatives=]
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described in the W3C Patent Policy [[PATENT-POLICY]].
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<h4 id=ac-participation>
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Participation in the Advisory Committee</h4>
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The [=Advisory Committee=]
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is composed of one <dfn export lt="Advisory Committee representative| AC representative">representative</dfn>
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from each Member organization
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(refer to the [=Member-only=] list
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of <a href="https://www.w3.org/Member/ACList">current Advisory Committee representatives</a>. [[CURRENT-AC]])
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When an organization joins W3C
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(see “<a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/join">How to Join W3C</a>” [[JOIN]]),
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it <em class="rfc2119">must</em> name its Advisory Committee representative as part of the Membership Agreement.

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