Costs of the W3C

[Tim Bray]

At 02:01 PM 1/17/00 -0500, David Megginson wrote:
>Now, you decide to join just one of the WGs.  To join, you have to
>agree to commit (I think) 20% of your time to the WG 

It varies from WG to WG but 20% is typical. 

>(more if you're
>an editor, chair, or technical lead) 

Yep.

And in my experience, it *takes* that 20% just to stay on top of the
issues so that when you say something, it's well-informed and useful. 

It's a problem. -T.

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