And If the [Ll]eadership of this organization screws up badly enough, the Internet Community *WILL* route around the damage. It's happened before. That's how W3C came to be.
Eliot
Erk!
I haven't been involved with W3C since 2000, but I WAS involved in W3C during the late 1990s. It's worth pointing out that the "alternate routing" mechanism _did_ include a king - at that time, Tim was doing final endorsement for all "recommendations", and it looks like Director Endorsement is still the case (see http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Process-20040205/tr.html#q73).
We need to be careful what we wish for, sometimes... but thinking about John's note, and this factoid, is motivating me to finally read the drafts!
Spencer
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