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* If you want to become a member of a WG or a CG, and you work for Mozilla: | * If you want to become a member of a WG or a CG, and you work for Mozilla: | ||
*# Make sure you have a W3C member access account associated with Mozilla: | *# Make sure you have a W3C member access account associated with Mozilla: | ||
*#* if you don't already have a W3C user account, [https://www.w3.org/accounts/request create one]. Using a @mozilla.com email will lead to the account being created automatically; other email addresses will require that you choose '''Mozilla Foundation''' as the affiliation, and then there will be a human intervention step that requires a day or so, perhaps more. | *#* if you don't already have a W3C user account, [https://www.w3.org/accounts/request create one]. Using a @mozilla.com email will lead to the account being created automatically; other email addresses will require that you choose '''Mozilla Foundation''' as the affiliation, and then there will be a human intervention step that requires a day or so, perhaps more. You may create your account with your Mozilla email, then add a personal email and set it as your preferred if you wish. | ||
*#* if you have an W3C user account associated with a previous employer or as an invited expert, [https://www.w3.org/Systems/db/userInfo#affiliation change the affiliation of that account] to '''Mozilla Foundation''' | *#* if you have an W3C user account associated with a previous employer or as an invited expert, [https://www.w3.org/Systems/db/userInfo#affiliation change the affiliation of that account] to '''Mozilla Foundation''' | ||
*#* Edit the "Links" section in your profile: https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile and add at least: | |||
*#** your Homepage URL | |||
*#* Edit your [https://www.w3.org/users/myprofile/connectedaccounts Connected Accounts] and link up your GitHub account. This will allow you to view W3C Member-only repositories, e.g. https://github.com/w3c/AB-memberonly/issues | |||
*# Contact Mozilla's Advisory Committee Representative, [[User:Tantek|Tantek Çelik]], and ask him to add you to the group. | *# Contact Mozilla's Advisory Committee Representative, [[User:Tantek|Tantek Çelik]], and ask him to add you to the group. | ||
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* Avoid making promises you can't keep, even if pressured to do so. | * Avoid making promises you can't keep, even if pressured to do so. | ||
* Try to avoid speaking on behalf of Mozilla. If the process or other participants in the working group want you to speak on behalf of Mozilla, question such process or participants. However, rather than staying silent in such a situation, it's probably a good idea to both state your position and clearly state how much Mozilla consensus there is behind that position. Though it's not an ideal situation, it's ok for Mozilla's employees to disagree with each other on the best way to move the Web forward and implement Mozilla's mission. | * Try to avoid speaking on behalf of Mozilla. If the process or other participants in the working group want you to speak on behalf of Mozilla, question such process or participants. However, rather than staying silent in such a situation, it's probably a good idea to both state your position and clearly state how much Mozilla consensus there is behind that position. Though it's not an ideal situation, it's ok for Mozilla's employees to disagree with each other on the best way to move the Web forward and implement Mozilla's mission. | ||
Read '''https://wpc.guide/''' to get a good "here's how to guide for beginners" perspective that may be useful in W3C related conversations. | |||
== Technical tips == | == Technical tips == | ||