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== Ways to participate == | == Ways to participate == | ||
TC39 and it's associated task groups have a defined membership: people can become a delegate by being nominated by a member organization, | TC39 and it's associated task groups have a defined membership: people can become a delegate by being nominated by a member organization, being invited by the chairs of the group (an invited expert), or by being an ECMA staff member placed in the group by ECMA, for example, the secretary of TC39. | ||
Much of the technical discussion takes place on [https://github.com/tc39/ GitHub], which means that non-members can participate in the technical decisions by creating and commenting on issues for the individual proposals hosted there. | Much of the technical discussion takes place on [https://github.com/tc39/ GitHub], which means that non-members can participate in the technical decisions by creating and commenting on issues for the individual proposals hosted there. | ||
A week prior to each [https://github.com/tc39/agendas TC39 plenary meeting] the SpiderMonkey team hosts a proposal review meeting that is open to Mozilla employees and contributors who have signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement. In this meeting, we discuss each proposal on the agenda for the upcoming meeting and come to agreement on the the SpiderMonkey team's position on the proposal. If you | A week prior to each [https://github.com/tc39/agendas TC39 plenary meeting] the SpiderMonkey team hosts a proposal review meeting that is open to Mozilla employees and contributors who have signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement. In this meeting, we discuss each proposal on the agenda for the upcoming meeting and come to an agreement on the the SpiderMonkey team's position on the proposal. | ||
If you would like to participate in this meeting, please contact Yulia Startsev or Daniel Minor for an invitation to the meeting. If you are unable to attend, but have an opinion on an upcoming proposal, please let Yulia or Daniel know, and we'll do our best to represent your point of view during the meeting. | |||
As well as the TC39 plenaries, there are other meetings that may be of interest. The TC39 chair group is working on developing a calendar for meetings that are open to the public, that will be linked here when available. | |||
If after attending a TC39 plenary or two as an observer, you would like to become a delegate for Mozilla, please start a conversation with Yulia or Daniel. Having perspectives and expertise from outside the SpiderMonkey team is very valuable, but at the same time, we need to be careful that delegates from other organizations know who is speaking as an individual and who is representing the position of SpiderMonkey or Mozilla. | Of potential interest to Mozillians is the monthly TG2 meeting that discusses internationalization and works on the [https://github.com/tc39/ecma402 ECMA-402 standard]. Please contact Daniel Minor for more information about attending this meeting as an observer. TG2 is less formal than the TC39 plenary, and questions and comments from non-delegates are generally welcomed. | ||
If after attending a TC39 plenary or two as an observer, you would like to become a delegate for Mozilla, please start a conversation with Yulia or Daniel. Having perspectives and expertise from outside the SpiderMonkey team is very valuable, but at the same time, we need to be careful that delegates from other organizations know who is speaking as an individual and who is representing the position of the SpiderMonkey team or Mozilla. | |||
== Suggestions for participation == | == Suggestions for participation == | ||