Well, turns out I burned through about 16 days of annual paid leave, 3500 USD of personal savings to attend meetings for @w3ctag - probably not something that will be possible for years to come.
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Replying to @sangwhanmoon @w3ctag
Maybe we should set up a structure where companies in a working group (or the TAG, etc.) could share the support (by rotation?) of travel for an invited expert, in a way that doesn't trigger the conflict of interest / related member provisions (might need @W3CAB blessing).

Jan 26, 2018 · 4:36 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @sangwhanmoon @w3ctag @W3CAB
... and also doesn't run the money through the consortium in a way that triggers overhead payments to the host.
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Still doesn't solve the paid leave problem, though...
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Replying to @davidbaron @sangwhanmoon @w3ctag
You don't need @w3cab to say several entities will fund the work of another, you need the entities themselves to agree. Given some struggle hard to pay for their own participation, you're unlikely to get buy-in on a compulsory basis...
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