I don’t see a Problem with that. If let’s say Ivar’s company taking the other Individual in the WG wanted to Appoint someone else, they or any other Company might have to join as a Corporate member and have their employees represent them.
Or individuals like Rudy who recently joined Payara change their employment status, and may represent their company if it’s already an Eclipse member.
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On 2018-09-10 5:33 PM, Bill Shannon wrote:
Does an individual Committer Member have the same ability to appoint a Committer representative as a Member Company? i.e. can a Member Committer who has signed the corresponding Working Group Participation Agreement have the ability to appoint themselves as a committer on a Specification Project? If yes, then we'll need to reassert the "Member Participant" definition that I've removed. I'm expecting that the term "Member Participant" might be important in other documents/references.
I think that we should admit that individuals are not the same as companies, and say no to this idea. Companies have patent portfolios. Individuals do not.
I understand why companies want control over who represents their interests. What's the motivation for an individual doing the same?
Exactly.
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