Re: Participation of civil society in the standardization process + Last Calls

On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 at 15:23, Daniel Gultsch <[email protected]> wrote:

> This leads me to a question: Can we kill two or three birds with one
> stone here? Can we either rephrase some of the questions in the Last
> Call or add new ones that explicitly invite feedback from "civil
> society" (for lack of a better word)?
>
> I just want to get the discussion started, so I don’t have a final
> list, but the questions could go in a direction like this:
>
> * Would you use this feature if it were implemented in the XMPP client
> you currently use?
> * Do you think an implementation of this feature could negatively
> impact your community?
> * Does this improve (make easier) the work you do in your community?
>

I agree this is desirable, and these questions make a good starting point.

My only concern is that if we asked such questions about, say, XEP-0509, I
couldn't even begin to answer these for any hypothetical communities I'm
in, so these may lend themselves better to more user-visible features.

It would, though, be interesting to see what the answers would be for
XEP-0500 - that would be a fascinating exercise - so I'd be similarly wary
of limiting this to client features.

Would it also be helpful to have a survey to find out why people don't
engage in Last Calls, why they wouldn't stand for Council, and why they
join (or don't join) the XSF?

Dave.

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