In addition to increasing the diversity of organizations that actively participate in W3C’s work (including industry, research, implementers, and user communities) the primary roles of W3C Chapters are to:
- Provide support for existing W3C Members in the Chapter Territory. This includes both Members whose headquarters is in the territory and local representatives of global W3C Members.
- Provide feedback to W3C on regional issues (for example, in support of W3C’s Internationalization or Accessibility efforts.)
- Promote the adoption of W3C Standards with particular attention to the local languages and cultures.
- Broaden participation to include more stakeholders from the Chapter Territory.
A Chapter may have a designated Evangelist for recruiting W3C Members and participants in their Chapter region. These Evangelists work with Global Evangelists on a case-by-case basis as determined by W3C Management. As such, it is expected that a chapter works with any W3C Evangelist that has recruiting responsibilities in their territory.