A while back I spent some time following some of the W3 lists relating to web fonts. It amazed me just how open the process is .. any interested party can offe

A while back I spent some time following some of the W3 lists relating to web fonts. It amazed me just how open the process is .. any interested party can offer a view and attempt to influence the process. To me, someone new to the process, it seemed that this arrangement was very democratic - and I was surprised that there weren't more people involved in the discussion, when so many millions of developers are set to be affected by the decisions that are made. I was also left wondering if I'd have as much optimism and enthusiasm if I tried to become involved in traditional government politics ...