`it's down there somewhere, let me take another look.`

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The Big Lebowski (1998)

Coralie Mercier :: W3C Communications Team

Contact information

<Office postal address> W3C/ ERCIM - N112 - 2004, rte des Lucioles - F-06410 Biot Sophia Antipolis - FR

<telephone> +33 4 92 38 75 90
<facsimile> +33 4 92 38 78 22
<triband gsm> +33 6 43 22 00 01

What I do at W3C

I work for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the "normalization" shop for the Web, based at MIT in the USA, ERCIM in Europe, and Keio in Japan ; I am based at the French Riviera site. I joined in January 1999 as administrative assistant. I became W3C Europe administration manager in December 2001. In February 2005, I became part of the W3C Communications team for 50% of my time. Between August 2006 and January 2007, I relinquished the duties of W3C Europe administration manager. In August 2007, I became a full-time member of the W3C Communications team. I maintain a description of what I do.

Within the Communications team, I am in charge of the Advisory Board scribe duties and meeting planning, I track and update W3C press clippings, monitor the translations and I am the contact person for the authorized translations. Also I organise large meetings in Europe, such as the Advisory Committee meetings and Technical Plenary meetings.

Who I am

• <general> I live in Mougins. I was born in Cannes and grew up there, mostly.
• <studies> 1992: passed 'baccalauréat' A1 (foreign languages, philosophy and mathematics), 1993: did a two-year secretarial course (Brevet de Technicien Supérieur), 1995: studied (but failed the exams) a year at the Medical University in Nice, 1996: spent a year in Edinburgh to learn English as a foreign language (sat and passed! the Oxford Higher (with credits), the Cambridge Advanced English and the Cambridge Proficient English).
• <previously> 1992-1997: worked during school vacations as medical secretary. 1997: worked for a few months as clerk in a law office in Cannes. 1998: did a six-month replacement at INRIA as secretary to the Sinus project. 1999: was hired at W3C in Sophia Antipolis (15jan1999).
• <mbti> 10sep2004: ISFJ Introverted 22 Sensing 22 Feeling 11 Judging 33,
              10dec2004: ISTJ Introverted 67 Sensing 44 Thinking 11 Judging 1,
              05feb2005: INTJ Introverted 44 Intuitive 11 Thinking 1 Judging 22,
              24apr2005: ISTJ Introverted 78 Sensing 38 Thinking 12 Judging 33,
              06sep2005: ISTJ Introverted 89 Sensing 62 Thinking 38 Judging 33,
              07jan2006: ISTJ Introverted 78 Sensing 50 Thinking 1 Judging 44,
              24may2006: ISTJ Introverted 78 Sensing 62 Thinking 12 Judging 11,
              26dec2006: ISTJ Introverted 78 Sensing 50 Thinking 12 Judging 56.
              05jan2008: ISTJ Introverted 89 Sensing 62 Thinking 1 Judging 56.

Links

MBTI || similarminds || flickr || koalie

Fun (alas w3t-team restricted)

Last, but not least, but not in English, but not accessible to the world, I've gathered all sorts of embarassing stuff my colleagues have said or written in IRC.

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