Quite a large portion of humanity use the web.
News organisations use the web.
Businesses, Non profits, community groups use the web.
We've moved beyond our highly technical beginnings.
Having a standards body where the big players determine what gets standardised for their commercial gain means we have a less democratic web, a less Human rights focused web for humanity.
How will we understand the next generations needs if they have no seat at the table?
But perhaps that's the point.