[Bug 9729] Straw poll method hides or discourages gathering essential information

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9729





--- Comment #3 from Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>  2010-05-19 20:58:13 ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> > We have a venue for discussion where people can, and do, state what they are
> > for and what they oppose.  From that we have a process that culls out from that
> > discussion concrete and actionable proposals.  From that, we solicit objections
> > to those proposals.  At no point are people discouraged from expressing their
> > opinion -- on the proper venue.
> 
> but 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010May/0344.html
> 
> says
> 
> > I encourage more of it, though the normal caveats apply: I would prefer 
> > that we avoid repetition and "me too"'s, and would prefer to keep meta 
> > discussion to a minimum, in separate threads, and ideally off list.
> 
> So what is the proper venue for expressing "me too"'s, i.e., agreement with a
> previously expressed opinion?
> 
> (more replies to other points to come)

A wiki page would be a fine place to capture "me too"'s.

At the present time, I don't see any point in the process where I would take
that into consideration, but if others view this information as *essential*,
then they are welcome to organize and pursue it.  Brief and infrequent mentions
and summaries on public-html would be fine.

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Received on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 20:58:16 UTC