On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:33 AM, Steven Faulkner wrote: > > At yesterdays HTML WG issue tracking telecon [1], the issue of headers > not being allowed to reference a td (in the current version of spec) > was discussed. > > It was decided by the Chair (Chris Wilson) after discussion and > consideration of the pros and cons that the current spec should be > changed to allow headers to reference a td element. The Chair taking a technical decision in a teleconference is in violation of our charter. <http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html > Section 7, Decision Policy, says: As explained in the Process Document (section 3.3), this group will seek to make decisions when there is consensus. We expect that typically, an editor makes an initial proposal, which is refined in discussion with Working Group members and other reviewers, and consensus emerges with little formal decision-making. However, if a decision is necessary for timely progress, but after due consideration of different opinions, consensus is not achieved, the Chair should put a question (allowing for remote, asynchronous participation using, for example, email and/or web-based survey techniques) and record a decision and any objections, and consider the matter resolved, at least until new information becomes available. This charter is written in accordance with Section 3.4, Votes of the W3C Process Document and includes no voting procedures beyond what the Process Document requires. Therefore I take the decision to be invalid and I would like Chair to explain why he made a technical decision in a teleconference without putting the question in a way that allows for asynchronous participation. Chris? Regards, MaciejReceived on Tuesday, 16 September 2008 10:13:55 UTC
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