- From: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:52:33 -0400
- To: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@gmail.com>, public-webizen@w3.org
On 8/5/2014 5:48 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > On 8/5/14 5:33 PM, Jeff Jaffe wrote: >> Encourage them to participate in Charter review. The Director will >> (of course) pay heed to their input - as the Director always >> cherishes input from the public. But have this review outside of the >> formal W3C process. > > Isn't this pretty much one of the mains reason this mail list was > created: > > [[ > <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-new-work/> > > List Purpose: > > This list is for (public) announcements of group charters that have > been sent to the W3C Advisory Committee for review and subsequent > public comments. Please note that W3C makes no commitment to replying > to public comments. > ]] > > Although, IMO, the second sentence is a bit anti-social, in that if > someone makes an effort to submit comments, I think a reasonable > `social contract` suggests a reply would be made. Technically you are correct. I believe that if a set of "Webizens" elected reps and those reps provided input, it would arguably provide more gravitas to those inputs. But, as I said in my post - perhaps this proposal does not provide the "Webizens" what they are looking for and does not thread the needle between the two opposing viewpoints. > > -AB > > >
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