Re: Chair for Web Payments CG

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>wrote:

4. We could oppose the W3C requirement for picking a Chair because we
>   don't think it applies to this group and lobby them to create a
>   "Facilitator" position instead.
>

Option #4 would be silly and ultimately empty.

As one of the founders and continuing participant in "Fantasy Rules
Committee," the world's longest-running play-by-e-mail Nomic-like game, I
have experience with practical parlimentary procedure in the realm of
mailing list governance. With the authority inherent in that verifiable
credential, I present to this working group the following:

As the groups Facilitator, Manu Sporny has been performing the duties of
Chair.
He is willing to continue doing so.
His evident integrity as a public servant is exemplified in the particular
present situation by his demand that he check himself before effecting what
could be interpreted as a "power grab" were he to simply name himself the
Chair without due process.

I therefore hereby formally nominate Manu Sporny for the position of
working group Chair.

I vote for Many Sporny for the position of working group Chair.

Please respond to this list with your assent or reasoned objection to
provide a permanent audit trail of your participation in this open Chair
selection process.