- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:58:02 -0500
- To: "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>
- Cc: "James Graham" <jg307@cam.ac.uk>, www-archive@w3.org, "Robert Burns" <rob@robburns.com>, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>, "Steve Faulkner" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, "Joshue O Connor" <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>, "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>, "Chris Wilson" <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
Mike wrote: > I don't think I have any means to add content to the tracker page > (I'd guess the page is generated from a DB and templating thing of > some kind), but I have added the following to the WG home page: > > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/#issues Perhaps defining terms would help avoid confusion. Many folks may not have the same definitions for: - "high-priority" - "some notable degree" of "significant discussion" - "clearly important enough" - "wide an airing" Also for the "issue-tracking task force" link I get "Not Authorized...This view is W3C Members-only". Best Regards, Laura ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> Date: Jun 5, 2008 7:18 AM Robert wrote to mike, > It is less clear to me now, > after your intervention, what policies you think you're enforcing Perhaps the issue is that the issue tracker lacks known policies and procedures? A policy is a guiding principle used to set direction in an organization. Policies generally need to include the following sections to be effective: - Policy statement - Purpose - Scope - Procedure - Consequences A procedure is a set of steps to be followed in a definite, regular order to accomplish the goals of the policy to which it applies. It prescribes specific ways of doing specific activities (e.g. how is an issue raised? how is it resolved?) With a policy and procedures in place, individuals assigned as issue trackers and the individual working group members would have a framework for action. It could: - Help everyone be aware of what is expected - Provide more clarity and consistency - Help prevent misunderstandings about expectations - Help avoid future conflict - Standardize operations - Show the organization means to be fair and accountable - Encourage stability and continuity in operations - Stabilize action despite top-level changes - Discourage actions based on personalities Perhaps a document spelling things out could help. --- Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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