Re: Proposed Process Change

On 25 Feb 2009, at 15:32, Ian Jacobs wrote:

> On 25 Feb 2009, at 6:57 AM, Bijan Parsia wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I think it could improve both the perceived and actual  
>> transparency and accountability of the W3C as a whole to have what  
>> I've tentatively called an "Audit Board". An Audit Board would be  
>> charged with investigating specific incidents and situations and  
>> producing a report and making recommendations.
>
> Bijan,
>
> Can you provide more information about the situation(s) that led to
> this proposal? Feel free to contact me offlist.

The immediate impetus was this email:
	http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2009Feb/0119.html
I first aired the idea in:
	http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2009Feb/0120.html

I don't know it has to be an AB per se...perhaps we have too many  
groups :) I just find myself doing list forensics a bunch these days  
and wish that the body of knowledge of dysfunction and how to deal  
with it were systematized in a best practices document (with  
supporting cases).

Cheers,
Bijan.