- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:25:08 -0600
- To: Josh Soref <jsoref@rim.com>
- Cc: w3 public-council <public-council@w3.org>
On 23 Jan 2013, at 10:05 AM, Josh Soref wrote:
> Milan wrote:
>>> "Caution: This group does not have a published Charter that describes
>
> The English here is clunky.
>
> It can end up being parsed as "this group does have a charter that describes something else"
>
>>> important aspects of its operations, such as scope, deliverables, and
>>> decision making process. Community Group process imposes little
>>> structure on how the Chair manages a group. As a result, without a
>>> Charter, it may be unclear how the group operates (e.g., the Chair
>>> could change how the group operates without notice). W3C strongly
>>> encourages groups to operate under a published Charter. "
>
> "This group does not have a published charter, a document which would describe ...."
I'm not sure that's an improvement. Imagine someone says:
"Here's my charter:
Charter: Do cool Web stuff!"
There, I have a charter!
What we really mean is "There is no charter that meets our expectations."
Ian
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